September KOTM.
Today I worked on putting together my travel album from a trip to New Zealand and Australia last August - using the September Kit of the Month. This is one of those trips where I took along a travel journal (with great intentions like past trips - see my March 2006 Studio A column about Scrapbooking on the Road) and only ended up with a big pile of photos + maps + collected stuff rather than coming home with a completed journal. The truth was I just didn't feel like working on it while I was traveling.
Here's where the September kit comes in handy: it can be used after your trip OR during your trip. If you have an adventure coming up you could take it on the road and it has everything you need (including cool stamps) all ready to go in a tin that doesn't take up too much space. Or, if you want to just wait and create when you come home you can collect stuff on the road (including journaling which is always so much fresher when you are writing on the road) and just put it together another time.
This would make a good gift for someone you know who has an adventure coming up as well.
The album comes with all the pages inside the spiral but I went ahead and removed them so I could add in brochures, photos, etc and make changes to the order (for a how-to on taking minibooks apart and putting them back together click here). I am really into page size variety right now. I also added a transparency sheet on the cover and as one interior page (an 8.5x11 cut to size). For adding pages I created holes using the Bind-it-all and my Crop-a-dile.
One thing I was so happy I had were blog posts related to my trip (in addition to some handwritten things I had written in my travel journal). I printed those out onto the paper from the album and added them back in - definitely tells a more complete story than I can remember off-the-top-of-my-head a year later.
Here's a look at what I made with the kit (the rub ons were my favorite):
Fun project. Excited to add it to the basket.
In addition, I want to give you a sneak peek of next month's KOTM which should go on sale next week.
The concept? Hope & courage:
Beautiful and a great collection of travel "artifacts" too! AWESOME!
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LOVE the book! Is this Lisa Bearnson's kit or one of your's Ali???
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i was so tempted by this kit, but haven't done a thing with your kotm yet. i think you've pushed me over the edge, once again. thanks!!
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I loved how eclectic it was- all the different sizes really added a liveliness to your story! But then that neat binding pulled it all together, keeping it clean and tidy. LOVE IT!
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totally amazing.
totally inspiring.
you so rock!
thanks so much
for sharing this!
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Wow! This is so dang cool. Love how you incorporated your maps into the album.
Traveling and playing with paper are 2 of my absolutely favorite things. Soooo much inspiration here.
U Rock!
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Great job! I've been waiting to see your take on the Travel Kit :) Thanks for sharing it... and can't wait to see your kit next month!
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Ali,
I wasn't going to buy the travel KOTM until I saw what you created! You are awesome!!!
Gloria
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TFS this GREAT mini album Ali! i LOVE it!
Because of our journey to NZ five years ago I started scrapbooking; but never did the NZ pics.... Next week our NZ friends will visiting us and I'm so sorry I can't still show them NZ scrapbooks...I wish I was that quick as you are :)
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Something I've always wondered... How you you get your stuff binded? Do you do it yourself? I love how in the middle of the book there is a handful of pictures, or an envelope... I was just wondering... :)Great job I love it.. I'm inspired.
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Ali.. I really love this! It's nice to see your memories of our little country... And I love how it brought back memories of CC 06 for me.
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You are just CRAZY talented. I don't know what else to say. You amaze me.
Beautiful, cool, awesome....I love it!
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So excited to see your completed travel journal. I picked up this kit and I plan on taking it to St. Augustine when me and my husband go on a little romantic getaway! Thanks for the inspiration!!
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every since you highlighted lisa mcgarvey's travel album in your blog, i have loved the different size pages too. am in the middle of finishing a book from traveling through the rocky mountains, and using that method for the first time. it has been fun and freeing. your book is awesome and loving your different size pages too. makes me want to go re-do my paris book! thanks again for sharing.
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Awesome!
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What a great travel journal. So fun to see what you did with it, and so inspiring. Can you share where your "the details" stamp came from? It's just what I'm looking for. You can email me if you like (kate.campbell@gmail.com).
Thanks!
Kate
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okay
sigh
i dont know if you are still reading these
but
i am going to have to kick your ass when i see you in november for your extreme amount of awesomeness.
time to knock you back down to our level. with some ass kicking.
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AWESOME ALBUM!!! Very unconventional travel album & very inspirational!!! LOVE IT!!! Thanks for sharing, Ali!
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This is awesome,every page is a treat for the eyes.
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fantastic album! love it! thanks for sharing all the pictures and for the inspiration!
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OMG, i totally love it! I would be excited too to add it to MY basket :) Thanks for sharing!
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Your wonderful album reminds what a great time I had in Wellington in your class, and how awful the weather in Auckland was that weekend! Thanks for sharing.Come back soon!
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I LOVE this scrap booking idea!! I would marry it if I could. Looking at the way you created and expanded the initial idea is amazing. I want one now. Thanks for showing this :)
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I bought the travelkit yesterday! Due to the positive exchange rate I could not resist. Thanks Ali for sharing! Have a nice weekend,
regards
Inge
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I can't tell you how much I love what you did with this!!! WOW! Will you post it to Flickr or Two Peas so that I can save it to favorites?? Thanks for all that you share with us!
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