Last august, our local fred meyer had them on sale for 25 cents apiece for backtoschool, and k and i laid in a stock to get us well into our old age. Diy, plan with me, crafts, hauls, and making your own greeting cards and gifts. I am using them for everything from primary journals, to my book. I altered a composition book from the dollar tree store and transformed it into a vintage journal. I decided that i would make some of these cuties to go in the secretarys day gift baskets that i created. I really liked the clean and simple but eye catching design of your book.
However, those new fancy comp books have a fancy price, too. Life is good altered composition book the creative studio. I recently made these to give as birthday gifts to my coworkers. The colors are amazing and what is better than papers with both sunflowers and roosters. Hot glue ribbon along the side of the book to cover the papers edge. Cover your notebooks with a pretty composition book cover to make notetaking more fun. I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial on making an altered composition notebook art journal and if you have any different techniques or tips youd like to share id love to hear them.
With help from beautiful papers you can create a gorgeous journal from a simple composition notebook. Follow this easy tutorial to make a personalized journal that is great for your use or as a gift. How to use jillibean soups bowl of dreams collection to create an altered composition book without measuring any of the paper. I usually do the cover absolutely last because it is. I guess it is only natural that scrapbook makers will want to adopt this concept and make their own, throw in some family photos and you now have altered scrapbooking. My current love is making cards, but ive been wanting to make an altered composition book. Altered books are popular with mixed media artists. I am really new to the altered creations and have never done a book before. Altered fuzion notebooks feature a wide variety of notebooks thats not normal to the society of notebooks. Altered minicomposition book tutorial im excited to present my very first tutorial today. Free tutorial with pictures on how to make a notebook journal in under 30 minutes by sewing with fabric, scissors, and glue.
Be an original and make them unique with one or more of these creative ideas. These are perfect as birthday gifts, wedding gifts, add to teacher appreciation packages, backtoschool supplies for the kids, summer camp notebooks, dream journals, and they are fun for kids to decorate at parties or youth activities. Here is a perfect backtoschool project for you or your childrengrandchildren. Its ali from home crafts by ali, here to share with you how you can take a plain composition book and make it into a cute journal. You could make your own composition books for anything with or without lines, different color papers, etc. Grab your supplies, get crafting, and in 30 minutes or less you will have a journal ready for you to use.
How to make a journal from a composition book my crafty. Use these altered composition books as journals for yourself or to. Diy lace notebook diy diy crafts do it yourself diy art diy tips diy ideas diy lace notebook easy diyhow to make a lace patterned. Altered composition book the photo for today is a series. Anjuli johnson prepares the cover and pages to serve as an art journal. Oh wait, i typed up the names of my various creative teams on some of the coordnating digital paper, printed it out and punched them with my stampin up tab punch to. Plain compositions books arent made to be pretty but you can easily alter a composition book in to a pretty journal by using some pretty.
Awhile back i was checking out some other crafty blogs and stumbled across a cute idea here, which shows mini composition books that have been altered to look like little purses. Make it your own with any stickers, stamps, different papers or whatever you would like. Altered mini book made from a dollar store mini composition notebook. I love it and it is so helpful and i am seriously going to try and make one. How to make an altered composition book art journal artjournalist. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you. Altered composition books make for personalized gifts. Diy book journal awesome altered mini book a dollar store notepad turned art journal. How to alter a composition book measure and cut paper to cover book. This free sewing project shows you how to decorate your notebooks so youll be more likely to cross things off your todo list.
I would like to make one for my photography hobby and would like to incorporate camera details to the design of the book. One of the best things about them is that you can apply any technique you already know from other creative areas to the bookbut if youre in the mood to try some new things, here are a few lessons. The story of the composition book begins way before american companies began selling them to students. When ive done this in the past with my older kids it has been really helpful in keeping myself organized. It seems like forever i have been looking for a tutorial to make a book where my pages will not curl and look crazy. For some of my other notebooks i have made, i printed out inspirational quotes and glued them into the notebooks on random pages. Theyre super easy and super cheap to make my favorite kind of project. How to make a day planner from a composition book angelab. I prefer to cover and embellish the books so you cant tell that they started as a simple composition notebook. Embellished note books altered composition books, paper. Altered composition book with paint and stencils pet. Make colorful, unique and practical needle books to organize all your sewing needles and as unique handmade gifts. And if you make a composition notebook journal please do share your project in our facebook group i love seeing everyones work.
