Travel Tuesdays With KM

MEMORIES!!!! 


While I studied abroad I accumulated many post cards, brochures, tickets, and maps.  I wanted to be able to remember everything when I got home.  Being the creative person that I am, I decided that I wanted to put all of these items into a frame to hang on my wall so that I could remember all the good times that I had.  Now when I say I accumulated many...well, that may be a bit of an understatement because I took brochures from EVERY place that I went to.  I couldn't help myself!  Everything was beautiful and different from what I normally see at home.  I tried to incorporate as many aspects from my travels as I could but after I had finished I realized that I didn't even include pictures that I took!  I suppose I'll just have to make more collages!

I started off by pulling everything that I had gathered together then started laying things out on the back of the frame so that I could try and get a feel for where I wanted everything to go.

From there I layered different items and tried to find a way to make them flow together so there weren't any gaps.

I attempted to put the top part of the frame on and thought that I was finished only to discover that when I picked the frame up everything slid down...back to the drawing board!  I put everything face down on the actual frame so that all I had to do was attach the back...risky since I couldn't see what everything really looked like but it was a chance I was willing to take.  I gently lifted the frame, keeping it flat, so that I could peek under to see how everything was coming along.  Luckily it looked great so I taped everything together on the back then attached the back of the frame and was finished!

Postcard from Stratford

View of my collage which includes
a post card from Leeds Castle, the
ticket stub from Leeds Castle,
a card my Grandmother sent me,
and a small portion of the map of the Louvre

At the center of my collage is my map of the Tube which was an
unbelievable help and without it I probably would have been more
directional challenged than usual

View of my collage which includes a post card
from Bath, various carnets (metro tickets)
from Paris, and a brochure from Athens

This is a perfect way to show off all your memorabilia from your trips and the best part about this kind of souvenir is that a lot of it was free!  I have a few more ideas on how to remember your trips but you'll just have to keep reading to see what else I have up my sleeve!


How do you make your trips unforgettable?  Let me know!!!