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Traveler Journal Kit
Li'l Traveler


Khaki/Black

This sample was made from the natural Li'l Traveler kit. The texture on the left is a torn doily that I glued with acrylic gel medium to the canvas before painting with acrylic paints.

What comes in the kit

  • Canvas Cover
  • Canvas Paste Down
  • Book Boards
  • 70 lb. Text Paper
  • 90 lb. Rough Arches Watercolor Paper (Original Traveler only)
  • Heavy Waxed Linen Thread
  • Velcro
  • Sewing Jigs
  • Step-by-Step Instructions

What you'll need


Here I've taped a grid onto the black canvas.
The grid serves as a resist to the paint I'll apply.
-- Christine Cox

Bonus!
Buy any book kit and the bonus kit is yours for only $4.00 (a $4.75 value).

  • 1 oz. block beeswax

  • 1 large-eye binding needle

Bonus Kit
$4.00

Here are a couple of hardware details I've added to the Li'l Traveler kits I've assembled.

 
Functional closure, hand-fabricated

The real value of a great journal is measured in durability and ease-of-use. The Traveler and Li'l Traveler are 2 books that you can count on during a rough trip or for day-to-day business. They are full of thoughtful extras like a flap that doubles as a closure or page marker, heavy text paper to minimize bleed-through and Velcro closures to keep the book closed and to protect the paper within. The books open flat for comfortable writing.

The books are also a springboard for creativity. Both come in either natural (off-white) or black canvas that you can paint and stamp for your own distinctive look. Using your acrylic paints helps resist water and staining. We also offer the kit in black/khaki hard-wearing denim. That's more practicality than one usually expects from such a beautiful book. Accent your journal with some of those fantastic beads you've been hording and it becomes a personalized favorite. Check out some samples in our Idea Center.

The original Traveler features 2 blocks of  text weight paper. Li'l Traveler has 1 block of text weight paper.

Shown here is our black Original Traveler. Note the 2 text blocks and the protective flap closure. This sample was painted with Lumiere acrylic paints using torn masking tape as a mask.
 

Available in the following 3 great colors:

Black

Natural

Black/Khaki
(black side)

Khaki/Black
(khaki side)

Difficulty rating:

Original Traveler
8 3/4" X 5 3/4"
$34.00


Li'l Traveler
4" X 6"
$25.00


 


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