Lauren Spencer made me the coolest "Giveaway" gift ever! Many of you saw me post a blog about how I was going to do a giveaway for the first 5 people who commented on my post. The catch was that you would have to offer the same giveaway to your blog readers. The idea came because I was one of the first 5 to post on Lauren's blog. As a result I was one of the recipients of her giveaway! This is the blog about my reward!
Lauren and I met as Freshman at BYU, we were roommates at Helaman Halls (the dorms). We lived together again our Junior year. Over the years Lauren has become acquainted with my love for travel. Therefore, when crafting a special gift just for me it is no surprise she made me a travel journal! Lauren has always had an eye for design. Not only is she a talented photographer, but she is also an incredible graphic designer. I told her that I want to learn my "crafty homemaker" skills from her because she makes everything look so good!
The cover is so adorable, it has our names on it. Plus I love the color scheme!
It has a red elastic that holds the journal closed, and adds a nice accent.
Inside the first page has two quotes that fit my attitude towards life and traveling perfectly. The design is adorable. Then on the next page I write in the trip's title.
On the edge the journal has tabs so that you can keep your tracked observations and experiences organized.
The first section allows me to write in the details of my itinerary.
The last few pages of the section allow me to write in thoughts I have. Then it has two super cute pockets at the end where I can store memorabilia from the trip. That is SO awesome because I love keeping ticket stubs, cafe napkins etc.
One of the parts I absolutely LOVE is how there are stickers that I can post on different parts of the journal I write.
I can stick a page with "Loved It," "Hated It," "Must Go Back," "Reccomend," "Best Day," "Good for Kids," or a star. Isn't that so great!
This will be perfect for me, especially because I love planning and evaluating travel.
The rest of the Sightseeing section allows me to enter the information of my hotels, and then rate and comment on them. So cool!
I can do the same thing with Restaurants...
And points of interest...
And of course shopping! Then the cute pockets at the end again. I seriously wish I would have been doing this all along. Wouldn't it be awesome if I had an organized method of seeing all of the places I have stayed, seen, experienced, etc. with my ratings and comments for them? Maybe I'll try to look back and remember?
Basically, I totally
love my travel journal! Thank you so much Lauren! Your thoughtfulness has blown me away. Thank you for sharing your talents by making something special for ME! :) Love you!
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