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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Disney Junk Journal / Travel Journal Final Post (Post 6)

Journaling our 2019 Family Trip to Disney World

(To view the first post in this series, click here, Post two, Post three, Post four, Post five.)





THE SIXTH AND FINAL POST OF THIS SERIES!!!
Thanks so much for following along. I hope you checked out all six posts.



This page has a center band with two tags inserted beneath it:


The right side has a pocket and a Mickey punch as a page tab. It's already bent at the ears, but that's okay. This is a junk journal.


In the pocket is a mini folio:


Here it is all open:


And the back:


It's a great way to add space for photos and journaling when you don't want to add whole pages to your journal.


The next page has a curved-edge flap on the left that opens:


(One of my favorite pics of Shae on the bottom right, BTW.)

The right side has a cute pic of the kids.


The next couple pages are pretty Shae-themed. The right side has a pocket with a tag:


I really like the Pooh & friends silhouettes on the next pages. They're from a Disney-themed 12x12 paper pad by Sandy Lion.


Both sides of pockets, and each pocket has a top folded insert for more pictures:


The next polka-dot pages are all about shopping.  In the end, what worked best was letting the kids tell us EVERYTHING they wanted, and we took pictures of all the things, so they could choose later.


The next miscellaneous pages have a pocket on the right:




Even if I don't show both sides, all my tags have pictures or journaling on both the front and back sides.

One of Shae's "must-dos" at Disney World was seeing Belle. Belle lived up to her expectations, although Gaston was a little scary at first, but Belle convinced Shae he was nice now.  The pages were all about Shae and Belle. Most of the pictures were taken by the Disney photographers. They loved Shae.


The large tag in the right pocket has more pictures of Shae and Belle.


And now the LAST TWO PAGES:


I ended the book pretty simply. I bittersweet memory about Finn wanting to go back to Epcot, a quote from Walt Disney, and two pics of tired kids on the way back home. The End.

Remember how chunky this journal is?  That's why I needed so many posts to go through it.



Thank you SO MUCH for looking through the pics of my Disney junk journal. It was a great trip, and making the journal was a lot of fun. Making these posts, I even found a couple spots for some more embellishments. If you have any thoughts, please leave a comment or tell me how you found the blog--Pinterest? Google Search? a follower?

Have a Magical Day!
Cheers,
Ms. Molly

Monday, January 27, 2020

Vintage Typewriter Stand

Now It's Red!

I've been looking for an old metal typewriter stand for awhile. I was in a vintage shop inquiring about one, when another customer in line told me she had one in her garage I could have for $5. I jumped on it sight unseen, even though she said her husband kept his saw on it.

It was rusty and worn. Tom painted it red for me. (He's a much better spray painter than I am.)  Now look!


It's awesome!  He did such a nice paint job, it looks like it was powder coated.  I love the red.


The side pieces work perfectly too. It looks like new, and it was $5 + paint!

And how nice does my blue vintage typewriter look on it?


Find an old metal table for your own craft room / studio. You won't regret it!

This project was actually done last year (or maybe the year before), but I forgot to post it. At least it's a break from all my Disney posts.  :)

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Disney Junk Journal / Travel Journal (Post 5)

Journaling our 2019 Family Trip to Disney World

(To view the first post in this series, click here, Post two, Post three, Post four.)



Thanks for staying with me for the FIFTH post about this journal.

More miscellaneous pictures I just like on this page. I did the pink and purple background with Dylusions paints.


Finn loved the smashed penny machines throughout Disney World. The top right is Finn and Neal smashing a penny. They were a pretty cheap souvenir (until we bought as many as we did). That natural paper is a flap. We had a nice arcade that Finn loved at the resort. It was a great way to entice the kids to leave the parks, and there were games we all enjoyed.


All the pics to the right under the flap are from the arcade.

Although it was only September, Jess, Neal, Finn, & Shae went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween after-hours party at the Magic Kingdom. They loved it!


They dressed in Lilo & Stitch theme (Hawaiian for Jess & Neal).

While they did that, Tom and I headed to the piano bar at the Boardwalk, and I included a picture of that under the "Boo Crew" flap.


There's a jack-o-lantern charm on this page too, which is easier to see in the above picture.


The right side is a flap too. I didn't post a pic, but underneath are more scenes from Not So Scary Halloween.  I also glued one of their admittance bracelets to the bottom of the page.

The next page is a pocket page on the left and snapshots on the right.