Altered mini composition books altered composition books. Love story journalaltered composition notebook ideas times two. After you finish seeing my creation you can scroll down to the bottom of this post for some blog candy a give away item and you can follow the rest of the great folks in the hop so you can see what they made. How to make an altered composition book art journal. Melissa asked what type of adhesive i used on this project. It is filled with pockets, tags, clip banners, handmade buttons. Later, in 12th century japan, early techniques of paper marbling continued to evolve to produce marbled designs. I made an extra for audreys kindergarten teacher great teacher gift. Posts about altered composition book written by susan horr i made this notebook for buffy, a demo friend of mine, for convention.
An altered book is any book recycled to make a work of art. Turn a plain composition book in to a personalized journal with scrapbooking paper and embellishments. It uses composition notebooks as a base and they are inexpensive this time of the year toobonus. So giving a cute composition book which can be used as a notepad, a journal, an address book, or idea book is a great idea. I just got a chance to watch your video and see that you actually made the book. Black paper white lined notebook journal diary scratch pad or composition book 8. Your cost is the same but it helps support this site and the fun freebies we share. Buffy is an amazing musician so when i saw the designer series paper called modern medley that has music notes on it, i immed. You can also use this idea to give a mini composition book which fits perfect in a purse, a car, or beside the telephone for a.
The composition books unique marbled pattern was inspired by printing techniques in 10th century china. And i have more gift ideas further down in this post. I think that i have been looking for this for my whole life this is wonderful, magnificent, breathtaking, fantastic, brilliant and just plain great. Ive had so much fun making these adorable journals.
Of course you could also magazine clippings, old book pages, wrapping paper, etc. Measure, cut and adhere paper to the inside covers. Approachable you may find the words flowing more freely written in a comp book, especially if you happen to have a mental barrier to wasting pages in a more expensive journal. I dont make layouts yet, so i have to say altered projects. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The book is full of pockets and tags and places to put your pictures. Im using the gorgeous graphic 45 french country papers. Preparing your altered book if your chosen book is dusty, it is worth wiping it down with a cloth to remove most of the dust. Take your paper scraps and let your imagination run wild to create different styles and types. I have altered the covers to sketchbooks, but i have been wanting to cover a graphgrid composition book. Once dry, i cut it out and used mod podge to glue it to the cover of the composition boon and its done. Therefore, the instructions that follow are more detailed, and. You can find simple instructions for altering composition books at several sites on the internet, including.
And im going to show you how i did it although most of you out there are so crafty, im sure. I forgot to take a picture of the finished project before i sent it to a friend, but she was nice enough to take a picture for me and send it to me once she got it. Learn how to make an altered composition notebook using a 99 cent store notebook to create in as an art journal, scrapbook, planner, or junk. Though used hardcover books are the most frequent sources of inspiration, any book, old or new, can be the basis for this art form. Easy and fast altered composition notebook tutorial. Check out the website and join this incredible community of crafters. Composition notebook covers altered composition books altered books book art sewing crafts sewing projects fabric journals art journals e reader a supersimple way to cover a composition book. Notch a little triangle shape from the paper at the spine of the book. Essay on my transformation transforms nation action without vision creates division. The transformation just using paint and stencils is amazing, and takes this from a boring notebook to a stylish and pretty one. Altered composition book used with thanks under a creative. Flora needle book pdf pattern by mmmcrafts on etsy flora needle book pdf pattern renee brown may 2019 5 out of 5 stars instructions are well written and easy to understand.
A couple of weeks ago i prettied up a storebought composition book. Gratitude journal altered composition books, gratitude. Part bookbinding, part bibliovandalism, part mixedmedia collage, and part scrapbooking, the craft of altered books is becoming increasingly popular and recognized as the distinct art form it is. In the second part of the altered books in mixed media arts series, we will look at the technique of removing and gluing pages used to prepare the book before getting started. Altered composition book for christmas lists, journel, wedding planner, the options are limitless good idea for using mini composition book for a journal or notebook. Black paper white lined notebook journal diary scratch pad or composition book 6 x9 50 pages altered fuzion notebooks on. How to alter a composition book home crafts by ali. An altered composition book is a great gift for anyone going off to college. Black paper white lined notebook journal diary scratch pad or composition book 6 x9 50 pages. These are a few of the other notebooks i have made. Altered mini book dollar store mini composition book turned into an art journal. I wanted to start writing assignments down in a composition book for my 10 and 14 year old. Altered composition book w ribbon closure altered composition book great gift for my nieces.
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