{"id":2360,"date":"2016-02-19T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2016-02-19T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:34:33","slug":"oregon-topographic-map-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/oregon-topographic-map-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Topographic Map Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-5.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Map Journal hand bound by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-5-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-5-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love a gorgeous map?<\/p>\n<p>I found these great vintage topographic maps in a shop while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/action-shots-from-the-iprc\/\">visiting Oregon<\/a>, and they depict &#8220;Geographic Hazards of Clackmas County&#8221;. The maps we&#8217;re used to seeing are road maps (well, these days with GPS maybe we AREN&#8217;T used to seeing road maps&#8230;) but these maps show the layout of the ground and the rocks and are beautifully and unusually rich in color.<\/p>\n<p>If you love these, check my etsy shop to see if they&#8217;re still for sale &#8211; regrettably, <strong>once they&#8217;re sold they&#8217;ll be GONE FOREVER<\/strong> since I only have one of each map, so get them while you can!:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/268893621\/oregon-map-journal-coptic-stitch-with\" target=\"_blank\">Red Spine Oregon Topographic Map Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/269006974\/coptic-stitch-journal-handbound-with\" target=\"_blank\">Orange Spine Oregon Topographic Map Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/269003194\/topographic-map-journal-handmade-oregon\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Spine Oregon Topographic Map Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Topographic-Map-Journals-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Topographic Map Journals handmade by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Topographic-Map-Journals-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Topographic-Map-Journals-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Topographic-Map-Journals-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-400x1000.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Topographic-Map-Journals-handmade-by-Ruth-Bleakley-240x600.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The books measure 4 1\/4&#8243; wide, and 5 1\/2&#8243; inches tall, it&#8217;s the perfect size for a backpack or purse. You can also keep it by your bedside table to write in at night. I sewed this book by hand using waxed Irish linen thread which is super tough and the unique exposed spine on this book is a special type of bookbinding called Coptic stitch, a binding allows the book to lay completely flat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-5.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic Map Journal by Ruth Bleakley with coptic stitch binding\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-5-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-6.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic Map Journal by Ruth Bleakley with coptic stitch binding that allows it to lay flat\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-6-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-6-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-2.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic Map Journal by Ruth Bleakley with coptic stitch binding\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-2-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Handmade-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-4.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Handmade Journal by Ruth Bleakley\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Handmade-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Handmade-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oregon-Handmade-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-4-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-21.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic Map Journal made by Ruth Bleakley with coptic stitch binding \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-21.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-21-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Topographic-Map-Journal-by-Ruth-Bleakley-with-coptic-stitch-binding-21-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love a gorgeous map? I found these great vintage topographic maps in a shop while visiting Oregon, and they depict &#8220;Geographic Hazards of Clackmas County&#8221;. The maps we&#8217;re used to seeing are road maps (well, these days with GPS maybe we AREN&#8217;T used to seeing road maps&#8230;) but these maps show the layout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,99],"tags":[170,261,260,259,300],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360\/revisions\/2374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthbleakley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}