Vintage Postcard Travel Journal

Today Kara is sharing an easy, fill-in-the-blanks travel journal made from vintage postcards. Enjoy!

You see, I love the idea of travel journals, but when it comes to actually making a travel journal while traveling... It rarely seems to happen! I usually bring too many supplies and not enough framework to actually journal. I created this travel journal out of vintage postcards and now I can't wait to fill it will quotes and stories for my next adventures. Here's how...

Step 1. To keep with the travel theme, I used vintage postcards to create the pages of my book. Most thrift and antique stories have plenty of dirty plastic bins full of these, but if you want an online option I picked up these from this etsy shop. That shop has tons of postcard packs and probably a set pertaining to the location you're visiting! Step 2. Staple the postcards together on top of each other, by stapling in an X where the two postcards meet. You'll want to overlap them some, so the pages aren't too floppy. Step 3. Next, lay a wide washi tape (mine is a Japanese tape made by MT), sticky-side up and place the front and back postcard covers halfway on the tape. Step 4. Fold up the overlapped tape so the outside binding is done. Step 5. Add the next page to the beginning of the book and lay another piece down on top of those pages. Step 6. Cut off the excess on the top and bottom. Do this to the rest of the pages of your book until the pages are too bulky to shut. Next fill the pages with embellishments, titles, and lined journaling spots. Don't forget to leave spaces to paste in photos!

Tuck the book inside your bag and it's now ready for your next adventure!

xo. Kara

Comments

Beautious! Love it girls!

xoxo
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Posted by: Natasha Fatah | June 21, 2012 at 12:36 PM

what a great tutorial! i love making all types of journals, especially for traveling & adventures.

Posted by: sara | June 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM

I'm going to do this in my next travel, for sure! Great tutorial!

Posted by: Gabriela N. | June 21, 2012 at 01:04 PM

Great!!! It looks really beautiful!!!

Posted by: BeHappy | June 21, 2012 at 01:04 PM

This is a super duper cute idea and keepsake for any trip! Love it!

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Posted by: Girls Off Fifth | June 21, 2012 at 01:04 PM

i actually started doing this awhile ago with some old postcards my friend sends me. they're so pretty i didn't want to toss them but was causing clutter. they make a great little book!

Posted by: mary | June 21, 2012 at 01:05 PM

omigosh this is amazing. one can never have too many journals! i think people should have a separate journal for everything!

Posted by: lxlindsay | June 21, 2012 at 01:10 PM

Kara, thanks thanks tkanks!
I store so many postcards and didn't know what to do with them. Now I'm sure I'll make similar thing out of them! Thanks again!

Julia
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Posted by: Julia | June 21, 2012 at 01:19 PM

What a fun idea! I was given a huge stack of postcards from the 60-70's and most are blank. I've held on to them until I was inspired. I've got to try this!

Posted by: emily | June 21, 2012 at 01:24 PM

I love this! A little scrapbook lookbook ;)

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Posted by: Eva | June 21, 2012 at 01:28 PM

This might be one of my favorite journal projects I've seen here! SO cute. :)

Posted by: Molly Clark | June 21, 2012 at 01:31 PM

thats a really great idea. thx :)

Posted by: Fräulein.Perlon | June 21, 2012 at 01:39 PM

What a cute idea :)

xxx,
Erika

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Posted by: erika | June 21, 2012 at 01:49 PM