Ereader book cover

In the days leading up to going travelling I guess you would expect me to be heavily busy with packing and sorting out last minute details. Whilst that is true, I have been working the last couple of days on making this cover for my ereader. I'm taking it with me on my travels. It should be in it's elemet because this was what my sony was designed for.  But I needed something that would protect it as well as disguise the fact I have an expensive gadget on me. So I was searching for covers to buy but they were, to be honest a bit boring. Then I stumbled upon the idea of hollowing out a book and sticking the device inside. Perfect! I thought.

It took longer than I thought it would because the only craft knife I have is now really blunt but with perseverance I got there. I then stuck on some pretty paper to finish the look.

It's slightly ironic that I've got a book to protect my electronic book isn't it!

Meet Ed!

Yo!

So sorry, I haven't been on here much at all recently. Things have been fairly all over the place getting ready to travel the world. Still, I plan to put on a few more posts before I leave which by the way, isn't long now. 1 week and 2 days to go not that I'm counting!

Once I've left, I'll be switching over to the travel blog I set up with my twin. Just incase you missed the link in a previous post, here it is again: www.travellingtwins.blogspot.com

This will mean that Bekah's Corner will be inactive for a few months but I do plan to pick up where I left off once I get back so don't worry, this is not the end.

Anyway, enough of all that. Come and meet my newest woolly creation. He's called Ed and he'll be accompanying Ellen and I on our travels photobombing as many of our photos as he can! He's a neat little size; he fits snuggly in your hand so he shouldn't be to much of a bother to carry around.

If you follow our travel blog, which I really hope you will, then I should expect you'll see more of him in the future.

How long is a piece of string?

It's the age old question isn't it. But in this instance the answer is the length of the world...sort of.

This is a map that I bought some time ago now but today I mapped out our journey of the world with pins and string. I've been wanting to do this for a while and my Grandad (who is a map pinning and stringing expert) is up visiting us so we did it together.

For some reason I got childishly excited when it came to putting the string on. I guess it's because for the first time, I'm actually seeing our trip in a very physical form.

Stepping back and looking at the end result, it was interesting to see the different legs of plane journeys. It would be that our first plane ride of the trip turns out to be the longest wouldn't it! But it shouldn't be too bad as the excitement of flying will shorten the flight I'm sure. Well, it will for me!  

The last time I went on a plane was when I was 7 years old and even that's a bit hazy in my memories now.

My Nana and Grandad did actually point out to me as well that our flight footprint won't look quite how it does on the map. Apparently on the flight going home, we fly all the way up near Greenland.

I can't wait to go! Its exactly 4 weeks before we do.