20 Ways to Use Smash Book Style Journals

I recently got in to 'smash booking' in my Lyradori Traveler's Notebook and I must say I love doing them.  I really don't have the patience or time to create full scrapbooks and layouts, so much prefer the stick anything any way you choose method.

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What is a Smash Book?

As you can see from the videos below a smash book is like a scrapbook, but following no set structure and it doesn't have to be painstakingly neat and organised.  I love that you can save receipts, tickets, photos and other keepsakes and just glue them to a page to keep forever.  I often journal alongside mine as a way of remembering special days and events.

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How to Create a Smash Book

​Smash books can take many forms and you don't have to use the official smash book.  You can use traditional scrapbooks, notebooks, traveler's notebooks, moleskine inserts or make them yourself using a variety of different papers or scrapbook paper and then either stitch them together or use a long armed stapler or loose binder rings to clip them together. The one in the video is using a Moleskine Notebook that I bought off Amazon. I then used scrapbook papers, ephemera, bits from magazines, washi tape, photos, stickers, tickets, stamps and journaling cards to put the pages together... the sky's the limit!  

What to Use a Smash Book for:

I use my smash book to log many things.  I use it to document what I have done at work, cards received for special occasions, thoughts & feelings, big events, days out and my 40th Birthday. I even documented the Eurovision and the Epsom Derby. Let your imagination run wild and use it to document what you have done.  There will always be times when you look back on life and think "what did I do for that?" or "I wish I had documented that". 

20 Uses for Smash Books

• Birthdays
• Days out
• Weddings
• Parties/Celebrations
• Work events
• Achievements
• Things you are looking forward to
• Worries, Thoughts & Feelings
• Finance/receipts/no spends
• Concerts/Performances/Ticket Stubs
• Holidays/Trips
• Blogging Goals
• Wishlists/Bucket Lists
• The Eurovision/Grand National etc
• Tv Shows I am loving
• Gift guide
• Cinema/Bingo trips
• Movies Watchlist
• Night's Out
• Tracking (weight, exercise)

I'd love to hear about your smash book journey in the comments below. So... do you smash book and what do you use it to document? Is there anything holding you back? 

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