About a dozen people of all ages showed up for my workshop at Southwest Maker Fest Saturday.
I talked a little about making minimalist travel journals that you can start during your trip. Then I gave everyone an envelope with odds and ends to represent what you might pick up on your travels — attraction flyers, paper scraps, coffee sleeves, Travelcraft Journal stickers, etc. Then I set them loose to create something that told the story of their day.
Because the room I was assigned to was in a children’s museum, some of the parents assumed it was a “kid thing” and were surprised when I handed them an envelope to create one too. Also, the open-endedness of the project freaked a few people out a bit at first.
But, by the end, everyone — kids and adults — really got creative and made some fabulous things. They journaled, they drew, some of them went outside the booklet format and got architectural, building things with their materials.
I love seeing people open up to creativity.
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RT @TravelcraftJrnl: My @SWMakerFest workshop attendees came up with some pretty awesome stuff! http://t.co/7orQ6XhzTU #swmf #swmakerfest h…
What a fun workshop, especially knowing that you’ll leave your trip with a meaningful keepsake.
Thanks! I haven’t done the hands-on part before, so I wasn’t sure how it would go, but I had such fabulous group!
My @SWMakerFest workshop attendees came up with some pretty awesome stuff! http://t.co/7orQ6XhzTU #swmf #swmakerfest http://t.co/FPOnO4WDQW