Packing scrappy supplies for the road

And what a conundrum picking and choosing.

I have done this for 3 maybe 4 trips now and it has been evolving.

I started out with that super satchel that is currently housing

the punches (see below).

And it worked on a limited basis as I was trying

to minimize what I brought.

 However, frustration would set in. 

I didn't have this or that

which would stop me dead in my tracks

and wasn't that was totally annoying.

 And now I'm going overboard. 

 Oh well - and I have to apologize to Studio Calico for

my bad thoughts on these mesh zippered pockets.

Each kit comes with these meshed bags and as you can see

I've accumulated quite a bunch (I have even given some away).

But NOW....Omg.
Perfect for putting stuff in to keep things tidy.

 Therefore, I have mesh bags for precut dies, stamps, and

embellishments.

 And for the scraps.

I am using Pink Fresh for the album and

I'm having some second thoughts about that - because

we are going to the mountains on a

road trip....My other road trips - were basically

earthy colors - so predictable and now I'm going to roll with
well not earthy colors.

 I may trade out this water colors for the one

M's watercolors because there is more of a color choice.
And I did swap them out.

 I got this PL album on sale at HL - great score

8.5x11 and am mixing it up with PL and regular page protectors.

 I filled the pages already precutting the papers because

I do not take a paper trimmer with me

and with the Selphy printer I can custom size the prints.

 Sadly, it took awhile for me to figure out that I

didn't NEED to fill all the pockets -

but it took me 3/4 of way to decide that.
LOL.
So I do have enough papers.

 So everything sort of fits and I keep finding more because

I'm still scrapping and keeping a lot

of stuff on my desk.

This tucks neatly under the couch in the RV.

Actually the album will be stored in the overhead and

now the decision is do I additionally take

my faux traveler's journal and my regular journal.

Regular journal is gonna be a given so I can write in it everyday

as I  tend to forget the day to day stuff because

I can't scrap everyday on the road and
the mind is a terrible thing for remembering.

Packing it all in.

We are hitting the road today- and its raining which
will hopefully keep all the others off the road.
I'll be posting photos as we roll and when internet is available.
Gonna be a fun time.

Almost packed and ready to roll

Getting ready to take off for our Southern Route Tour

and this trip my scrapbook box has been upgraded.

Last trip I packed my supplies in this little box and actually

did okay with having the limits.

I did get a bit frustrated using just scissors but eventually

got over - one by finding big scissors and second

deciding that handmade cutting was part of the charm.

What I'm doing different this trip is upgrading to a bigger box but

also combining the travel diary and the road trip album

if that makes sense.

This is the basic grey captured album I had forever and 

created basic pages with papers and added

pocket pages.

This time I added the PL cards to the pocket pages

so all that remains - writing in the diary as we go and filling

in the photos and do-dads and added journaling. 

 So I put together a "basic" kit so to speak with

punches, mists, stamps and alphas, pop dots, tiny attacher

dry and wet adhesives, embellishments

additional PL cards and papers for mats.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

I also learned to put the majority of things in a baggy.

Especially the mists , glue, and inks.

(Don't know if you noticed but from one photo to the next - 

stuff was added LOL.

 For the road trip last year - I did acquire a Canon Selphy

printer which is also packed in there.

It's compact and prints really lovely photos.

Its perfect for putting together an album "on the fly" as

we get downtime on the road-which brings in 

the "diary" part of it because the ole memory can be a 

temporary thing. LOL.

Of course I overpacked on the clothes and probably still don't have
enough or what I want to wear. Arrgghh!!!

Please follow our travels on the blog and just note that the

internet can be quite dicey on the road.

Road trip album - scrapping on the road

I have some questions which is why its not done - yet.

This is the BG chipboard album that I had forEVER.

The size is 8.5 x 9.5 perfect for traveling actually.

I decided to go wild on the cover 

mostly because I could - I used Studio Calico color theory.

I started with pink and then decided I didn't want pink

so I covered it up with blue and green.

Found various stamps and bubblewrap to add more fun and depth.

 I found I love chaotic stamping and decided it was 

perfect for the inside covers.

I used watercolors on the inside - just to mute the stamps a bit.

Inka gold to round it out.

 And then there are these kraft pages & envelope.

And here's the question

which is why we are here - and why I'm dithering about.

I can't decide if I want to do those kraft pages now or on the trip as I go.

I'm also going to include those pocket pages 

too for more photos and cards.

Things to keep in mind - 

I will not have a trimmer with me,

Also with the selphy printer the largest size photo is 4x6.

Then there's the journaling and how windy will I be.

This is also going to be a short trip.

Therefore, if I do the pages early - how will that affect things on the road.

And if I wait, how will minimal supplies affect it.

Inquiring minds want to know.