Travelling journal

I love to do swaps. I love to send my creations out into the world, and in turn receive things that can teach me, inspire me, and help me to "meet" new people.

When I found out about the website Swap-Bot, I jumped at the chance to be a part of regular swaps, choosing what I wanted to join in with, and what I wanted to pass on.

Recently, I put together a travelling journal for a UK swap in the group 'UK Happy Mail'. I have sent out several travelling journals, although none have come back to me yet, I have received e-mails every now and then about where they are and what they've been up to.

It's most exciting (in my humble opinion) when I receive a journal from my partner. I get to learn about other people, and am often very inspired by what I see and read.

Creating a journal is very easy, as you will see from my very short photo slideshow below.




In case you're still stuck for ideas, I thought I would share some ideas with you.

Ideas/prompts:

1. A whole page devoted to one colour- pink, orange, blue, red, purple, green, etc 
2. Your favourite quotes
3. Create a collage using some old magazines
4. Draw/paint/write about what you can see right now
5. What or who are you thankful for today
6. Your favourite animal
7. Using a crayon or pencil, take rubbings from your surrounding area
8. Finger painting
9. Zentangle
10. Your favourite childhood memory
11. 50 (or even 100) things you love
12. A page devoted to the current, or your favourite, season
13. Write a letter to your teenage self
14. A short diary entry of your day
15. Take a clipping of your local newspaper

Get creative with how you fill the pages of your journal. There are no rules. Any medium goes. 

If you've got a good eye, you might have spotted that I filled a whole page with washi, and even cracked out my old Spirograph set from my childhood.

It's freeing to be able to put something down on paper, without re-arranging everything a gazillion times before I deciding it's good enough. These pages are candid- no perfection allowed.

Please feel free to comment about your experiences with travelling journals, or any more ideas you'd like to share.

Love Katie x

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