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Issue 27: Family

A Little Bit South of Saskatoon

How to paint your toenails in a van while cruising across the country.

Esme Blegvad 11/04/2013
  • I took a four-week road trip across the U.S. with my friends’ band and I kept a journal of stuff I saw. I don’t know how to drive, so I had a lot of time to doodle on the road.

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29 Comments

  • annika November 4th, 2013 7:07 PM

    this is really great!!also im from saskatoon so i was surprised to see this haha

    • NotReallyChristian November 5th, 2013 10:25 AM

      I’ve been to Saskatoon! We went there (from the UK) on holiday when I was 8 to stay with a friend of my Mum’s and her family. I liked it, because we went specifically in February to see lots of snow :)

    • sn0wwhite November 5th, 2013 2:43 PM

      I’m from south of Saskatoon- Regina.

  • vintagebarbie November 4th, 2013 7:08 PM

    these drawings are actualluy so amazing

  • jesuscametomybirthdayparty November 4th, 2013 7:47 PM

    this is so cool!!! so much love

  • o-girl November 4th, 2013 7:48 PM

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS best journal-sketchbook vibes that i can relate to (this is how i journal and i don’t really see a ton of people doing it the same way)

  • Suzy Exposito November 4th, 2013 7:53 PM

    I commend your ability to draw and watercolor while in a car! I get way too sleepy and unfocused on the road. These look reeeeeeally good, sounds like it was a fun tour too!

  • maude loves you every day more November 4th, 2013 7:58 PM

    these are so beautiful!! especially one… i feel like I am being lifted away just looking at it

    • maude loves you every day more November 4th, 2013 7:59 PM

      *especially the last one oops :)

  • Mimi7 November 4th, 2013 8:32 PM

    Wow, I don’t even know if I can express how great this all is! Such an amazing range of topics and styles-stories, photos, watercolor,venn diagrams. It’s so fun to read! I love how you say it’s a “very poor sketch” and then it’s excellent (it’s a cool look with out legs).

  • Greta November 4th, 2013 8:54 PM

    I love this so much. I need to go on a road trip as soon as possible, before my head explodes.

  • Hailey Mah November 4th, 2013 9:10 PM

    This was absolutely gorgeous, and major inspiration for the journal I’m working on!

  • jessmargo November 4th, 2013 9:39 PM

    I adore every page!!! I especially love 4, 7, and 9, all beautiful though!

  • cleobea November 4th, 2013 10:59 PM

    so much love for this

  • cin November 5th, 2013 12:01 AM

    Was the color for all this all entirely done in watercolor?!

    p.s amazing, love it you are gr8!

  • JadeTayla November 5th, 2013 1:33 AM

    Wow, these are so wonderful! The last one is def my favourite. Next time I go on a road trip I’m totally going to attempt something like this!

  • monalisa November 5th, 2013 1:33 AM

    amayzingah ugh. printed them and stuck them on my wall

  • rhymeswithorange November 5th, 2013 1:59 AM

    Beautiful!

  • julalondon November 5th, 2013 2:03 AM

    I always love to see other people’s journals!!=)

  • Isabellla November 5th, 2013 6:22 AM

    majestic and awesome

  • tturnthenoiseon November 5th, 2013 8:06 AM

    So, so, so inspired.

  • daniellelucy November 5th, 2013 8:22 AM

    i absolutely love this, i want to keep a journal like this when i go away next week. i doubt it will be as good as this though! x

    daniellelucyy.blogspot.co.uk

  • lxmldrt November 5th, 2013 9:31 AM

    Esme you are my H E R O

  • Cutesycreator aka Monica November 5th, 2013 12:23 PM

    There are no words for how much I love this <3

  • Caitlin Hazell November 5th, 2013 2:00 PM

    LUVVV

  • emlyb November 5th, 2013 2:46 PM

    ahhhh wow this is rad

  • amescs November 5th, 2013 4:36 PM

    so so wonderful

  • Janelle November 6th, 2013 9:13 AM

    So so good! I want to keep a journal like this and travel the whole world.

  • raggedyanarchy November 7th, 2013 9:38 AM

    This is great! I’m driving across the country with my friends this summer–from Mississippi to San Diego for Comic-Con–and I’m super excited. Journaling is a good idea–I can’t drive, either, so I’ll have a lot of time to sit around. I want to get a Polaroid camera so I can take a bunch of pictures and not have to wait to get them developed.

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