Lady Falcon Travelers

my holiday planning and journaling was virtually non existent this year. I had all the right intentions and all the right tools. I even made  a new junk journal to take with me in case the old one would run out.... but it was just to hot to do anything except take a few notes along the way so I could catch up when I was back home.

 

Which is what I did this week in between doing all the holiday laundry and putting away all the camping gear.

It was a bit of a shock to come back from 30+ degrees Celsius to about 20 degrees and rain, but I did get to sit outside with my collected stuff and fill in all the gaps.

Added some pictures...

And of course pretty washi tapes...

I did do some writing while on holiday, but not nearly as much as I am used to.

Nor did I write it all chronologically per day, but rather just wrote what came to mind and tried to remember the day. Also decided to keep a list of the books I was reading and made a note in the diary of start and end date of reading the books.

I had some papers already smashed in there when I made the booklet, so that was nice to work with, setting the tone for the spread.  These were the last pages I wrote while on holiday...the rest I did at home.

As you can see, I apparently wasn't paying much attention, because I used a picture twice. The last one was printed at home with a regular photo printer and the previous one was printed with a mini travel printer.

Added a few ephemera along the way and figured that I was done when the booklet was full.

This was my first time using my regular journal for holiday journaling and apart from the fact that 38 degrees Celsius is not a good temperature to write, I liked it. Although I think I probably would have written more had there been more pages left in the booklet. As it is I stopped because I didn't want to write the rest in a separate booklet. Which is fine really...

So now the booklet is full and I've replaced it with the new junk journal and will continue writing is this one. No smashing of random papers and stuff this time, although I might still do that at some point. For now it's just 5 different types of paper to write on.

Still happy with my Mahogany B6 slim and really enjoying the way it develops a patina. A few scratches on the cover from being dragged around with me, but I think it adds to the charm.

So at the moment I have in here, a 3 month diary, MOTP-WOTP and added notes papers for bullet journaling, a folder with stuff and my junk journaling insert. All kinds of stuff stuck into the pockets, both in the TN and in the inserts. It's chunky, but not too chunky and feels nice to handle. Looking forward to seeing the patina develop even further.

I'm still on a break this week, which is why I'm still not much on the interwebs. I'll be fully back at work come next Monday, but will start to pick up some things, like messages and Facebook, this weekend.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

xoxo Monique

I'm going to try something new today....I'm going to write a short blogpost... That's right, very short... However, It is a rather long video =) It's a flip through of my Traveler's Notebook (s), both my personal planner and the TN I took with me on holiday to Italy with the Travelogue and the doodling booklets. I hope you enjoy Have a lovely weekend, xx Monique IG: LadyFalconTN Flickr: Traveler's Notebooks Etsy: MorganLeFaesTrinkets

Last week I went on a little trip to Italy with my family. We had lots of fun and mad loads of pictures. Over the years I noticed somehow those pictures are taken only to be never looked at again, or if you do look at them, you can't remember what was going on, or even where it was.

So the past few years I've taken to making a travelogue from all my trips. Sometimes quite elaborate, but usually just a brief journaling page per day with what we did and a few pics to go with it. Sometimes I draw, sometimes I don't. I just go with the flow.

This year I made a new template for my travelogue and made it available in my Facebook group, Lady Falcon Traveler's Notebooks

It started out looking like this


and ended up looking like this =)


Not as chunky as some I did before, but lovely and messy, just the way I like it.


The first night we were guided to the most adorable and delicious local Trattoria, where everything was home-made!


Reading glasses seem to be a must these days, not only for me =)


From the cottage we walked right into the woods, with the most amazing mushrooms.


We went to see the Tarot Gardens of Niki de Saint Phalle


Il Guardino Dei Tarocchi


Here are some of those amazing mushrooms.


And loads of pictures of the Tarot Garden


With the most amazing colors


The pictures do not do them justice!


Went to see a good friend near Rome


and stopped by Castel Gandolfo, where the new pope doesn't reside anymore....



Where we stuck our toes into the ocean...which was quite chilly still...


But the sun shone and we had a great time


Found out that these are colonies of tiny creatures that sail the seas, flagella flagella =)


Were given directions to the parking lot by a parking assistant in pure Italian and found out that hands and feet do work in aiding translation...


Had the most beautiful ice-cream from a little shop run by a lovely family in Porto De Giglio


And had our last dinner in Italy, for this trip, in Capalbio, near the cottage.


And had to fly back home again...


Sad and happy at the same time


La Dolce Vita indeed!


The coloring booklet you see, is available in my Facebook group (LadyFalconTN)


And I carried it all around with me in my Large Moleskine Cahier sized Traveler's Notebook.


