Journey Jottings

Tuesday Tip 6:

I started this Tuesday Tips section to answer some of the most common questions or comments I hear about our Map Journals ~

This week:

“My handwriting would spoil it”

Take inspiration from these beautiful scribbly gum tree markings

I don’t think you can ever argue with nature, when it comes to beauty

No matter how scrawly your handwriting is, there is still  a pattern to it and while when you start you may think it looks too un-perfect I can assure you that when all the boxes are filled there will be a unifying style that will actually bring the whole sheet together.

No matter how ‘messy’ (and self critically) you think at the time it may look, spontaneity speaks louder than words, and your quick scribbly jottings conveying the fun of the moment is what you will see in years to come – not that you’ve dotted the i or crossed the t

We’ve had a major removal company take a bundle of our Mail-It Maps!

They’re going to give them to their clients who are moving home to use as change of address cards that will visually illustrate where they used to live and where they are now!

We’re over here… where are you?

School holidays in Australia, can mean lengthy car trips with children to either go and visit interstate relatives or simply go on hollers to the beach ~

I thought it may therefore, be a good time to share an idea put to me by a Post Office owner who I met at a Trade Fair. She was telling me how each Post Office has its own individual rubber-stamp specific to their location.

There’s a great travelling eye spy game to be had here!

Children must have eyes peeled on a car journey to spot the red Australia Post Office symbol. Armed with either a Map Journal or Mail-It Map for using as their ‘Post Office Passport’ the children go into the Post Office to ask may they have their map uniquely stamped in one of the surrounding (jotting) boxes.

Eye Spy with my little eye a red & white Australia Post Sign!

Keeps the children occupied en route, gives a sense of purpose during pit stops and what a fun visual memento of every car trip having a map surrounded by rubber stamps commemorating all the places they have been

A great travelling game whether going on a long trip, short trip or even popping to the shops!