You can see the luggage tag on its side at the top left used as a page tab. The Not So Scary Halloween guide fits in the left pocket:


The next pages are all from Epcot, which the kids liked way better than I thought they would at their age:


There's a pocket on the left with more pictures:


(front & back of pocket insert)


And the right page folds out:



More fun-at-Epcot pics, and a little tuck spot in the middle under Donald Duck with a picture in it.

More fun pics with no extras on the next pink pages:


The next pages are all about meeting characters:


The right side folds out:


It reveals a yellow/orange page that also folds out:


Here are all the pages open:


On the yellow & white polka-dot page, there's a pocket with a bookmark-style tag with journaling front and back:


These character pages were all designed well before we left on the trip. I just added pics and embellishments.

Thanks for following along. ONE post left about this journal!







Friday, January 24, 2020

Monsters, Inc. Disney World Layout

12 x 12 Disney World Scrapbook Layout


During Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, James P. Sullivan (Sully) from Monster's Inc. was out and about, and two-year-old Shae ran up and danced with him. The handler didn't stop her, and they were quite a hit I'm told, although he did knock her over once--she was so short he couldn't see her. This is the only picture we have of her dancing with him. Sully is one of her favorite characters, and she said she wanted to see him before we even went on the trip.

The Monsters, Inc. paper on the left is from Scrap your Trip and is called  "Tomorrow Land: Laugh Floor."  The green paper is discontinued CTMH paper. I typed up the journaling on my old typewriter, and I believe the red scraps and the film strip are from Echo Park. I added the bits of red to go with Shae's dress, and I think it worked well.  I cut "Sully" out on my Cricut. The "stitching" around the blue mat is made with a white pen.

Thanks for checking out my blog!

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Disney Junk Journal / Travel Journal (Post 4)

Journaling our 2019 Family Trip to Disney World

(View the first post; View the second post; View the third post.)





More of our family's trip and journal:




These fun, eclectic pages please me for unknown reasons. Maybe it's the cute picture of Finn on the bottom right with the journaling that his favorite park was "All of them" or maybe it's Shae asleep on the ottoman at the top of the left page.  The left page's view finder area, flips up:


It reveals more random pictures.

The abstract Mickey Mouse on the right side is another postcard we received from Disney before the trip. This time I completely covered the back with B&T paper.


Both of these pages are pictures from Disney buses.

Of course, we had to spend some time at the resort pools:


Usually by the time we took a break from the parks, we were all pretty tired, but we got to the pools a few times, and the kids loved it. The chipboard embellishments are from Carta Bella "Summer Splash."

The next page is all from Animal Kingdom.


No fancy stuff on this page either--only one little top-fold journaling spot at the bottom left. Otherwise just photos and journaling.


We're not foodies by any means, so we didn't want to spend a lot of time and money for restaurant experiences. We did go to the Sci Fi Theater for lunch one day. We'd been there years ago and liked it. Now, I don't recommend it. It was so dark we couldn't see our food at all. The kids' favorite part was the light-up cups they received with their milkshakes. The sparkly paper on the right is a pocket:


A couple more pictures (front and back) and one of the kid's "driver's license" is tucked in the pocket.

We were very excited for the next area:


Galaxy's Edge (the Star Wars area of Hollywood Studios) opened up about a week before our trip. It was crowded, but not too bad. The newest ride, "Rise of the Resistance," wasn't open yet, and we were luck to get only about a 45-minute wait for "Smuggler's Run." The left side is just pictures from the area and the ride, and the right is the area's park guide. It's affixed to the back of one of the postcards Disney sent us.  Here's the guide unfolded:


Darth Vader is on the front of the postcard. I added a little star charm on a string to the postcard



The top right photo and the journaling is about Finn building his droid.

More miscellaneous pics on the next page:



The next "busy" pages are all Toy Story Land and Toy Story characters: 






The two black tags have more pics, front and back:


And, there's a little journaling card on the bottom right behind the monkeys. 

The next page has the Disney photo from Pirates of the Caribbean:


The right side is a half page, cut with a waved edge using the Dylusions ruler as a guide.  It's easier to see from the other side:


The right Pooh-themed page has a band with a tag:


Shae was the PERFECT age for the Pooh-themed areas and loved meeting the 100-acre wood characters.

The next pages are darker, with pictures from the Tower of Terror and the Haunted Mansion.


I made the background with white and grey paint and added the argyle decisions with a stamp.

Back to colorful on the next pages:


My grandkids LOVE rainbows, so the pics are all rainbow related. The Mickey buttons are from my stash. The striped B&T paper makes a great place to add journaling.

Thanks for checking out this journal. I hope you look at the other posts in this series too.  It's gotten pretty long. Maybe 2 posts left?

Cheers,
Ms. Molly