In this Skillshare class we are making a simple travel journal. You can use it as a monthly journal too or even a sketchbook or a notebook or give it away as a lovely gift.

I share why and how I use these journals and give you enough information to get you going on your own journaling journey.

What you will learn:

- how to loosen up and infuse your future journal with your own energy

- how and why to use intentions

- how to make a simple soft cover book

Why would you want to take this class?

I believe that when we know we are going to write about our day we become more present in order to not forget what happened so that we can write about it. And this is really how presence looks like - we are present in our life, our moments, our doings and observings and we capture these things in our journals.

Travel journal can just as well become a monthly journal because we are constantly journeying - through our inner worlds and outer ones.

Journaling grounds you and gives you answers to questions. Travel journaling captures your journey in unfamiliar places as well as what gets triggered inside you because of that. Having a memoir about this things is a bonus in my book ;)

Who is this class for?

Anyone really. If you like to spend some time reflecting about what is happening to you and inside you, why not capture these reflections in your own, self made journal instead of a bought one. I guarantee you that it's much more special to do so.

Materials needed: paper, cutting knife, cutting mat, ruler, pencil & eraser, glue, thread & needle. Look in the Resources Section to get full list and additional info but I designed this class to work for anyone really.

Class project is a fresh, eagerly waiting to be used, journal.

This is how my almost finished journal looked like on the outside,

and on the inside:

And here is a page from one of my own travel journals where I was enjoying sketching over the colored splash and also writing around it. I also love gluing things onto my pages so there is always plenty to be re-discovered in my own journals.

Hope to see you in class!

With much love,

Nina

Lisa McLennan

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