A travel journal is the perfect way to capture these moments, holding onto the feelings and sensations that make travel so ...

By KATHRYN CATES MOORE / Lincoln Journal Star Mar 13, 2011 Mar 13, 2011 0 1 of 2 ...

Layering your materials on the page will give it more visual interest and depth. As a rule of thumb, start from larger to smaller—but don't fret about making everything perfect.

For Brower, creating the visual journal was about healing. “I learned profound grief can be a source of inspiration, and not to run from it,” she says.

Each member of the group chooses a color scheme for her journal, an idea borrowed from the book “True Colors: A Palette of Collaborative Art Journals” by Kathryn Bold (Stampington & Co., $30).