Thursday, April 14, 2011

DIY: Notebook!

I have a lot of ideas in my head. It's a problem. Well I should say problem for my school notes.... They're filled with drawings that I tend to forget about and loose them. I fixed this problem. I made this cute little notebook that I can add pages to and take all around with me for all my ideas! Lets do this.
What you need:
-Folder
-Magazines
-Sketch pad paper or what you prefer drawing on
-Scissors
-Mod Podge!
-ribbon or some other type of closer thinger
-crappy paint brushes
-Hole punch!



Step one) Decide what size you want your notebook and cut the folder down to the size you'd like it to be.
Step 2) Flip through your magazine and cut out several little pictures in all sorts of shapes and sizes. For side 1, I chose to go with a bright sunny floral theme where on side 2, its much more cool colors.
Step 3) Paint a thin coat of mod podge on the outside of side 1 of your folder... this is so the pictures will stick.
Step 4) Start placing your magazine pieces how you'd like on your page. Feel free to over lap, leave some hanging off (you'll cut it off later) Go CRAZY. --WARNING: Sacrifice some sort of paper or magazine so you don't get mod podge all over your table.............................. found that out a tad late.






















Step 5) Let dry and repeat on back side!
Step 6) Cut paper down to match the size of your folder, Fold in half
Step 7) Make several of these smaller book pages, so your book will fold in half easier. I put 4 pages together and hole punched them and repeated 3 times.
Step 8) Stack your little paper books together and place in your folder.
Step 9) Cut ribbon and Tie your pieces of paper into your book.
Step 10) YOUR DONE!

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