Keeping some extra bits and pieces in the leather folder I made to go with it =)


The coloring booklet will get a follow up booklet made with original art from members of the Lady Falcon Traveler's Notebooks group. If you like to join this project, or would like to print your own coloring booklet for your Traveler's Notebook, please join us =)

I'll post the progress of the booklet and the drawings we are making here, for now, have a wonderful week.
xx Monique
IG: LadyFalconTN
Flickr: Traveler's Notebooks
Etsy: MorganLeFaesTrinkets

ps: The shop is closed for (most) physical items this week, as I try to catch up with everything and develop new stuff for in the shop, but you can always contact me through Etsy for custom requests. Digital items are available and a few already made items.

Since the beginning of this year (march 2014) I've been involved in a project where people from all around the world share snippets of their life in a Traveler's Notebook. For a brief period of time they will host one of the projects Traveler's Notebooks and capture their every day lives into the notebooks, with whatever medium they feel comfortable with. Be it writing, drawing, painting, photography or a combination of any of the above, anything goes. A facebook group has been created for the group and many joined for the first trip around the world. Since there are so many people in the group, several subgroups have been cerated and each group has its own Traveler's Notebook. I made 2 Traveler's Notebooks and inserts as a contribution to the project and coordinate both groups these travel within. These traveler's have departed for the USA on april 14th 2014 for their first stop and continued their journey around the world from there on. Some of the pictures of these travelers have been shared on Flickr and on Facebook. I will try and get more pictures gathered there. There are also pictures on Instagram (#TravelingDori). Last week one of the traveler's came home after its first trip around the world and I was at awe. Its so wonderful to see all the contributions in the book, all those pieces of life from all around the world. To read about them, see their photo's and feel their art and heart. So I made a little video, yesterday evening, which doesn't do it justice at all, but will give a little impression of the Traveler. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/v/Yyluxez5j08?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata[/embed] I named him Mîr Ardhon (Treasure World) derived from Tolkien's Elvish: LEND MÎR OS ARDHON journey ◈ *lend S. [lˈɛnd] (lenn- S.) n. journey ← lenn-mbas PM/404, X/ND1 treasure ◈ mîr S., N. [mˈiːr] n. jewel, precious thing, treasure ◇ Ety/373, LotR/E, S/434, PM/348, LB/354, RGEO/73 around ◈ os- N. [ɔs] pref. about, around ◇ Ety/379 world ◈ ardhon S. [ˈɑrðɔn] n. augm. of ardh, 1. Geog. great region, province ○ 2. by ext., world ← Calenardhon S/386, PM/348 ◈ gardh S. [gˈɑrð] n. 1. Geog. bounded or defined region ○ 2. by ext., world ◇ WJ/402 He's huge compared to my daily TN.   I'm barely able to hold him with one hand =) It's a pleasure to flick trhough all these wonderful colorful pages. The first notebook is now filled completely. The second one has still room to play. The Junk journal insert I made has room to play as well. And so does the last notebook. Ready for another trip around the world in round 2 of this awesome project. This week it's my turn to add to the colorful and lively pages. Looking forward to that. Round 2 of the project will be open to new members, so if you're interested check out the group on facebook. I hope you enjoyed this and I wish you a wonderful weekend.

Recently I updated my Midori TN free inserts page with the link to the location where you can download them. I also added my new logo and the link to my Etsy shop. In case you would like me to make you a Traveler's Notebook or inserts for Traveler's Notebooks. Among the inserts are some templates with quotes I collected overt the past year and used with my art journals. An insert with random quotes and an insert with Hitchhikers Guide quotes by Douglas Adams, since this is one of my all time favorite books. I've shared these free templates already on my facebook page and in several Facebook groups, but thought I'd share them here as well. I used the last one as a travel journal while on holiday and realy enjoyed the setup. In one of the Facebook groups I'm a member of, Midori Traveler's Notebook Forum, a lovely lady, named Cassandra, posts daily quotes, QOTD. I thought it was a shame to see those quotes disappear into the stream of the timeline and asked her if she was alright with me collecting those quotes to gather them into a booklet. Which she was and she graciously allowed me to share the booklet. Yesterday I printed my new journal booklet with Cassandra's quotes and made some covers to go with it. My daughter accompanied me while making a mess. We had a lot of fun together. She made the middle cover and I think it turned out beautiful. We used some spray inks with stencils for these covers. Flipped them over after the first spray to get the reverse effect. Rubbed some ink into another stencil. Used stamps. old dictionary paper and washi tape to decorate a little further. The back cover is folded so we have room to keep some papers, ephemera and stuff in the back of the booklet. Added a little flap at the bottom of the back cover inside the flap. and added some decorative papers. Finaly we folded the printed papers for the insert and assembled the booklets. So here are some pictures of one of the finished inserts. Inside fron cover. Each right page has a quote. The back cover with the flap. And inserted an envelope and a pcture I wanted to keep. I'm afraid the lady didn't stamp as well as I wanted, but I still like it. She's one of my newest Stampers Anonymous stamps and I realy love these. So true.... We had a lot of fun making these and I hope you enjoyed watching. Have fun making your own and I wish you a wonderful week.