travel journal
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Autumn in Japan Journal
I’ve finally printed my Autumn in Japan journal. I’m so happy with the result. Please have a check! If you want to create something like this, check out my Skillshare class on creating a travel journal on Procreate. You can find the class here. Not a Skillshare member yet? Sign up here to get a…
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Road Trip 2025
Hello there! I hope you are enjoying your days wherever you are in the world. In Helsinki, the summer has fully come to life. The temperature today reached 24C inside and outside. But that is not bad at all! I just returned from a Road trip with the family on a Camping Van. We drove…
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Felt like I did something right!
On the 12th of January 2025, I posted this reel on TikTok and I cannot believe that until now it is still getting attention. It has now reached 71K views, 3,934 likes and 1,475 saved. It also gained lots of love on a Facebook Japan Stamping group and on Instagram. People are asking questions, seeking…
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Travel Journaling
I love to travel and I’ve visited 50 countries. I also love to document my travels on my blog and on my Instagram. But also, I love creating Travel Journals. Journaling about my travels has always been an enjoyable process that allows me to be at the present moment whilepreserving that moment at the same…
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Happy May!
Hello there! Happy May! It’s been awhile since I posted here. I was away on a holiday in South Korea and Japan. If you are interested, you can read about my recent travel at elainevitikainen.com where we took the ferry from Busan, South Korea to Fukuoka, Japan. The Cherry Blossom was so beautiful! When I…
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My latest class on Skillshare
Hello there! Happy 1st of March! Seems like the days are going too fast. I hope your February was wonderful and full of creativity. Yesterday, I published my latest class on creating a Travel Journal on Procreate. Thanks to those you already joined my class from yesterday. You can find the class here. I hope…
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Japan Journal Book
It’s here! My Japan Journal book was just printed into an A5 book. I’ve created the pages on Procreate then sent them to the printer. I’m really happy with the outcome. A Skillshare class about my process is coming soon. Please look forward to it!
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How to keep journaling for a year
I’ve been seeing this a lot. People struggling to keep up and maintaining a journal for the entire year. I, myself, is not immune to this. I remember a year when I skipped the whole summer. I did not record anything for that summer. It might sound like a disaster but it’s okay. It happens…
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Japan Travel Journal
I’ve finally finished my Japan Travel Journal from my Japan trip last month. I love how I was able to collect Eki Stamps during the trip. You can check out the reel here. It was a lovely trip and wishing to return to Japan next year. Although the Autumn colours were not yet in full…
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New Class: Let’s Create a Travel Journal
Hello there! I hope you are well, staying healthy and being creative! Yay! I just published another class and this time, it is about travel journaling. I love creating Travel Journals. Journaling about my travels has always been an enjoyable process that allows me to be at the present moment while preserving that moment at…
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Time flies!
I can’t believe that we are almost halfway through January. But I’m happy how the year started and how much I created during the first weeks of January. Firstly, my new Skillshare class was published on the 6th. It’s about making transparent floral stickers. I really enjoy making transparent stickers. Check out the class here:…
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One Pager Travel Journals
Three years ago I was digitalising some of my one pager travel journals that I’ve created on my sketchbooks. Who would have thought that travelling would not be possible in the next two years. But somehow, I haven’t been very keen in creating more journals when I got to travel again. I’ve started a new…
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Scrapbooking Malta
I returned from a holiday in Malta. And as usual, I’ve gathered items to create another Travel Scrapbook. As I mentioned in my previous blog, at one point I have so many of these – boarding passes, travel tickets, museum tickets, business cards, postcards, brochures, maps, receipts… I didn’t exactly know what to do with…
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Venice Scrapbook
I’m really happy to have returned from a holiday in Venice and being able to immediately scrapbook my travel. This was my first time ever! As mentioned in my previous blog, I’ve collected all kinds of things from my travels but didn’t really know what to do about them up until now… Next step is…