Everything alright??

Hello girls,

I'm ready to start now! Since I had to visit the artist's shop last week, I have my book now, 64 pages, thick ones, so everybody has 3 doublepages to create and I believe that's enough for one month....

I wanted to show you a picture of the first and only book I created up to now. It was a work, we had to do as one part of our final examination as a goldsmith. The focus was on what we had learned during these three years. Everything had to be "handmade" even the book..I loved it!!!

So, where are we:

I need all your "snail-mail-adresses" to create a list of the participiants for you all.

My mail-adress: 8en@gmx.de

How do you come along with your books??

Any questions?

I would like to hear from you!!
Have a great day!!
Uschi

ready, set, go!

Now that I'm back from my holidays, I can make a start on my travelling journal.
First up, the journal....after a few workshps in bookmaking ,I really feel I should make one. Put all of that new found knowledge to some use! I have a few ideas so hopefully in the next day or so I will have a photo of something concrete to show you!

Journal Panic...ok bad word...journal anticipation/excitement/worry

I'm excited too - Di, you have company! And I am also looking out for a good book to use. And wondering what to fill it with.

I realise this is a very short post - that would probably suit 'comments' better... just wanted to say hello out here too.

Ceri

Saying Hello

Just wanted to say hello! I am panicking about my journal!! I unfortunately don't have the skills to make my own so will have to keep my eyes open for one I can purchase! What is everyone else doing for their journal?

Looking forward to this though! It's going to be good for me!

{It Works!}

I am waiting on my paper so I can build my journal...I'm really looking forward to this project. Last night the ideas swirled in my head as to the cover of my journal and my first pages. I can't wait to get to know all of you through our journals!

Dawn (d.)
www.dblogala.typepad.com

Hi from Uschi

Good morning to all of you. I just pop in to tell you, that I think it's great if all of you take part in creating this page ( posting here..). I would like to know more about you!

I'm busy until end of next week my "big market" is over. Then I will be back with all my energy ;)).

Dawn asked:

Are there any guidelines as to what we include in our journaling? Are we focusing on culture, surroundings, etc.? What would you say?

I added a link-list to the page, because not all of your blogs are visible from here. Please add your links!!

Sunny greetings!!

Uschi

Here we go!!

Hi girls!!

I started this blog as a platform to change all news concerning the travelling-journals-project.
We all together can decide, if we want to keep it "close" or "open".

Currently we are 10, because Tine "retired" before starting, she hasn't got the time.
I will once again ask for participants on my other blog but I think better less than 12 with your high motivation than the other way round.

So here is the "official" paper:

*Create or look for a journal wich has about 100 pages, so everybody has about 4 or 5 double-pages to design. Please make sure, that everybody knows at any time, who is the owner of the book.
Take the first 5 double-pages to talk/paint/create about anything you want the others to know.
First shipping period is end of July and we have to take alook on how long the books will be on their way to the next participants.

* You will have one month to work on each book and then hand it over to the next one.

* Life can change a lot during one year and things might appear, which make it impossible to go on with the project or just have a break. Pleas let us know immediately, when there is a delay or a break or you have to quit for any reason.

*I would like to hand a list with all snail and email-adresses to all participants to give you the possibility to stay in non-virtual-contact ;))

* we need to discuss the shipping costs: is there somebody who wouldn't mind to pay a bit more than the others? Please do a little research and we talk about that at the end of June!
Currently we have:

Japan:Joey
Israel: Julie
US: Dawn
Australia: MarianneAlice, Amy
Europe: Sia/Netherlands, Caty/France, Di/Scotland, Topchamp/Scotland, Uschi/Germany

@ Joey/Julie, Dawn: what is the cheapest country you can ship to?

Should we change continents as often as we can, or doesn't this matter for you??

Any open questions left?????
I give you all a big hug and am very much looking forward to get started!!!
Uschi