TN - Wherever your heart is....

A few more pages in my new TN.

Love how its coming together with layers and journaling.

I do have thoughts written in pages as we roll down the road and

I have decided that some need to be in the TN.

Not necessarily in any order - just how 

the mojo flows and the story I want to tell.

 My pal Holli has sent me some premade tages - and "take note"is

one of them and it ias perfect for this page.

And on the flip side. 

💝

 I am so diggin' the layers and I'm loving that I

finally "broke out" into whimsical and I don't obsess that

maybe that may not be the perfect embellishment.

And I'm okay being out of order with the journaling.

It means that someone has to pay attention when perusing my TN.

 Whimsy is working out mighty fine and this TN

has been the most fun because...

Just because.

Another embellie by my pal Holli - I just added the sunglasses

because it just work with the photo - color wise.

Whimsy.

Does a body good.

To keep things interesting - I started a day planner

Because, Why not?

I have come to the conclusion that I'm not a good diary/note keeper.

Shocking to me, because that was part of my job 

once upon a time.

WELL no longer, evidently.

So...........

I'm using a Traveler's notebook that well....working on that too.

Because neither one is so not a 12x12, 8.5x11 ETC 

scrapbook page and the documentation and creative process

is sooooo different.

AND who doesn't love a challenge.

So with the brilliant deduction to start one brought on by

second guessing and because at one time, due to my job I was day planner,

calendar driven person for over 15 years ago (when

they first came out in the business world

-they had a different name that escapes me now)

but my entire life was driven and I SWORE (so much for that)

that my life would never be calendar/day planner 

driven EVER.

HOWEVER, it's not so much DRIVEN now as remembering

what happened at any given time on our Odyssey.

It's more like a diary.

An abbreviated diary, with hopeful comments that lend

to a more involved commentary.

Which may or may not be working.

I was so excited to find this day planner mostly because

I liked all the cool shaker thing going on - on the cover page.

 So after the purchase I found that I needed a day planner from March 2019

and this one started at July 2019 to July 2020.

I saw 2019-2020 and was sooooo excited UNTIL...

 I needed March.

LOL.

 So I improvised, ad libbed because being on the road and only

finding M's, HL, or ACM on the road and actually STOPPING was 

like just like not going to happen until we light and land somewhere.

 We were on the move or camping at a location

that was nowhere close to any of the above.

So imagine my chagrin when I found out I screwed up.

The internet is a wonderful thing.

I found blank calendar pages and printed them out.

and logged our journey based on the 3-4 summary

thing I had going on.

I'm telling you it's not for the faint of heart. LOL.

 I have to admit this planner has a LOT of pages.

They have the 30 day calendar.

THEN they have pages by the week.

THEN they have a comments sections.

THEN they have a summary page at the end.

What could possibly go wrong.

OVERTHINKING.

So these are my first lame attempts and any helpful/creative

hints will be so welcome.

However, I have progressed to August that even

blows me away at the pages.

I'm gonna wait until August is running into September

before I attempt to blow your mind

with my attempt at creativity.

Remember I came from a business world day planner so

this is total frivolity. 

LOL.

My new Traveler's Notebook.

Finally finished the previous one and needed to begin

a new one. I really like creating them myself 

because I can make it the size I want - but most importantly.

RINGS.

It allows for dimension, which I love,

however, I'm reallyreallyreally trying to keep it to a minimum.

😂 

Using some transparencies from the "I have no clue department

as to the mfg" 

but they look cool and go with the washi-tape.

I used some old cardboard box "lids" -

not quite "fitting" the size I want to roll with, so I've

used washi tape

around the edges to "finish" it.

I'm going to try to document more, better journaling.

Some to be seen, some to be hidden.

Hidden in this case means - NO room on the page

if I get windy LOL. 

 I decided layers would be fun - but I wanted

this post to be a bit private.

(yet I'm sharing with you).

 Love those layers, and the envelop for journaling.

This is to document the spreading of my mom's ashes

that was a long time coming.

All the pages are held together by that adorable butterfly

so you have to undo them to see what's behind the layers.

 I printed random, small photos, that may or

may have nothing to do with anything.

Concentrating on better journaling,

 taking random photos taken on the fly

or those photos I've stopped and taken

my time to get to go with the better journaling.

It all started with my rereading the "featured post"

at the top of and to side of my blog.

I had no idea how waxed poetic I was with that

post and found I really liked it.

Of course it may be an unrealistic goal but

what the hey - I have time,

if only the brain will start cranking. LOL.

Love that fish popping its head out of the water 

 determined to get the food being tossed by my

main man mostly to stir them up.

I documented that somewhere else, but I like

using the photo to document how long we've been

"on the road" - taking our house with us

wherever we go and taking our time

 to stop and smell the roses and breathing.

Enjoying the sights and scenes 

while flying down the highways and byways.

I've been using lots of leftover scraps, negative 

punched out papers, and hopefully using up one 6x6

paper pad at a time.

Connor and Me - Good Times

I wanted to make another page to add more

journaling - and this is my "mixed media" album.

Not much mixed media going on but I wanted the space.

I have been switching about albums to do different things.

Different things can probably been done in the TN

but its size can been restrictive.

If one lets it.

However, I have found that I've been way overthinking

AND have not given up my traditional scrapbooking way.

So.....I have retired the TN I have been using

because it's SOOOO fat because I can't

seem to let go of pop dots. LOL.

I looovveee dimension.

And I'm whining about all that again.

I will be creating a new TN because I do love having the rings.

Because I do love dimension.

Used my favorite Studio Calico bags and tucked a tag in there

for the journaling I intend to do.

Using Pink Paislee and Studio Calico 6x6 paper pad

for more layers and colors.

I had to handcut those blue flowers. 

What can I say LOL.

Traveler's Notebook - together

Finally got some internet.

It's intermittent.

I'm getting used to it.

Love that we get to travel and to visit our grands

that live in other states.

Met up with Connor in New York and

we had a wonderful time.

 We hung out in Fillmore Glen State Park.

A lovely park - but we need to take it off the list

as our rig is too big to hang there

but they let us in and gave us a spot.

 There is a lovely falls to hike and you can splash about in the river

the falls create.

Put it on your list.

It was great to catch up as Connor is growing up so fast.

He also make this lego heart and a picnic

area type thing with a lego man.

It sits on my desk and I think of Connor every time I see it.

Which is a lot.

We had a wonderful time together.

Pink Fresh, Pink Paislee, Tim Holtz

It has been a long while - Traveler's Notebook - It's a guy thing

 Favorite youngest son was able to meet up with us on the road.

Love when that happens.

However, this happened at 2 a.m.

I love the TN card - has a big SIGH on it.

LOL.

Of course I needed to include it.

 It was a lovely albeit short visit.

I made it to 4 a.m.

Not too bad but Shane had to hit the road.

Trying to get decent pix - he is quite the goof.

Won't he be shocked in the future. 

LOL.

Pink Fresh, Studio Calico.