Tutorial - How to Make Vinyl Letter Notebooks

All you need are vinyl stickers and plain notebooks

Tutorial at The Beauty DoJo Blog
 

"Today is an exciting day, because I have a brand new DIY project just for you! Did I mention that it’s super easy too? Something that I can never have too many of are: notebooks! I love keeping a stockpile of cute notebooks to write down my thoughts, ideas, and to do lists. These vinyl letter notebooks are super simple to make and you can customize them anyway you want to fix your lifestyle".... Read more

Tutorial - Make a Vintage Design Journal Cover

Decoupage a cover with vintage scrapbook stuff

Tutorial at Creative Khadija Blog

"I was at a book stationary store where I saw a very small diary, I was not in need of diary these days as I have collected many with time and also have got some as gift. But when I saw colorful pages inside, I thought I should have this diary for making random doodles and designs on it. As it’s very small so I can carry this in my clutch any time! Voila.So I got it. Price of this diary is half dollar only! Cool ? Let’s decorate it now".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make an Art Journal Cover

Make in a few steps with supplies you may already have

Tutorial at My Journaling Journey Blog

"Its hard to keep up with all the challenges...their themes...end dates...and then to keep track of the ideas that just pop-in...the pending DIY projects...So I decided to make a Blog and Art planner for myself...I wanted the inside to be pretty simple...but I wanted to try out something new on the cover...And this is the first time I clicked photos while making the cover".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Composition Book Cover

Elastic closure keeps loose papers inside

Tutorial at Patchwork Posse Blog

"My kids use a lot of composition books.  They use them for piano lessons, quick notes, journals and homeschool assignments.  They are they perfect size for tucking into a bag or leaving around the house so you can quickly find something to write an idea down or whatever you’d like!  The problem with composition book covers, their covers aren’t that great looking.  An easy way to cover that up is with fabric.  What’s even better is that it becomes personalized".... Read more

Tutorial - Make a Ribbon Woven Journal Cover

Add embellishments to personalize your journal

Tutorial at Purple Hues and Me Blog

"Do you keep a journal?  My mother-in-law kept lots of journals about her adventures before she began suffering from Alzheimer's.  She had boxes and boxes of journals and most of them were those ugly black and white composition books.  Decorative journals are usually quite expensive.  As I've mentioned before, my mil was very talented and crafty and really inspired me in my crafting now. Too bad we didn't think to do something back then with the covers of those books.  Then it hit me".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Journal Cover

A basic construction you can decorate in any way you like

Tutorial at Sew for Soul Blog

"One of our dearest friends turns 50 this week, so I stitched her up a little personalized present, a linen notebook cover with matching compact mirror.   The shops are full of beautiful (and expensive!) fabric journals but once all the pages have been written on they're rendered redundant.  Making your own removable cover means that you can simply pop a refill in, saving the both planet and your unique design".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make an Art Journal

Upcycling a cardboard box to an Art Journal

Tutorial at Kalasirjana Blog

"A quick post to share the debris journal made by recycling a big sturdy card board box in which I received my DCWV blog hop prize pack.......the pics are self-explanatory........Hope you will like it.  The journal is constructed recycling the big cardboard box cut into 7"x7" and 6"x6" pieces. With two writers in the house, we frequently receive packages from our publishers wrapped in thick brown wrapping paper which was cut to size and recycled to attach the cardboard panels".... Read more

Tutorial - Fabric Covered Mini Notebook

Recycle old paper/cereal boxes

Tutorial at Mad for Fabric Blog

"I love these Liberty covered notebooks I saw on the Alice Caroline blog but it was just too costly to ship a notebook all the way from the UK.   Today’s post is a tutorial on how to make your own DIY fabric covered mini notebook. I decided to make my version smaller because I want to carry it around to jot down notes. Of course I used my Liberty scraps for this to get a bigger variety of prints in the notebook cover. You can also check out my other fabric scrap projects here".... Read more

Tutorial - Magnetic Bookmark and Pen Holder

Easy project to keep your pen together with your journal

Tutorial at Lorelei Jayne Blog

"I wanted to share this scrap buster as it's quick and easy and very handy indeed! I searched everywhere for a journal i loved. I couldn't spent the $50 + it cost for a very fancy one with a pen holder. So I got this lovely one from typo instead. I searched for a pen holder and i didn't love any that much! So I came up with this lovely! We get so many advertisement fridge magnets in our letter box and if we don't need them i try to come up with other uses".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Gold Dipped Journal

You can also gold edge your pages if desired

Tutorial at Wooden Flamingo Blog

"Who wants just a plain old black sketchbook? So I have glammed it up slightly, firstly its a concertina sketchbook, so the pages are all in one section like an accordion. (I’ve linked it to Amazon if your interested in getting one). But its pretty unusual already and to edge it up a bit I figured I would add some gold. Ok so this is pretty easy and should take like 30 mins top. Here is my ‘gold dipped’ sketchbook".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Mixed Media Layout

Versatile and beautiful look for a scrapbook or journal background

Tutorial at Things That Shine Blog

"This background took all of five minutes to make... so so super easy and I just love the effect of the layered book pages and gesso and the crayon-y goodness. This is a technique I've used on lots of pages because it is so easy, impossible to mess up and looks different every time. All you need is a piece of cardstock, gesso, book pages, and something to add some colour -- I used Caran d'Ache artist crayons, but gelatos, watercolour paints, watercolour pencils, PanPastels, or mists all work really well too".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Scrappy Notebook

Make your own notepads using scrap paper, card stock and a few common office supplies

Tutorial at Scattered Scissors Blog

"A few weeks ago I had an idea and wanted to sketch a women's shirt design. When I do sketches like this I use a flat pattern spec template and place it behind some copy paper to draw my design to scale. Sadly, all I had that day was my sketchpad and it's paper was too thick to use this method.  Instead of doing a "woe is me", I just decided to make a notebook using scrap paper in the office. So I grabbed some scrap paper and got to work".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make an Appliqued Journal

Raw edge applique allows you to use your sewing machine needle in the same way as a pencil

Tutorial at Sew for Soul Blog

"Journals make great gifts for just about any occasion or person and the actual covers are very easy to make.  The design you choose to decorate it with can then be as complex (or simple!) as you like.  Firstly measure the outside of your notebook being sure to include the depth of the spine.  Then add on a couple of centimeters to both the height and width for your seam allowances. I used more than one fabric for the background of my design, but just one colour would still be equally effective".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Mustache Journal

Fun Back to School Supply

Mustache Journal Tutorial at Shades of Tangerine Blog

"In the party section of the local Dollar Tree is a six pack of stick-on mustaches.  I've been wanting them for awhile now.  That's a pretty good deal: six mustaches for a dollar!  These goofy journals are a quick project, and all the supplies can be found at the Dollar Store".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Quick Vacation Journal

Something fun to do with maps from places you visit

Vacation Journal Tutorial at Two Succulent Sisters Blog

"Have you ever picked up these cute vacation maps?  We just came back from a 3 day trip to Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts and, of course, I had to have several of these maps. Normally they lay around for a while and then they just get thrown out. Well, I had this bright idea to sew this map into these Quick Journals I make. It worked.  It was easy. It was quick

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