Beach Vacation Junk Journal

Memories and more Memories

We rented a van and took Jess and Neal and the grand kids to the Gulf Coast early last fall. We had an old-fashioned family road trip with messes, crying, car games, naps, good food, bad food, hotels, fights, beach days, shopping, walks (runs in the rain), sightseeing, laughs, smiles, and lots and lots of memories. Oh, and a hurricane named Gordon that took away some beach time, but gave us a couple fire alarms and quite an adventure.

I made this junk journal before, during, and after our trip. I just finished it today (the day I wrote this, not the day I posted it). It might get some more doodling added, but it could be done, so I'm classifying it as a "done" project.  Here are a few pictures of the finished book.

Look how thick and chunky this journal is!!! I love a chunky journal. I used the small Dylusions journal and the outside is made with Tim Holtz's Distress Oxide inks, splattered with water.  

I also love, love, love when ribbons an tags, an other "stuff" sticks out from the edges of  the journal. I added lots of ribbons and tags that would go behind the confines of the book. There's a sand castle charm, and the light blue rubber thing is the bracelet from a hotel we were supposed to wear to use the hotel's amenities.

I'm only sharing a few pages, but this is truly a junk journal. I followed no rules and used so many types of papers and embellishments. I even used four different types of photos. (1) regular prints from my digital SLR printed on my home photo printer; (2) phone pics from my Pixel XL printed on my home photo printer; (3) Fuji Instamax photos from my Fuji Instamax Mini automatic camera; and (4) phone pics from my Pixel XL printed on my new HP Sprocket 2nd  Edition. I intend to do a blog post on my Sprocket soon. 

So many fun memories. It was Finn and Shae's first time at the beach, and they loved it!

I can't begin to name all of the products I used. Those palm tree stickers are OLD. I have a painted inked background here with Dylusions, some misc. B&T papers for pockets, and some newer chipboard stickers. 

Junk journals are a great way to use up miscellaneous items in your stash of products and a great way to be creative. There are no rules. We have another big vacation coming up next September, and I'm already looking forward to starting my journal!

Lambert's Cafe Layout

Jess & Neal's last name is Lambert, so of course we take pictures at Lambert's Café.  I have very similar photos of them from a few years ago that I've scrapbooked, so I kept this layout simple

The background B&T paper and zip strips are from CTMH's "Sarita" paper pack.  I left the white borders on the photos.  The title is stamped with Outdoor Denim ink on Goldrush cs.  I used the Cocktail Alphabet stamp set.  The "Happy Day," "Awesome," and "Be Yourself" arrows were cut from a zip strip from CTMH's "Free to Be Me" paper pack.  Lambert's Café has pretty cluttered décor, so I added lots of random embellishments, including smashed bottle caps. 

 

Back Country Layout with Flip Flap Page

I used CTMH's Back Country B&T papers on Terra Cotta CS for this layout from Lambert's Cafe in Alabama.  This pic is without page protectors.  Everything is CTMH except for the two SU mini clips.  For the title, I used CTMH's Rustic Alphabet stamp set.

Here's a close-up of the left page.  This is the place where they throw huge rolls at you from across the room and staff walks around offering hot butter, molasses and side dishes of fried okra, macaroni, cabbage, and fried potatoes, which you get in addition to your meal--waaaay too much food, but it's very good.

And here's the right side.  This pic is with the page protector, so it shows the first picture in the flip flap.

This last shot shows the flip flap page open.  These are great when you have more photos than you have room on the layout.  This time, I only had two extra, so I only needed one flip flap page, but you can layer them as deep as necessary.  They stick on to the outside of your page protector, so you can flip through them without removing your page.