Look at this amazing Post Office stamp map of Route 66 in the USA. It took Ken ‘The Landrunner’ Turmel two years to traverse the route and collect all the commemorative Post Office stamps created for the 70th anniversary of Route 66, in the USA. He has now reproduced the artwork for sale as a Post […]
Year at a Glance – May 2010
At the end of each month… I jot down what has been the main highlight for that month, so at the end of the year (and for the fun of future reminiscing) I’ll have the year simply summarized on a single sheet on one of our Map Journals ~ The highlight for May was the expansion of our Map […]
The year at a glance – March & April
Map Journals are great for ‘simply’ summarizing where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing ~ on a single sheet Within days of returning from the Sydney Trade Fair at the start of March, I flew off to Scotland (click ‘Postcards from Scotland‘ to read all about that trip!) Each month this year I’m entering a […]
Scribbles
“My handwriting would spoil it” is a common cry I hear when travellers first put their hands on a Journey Jottings Map Journal. But here – Take inspiration from these beautiful scribbles scrawled across a scribbly gum tree – I think you’d be hard pressed to create anything looking more untidy – and yet, look at […]
My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
I’ve been nominated by Kirsty Wilson of TravelTipsPlus to participate in Tripbase’s “3 Best Kept Secrets” “Congratulations on being nominated in Tripbase’s Best Kept Travel Secrets Project! Two months on, and we’re amazed at the response we’ve had. Over 100 travel bloggers have participated so far, sharing their Best Kept Travel Secrets on far-flung destinations, […]
The year at a glance – 2010
Do you ever get to the end of a year and say – Where did the time go? What did I do? Where did I go? And when exactly was that? Book type journals are great for all the detail, but they just don’t cut it for seeing the year at a glance. So for […]