So, there is this journal that I have been working on for quite some time (I’ll share that at a later date) that I have had a love/hate relationship with! I just couldn’t seem to get it to work. Then one day I was watching another video from the awesomely talented Florence Antonette, and had an “Aha!” moment I knew exactly what was missing…

…postage and travel themed goodies!

I owned a few things to start out with, postage stamps of course, and a couple of postage themed washi tapes, but I needed more! So, off I went to hunt for anything with a postage/travel/office supply theme. I’d say I did pretty well, wouldn’t you?  Everything in there is from either Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, with the exception of the large envelope stickies, those are from Walmart.

Where did you find that nifty box you ask? I don’t remember, it’s been that long since I bought it!

But, here is what it looks like since I decided it would be perfect to store all my postal goodies in.

First, I painted the outside with Martha Stewart’s Satin acrylic paint in “Summer Linen”, then gave it a light sanding to distress it a bit. Looked for some black and white maps in my book stash, adhered them with matte medium, and went over those with some watered down paint of the afore mentioned color. Then added a circle punch of a map and a cut out of an oval map image.

Next, I adhered some of my favorite stamps in the red, white, and blue color story I had chosen for this project, bits of washi tape and some ink stamping to finish.

A Soviet satellite from the 1950’s! Just-Pinch-Me-That’s-Cool!!!

I went with a travel theme also. I’m not much of a traveler, but I love the look! When I had the composition the way I wanted it, I went over the whole thing with some of Martha’s satin varnish to seal it. Now, I have the perfect organization for all of my postage decorating goodies!

Back to the journal mentioned above, I will be sharing it soon. Some of you may recognize it from “ye olde blog”, but it has had a facelift, and is looking quite smart with it’s new decor!

Also, I will be sharing a quick how-to on that cute little button topped tin sometime soon!

Until then…

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great rest of your week,

~Patty