Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 4

Hello there...
Today I will be sharing several pages of my second day trip to Japan.
That was absolutely delightful day that started a bit later (we slept in). After having Russian breakfast that Irina cooked for us: pancakes, coffee  so yummy!
The first thing we decided to open GIFTS... but first we couldn't just open the gifts w/o carrying on with our story, and pointing fingers on each other... LOL.
Because this trip was a "sabotage" against Phoebe, so she was the first to receive gifts from Irina.

And because Irina was the hostess she wanted to give her gifts to me as well.

 

OMG, all these DAISO yumminess... Thank you so much my dear friend!
Now... Phoebe was so anxious to gift back, because she dragged a whole suitcase with her full of supplies and gifts...

wow, a loads of ruffly FUN!
And because I was the last to arrive to our party, I was the lust to give gifts to my dear girls!

And I think we all were very pleased!!!!!!
Ok, I think it will be right time for my art journal page devoted to that moment
this one is before...

 and this one is after....

I love the saying that I found:
"They say that every person that comes into your life comes for a reason...
Well, I've got a few questions about that....." I just love the sarcasm of that phrase. The meaning of that phrase carries all the way through the whole day and actually into the night of our second day together and finding the reason of why we all got together and starting our sisterhood bond. Quiet strong feeling...
I knew that this trip will be very special, no I should say especially special and very meaningful even at the beginning: so many signs were showed to me and one of them was this image, that I stumbled upon at the magazine been at home

here three of us: Phoebe, me and Irina, exactly how we look in life... xo-xo-xo!
and next few flips that I added into my journal are as well very much related to our friendship moment

OK, enough of deep subjects, oh though I love meaningful things - makes my life so reacher and with a purpose, all though I already fulfill the call of nature by having a kid (next generation).
Alright moving on...
According my handwritten journal notes and video report, we got sick of sitting at home and went on our CRAFT SHOPPING sperry.
Local craft store was just delightful, more like american Jo-Anns. Lots of different things.
But main point of our trip on that rainy day was visit of DAISO. It was my 1st ever DAISO experience, and I think I did very well.

just few things here and there and the total is - three bags of crafty stuff....

 Well it is getting to be dinner by now... Well Phoebe treated us with a wonderful dinner at Genki Sushi.... Oh what fun it was!!!!!!!!! and sooooo yummy!

 that was so much fun to taste all different dishes and of course I did record it.. and now put it into art junk journal

we even finished 26 plates and even had some room for the cake...

Been belly up full we had some time to craft. The easiest and the fastest project that we could come up with was shaker boxes... So we made few of those... Mine when as a gift to someone very special... LOL...
While crafting and chatting we wound up with long night girl to girl conversation which brings me back to the saying: "They say that every person that comes into your life comes for a reason..."
which brings me to the end of that part of my travelogue and opens the door for the next one...
See ya in part 5.

Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 3

Hey there, are you already back?
I guess you liked what you saw in 1st part of day one of my "Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 2"
Let's get going...
 we finished with that page in previous part: on the left you see page that I was coloring while in the flight and you can see a napkin that was turned into pocket by adhering washi tape all the way on the bottom, where I can stick more pictures or memorabilia.

here I am squeezed into my upgraded sit with the nice view on the wing of the aircraft that was taking me all the  way from LA through Vancouver to Tokyo, Japan. I used: airplain tickets, pictures, suitcase travel tag, my journal handwritten travelogue and lots of fun sayings about traveling. Adding travel related stickers and fun colorful gel pen writing, makes this page into adorable journal.

 well, screen shots of our aircraft flight path makes this journal into true travelogue art junk journal and custom form on Japanese has story behind it (you are welcome to watch video about it) 

handwritten note on original currency exchange form expressing my feelings and first impression of foreign land.

why not to use back of the form for a journaling spot? of course I will and even more... make it interactable using see through and framed picture elements. By attaching brochure that you have picked up along the way, you can mark your departure and arrival time and reciept just making it more precise.

  how about little travel saying by Rudyard Kipling and hand written notes on first impressions...

 that picture was taken on my arrival to JR Utsunomiya Station where I was stock, while awaiting for girls to pick me up. Yep, after 20 hours and thousands of miles traveling I got stranded in the middle of Japan (there is story about that in the video as well).

 my sarcasm about that situation well represented on these pages

But all is well, that ends well and my first day of travelling came to an end: girls picked me up and brought home, fed and put to bed...

 I even had a chance to upload my videos....

By the way if you missed my video travelogue "Travelogue First Time in Japan"
volume 1, volume 2 & volume 3 - all devoted to the first day of traveling.
Check those out, so much fun!
See you next time....

Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 2

Hello there, how are you doing today? Hope everything is going well..
Today I am bringing you 1st day of my travels to Japan (in two parts). That day started very early and ended very late evening on the next day... Yey, you heard me right, NEXT DAY... I was traveling for two solid days... OMG!
You will ask me how in the world it is possible? The answer is very simple - when you are travelling east you are loosing one calendar day. LOL, got ya! In all my travel time was somewhat around 20-24 hours, which is pretty normal when you are traveling from one continent to another.
Luckily for me I collected enough of "junk" to put together, almost 7 pages. Woo-hoo! More junk!
Well, I happened to make several art journal pages before this trip even took place in anticipation of amazing journey.
But before I will share those with you, I would like to mention that Day 1 of my "Travelogue Art Junk Journal" was split into two parts (for time saving purpose, knowing that people don't have so much of free time on their hands to watch long videos).
On that note, I have a question on "style" of the video that I am recording. Would you like me to go over each day reading all notes and little saying while I am sharing the story of my trip or you would like to see a speed up video of process with pictures and subtitles along the way?
Thank you for your input!
OK, lets get crackalacking and start with Day 1, part 1.
As I said I had few art pages done way before the trip. My inspiration for art/junk journaling are several YT channels: PackerDi, Dede Willingham, Shannon Green, Sugar.
Here is my first art journal page

I used LV suitcases image and huge diamante watch from magazine cutouts and mixed frase "The Fit List" all highlighted with black marker. After I added a little printed saying by Susan Heller about travelling and Oh, boy! is it so true.... "When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." Just love how this page came out.
Second art page is a two pages spread: "East meets West" & "Summer destination". That shabby outdoors few is just amazing

 On first part of it I added Chinese bride (I know.... I couldn't find anything Japanese at that point) and sprinkle diamonds around the page... Any girl, Russian, American, Chinese or Japanese, would LOVE some diamonds...

and "Summer Destination" frase was so appropriate for upcoming trip.
Just love art journaling!!!!!!! Now it is time to JUNK it all out!
Here where my "junk" coming in with the story in hand writing under "keep this as a claim check" luggage tickets. To find out what is the story - watch the video below. Xo-xo-xo!

next page was spiced with receipts, airplane tickets and tiny ME... FUN!

 of course, my NOT love to Dunkin Donuts coffee shines even here...

 another spread of the pages showing pictures of me in airport, that I decorated with washi and Yes, coloring page that I took with me on the airplane to kill time while getting stock in the sit for 10 hours... Ha-ha-ha!
Pss... You should hear what Irina had to say about it....

On that note I will say bye and see ya in the next post "Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 3", which will tell you the rest of the story on day one of my travelling...
See YA!