Turn an Old Record Cover into a Snazzy Notebook
Aka. Making a 100-page "book of brilliant things."
Confession time: I have an embarrassing weakness for ... stationary. There, I said it. We're talking pens, staplers, notebooks, paper, paperweights, whatever one can find in a stationary. It's not unlike my relationship to cameras (I have about 10, and still coveting more).
But lately, what I've been coveting are things you can't buy in a store. More and more, I'm finding things on the web that I want to make. That I have to make. Not just for me, but for the wife and kid.
So when I saw this tutorial on turning those old vinyl record covers into a journal notebook, I had to try it. That's my first effort on the left, using a Simple Minds cover.
Who it was made for: The wife.
The occasion: None. Just wanted to make it.
Materials:
- Paper. Legal size.
- Old album cover
- Yarn and embroidery needle
- Thumb tacks.
- Paper Cutter
- Binder clips
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Butter knife
- Elastic
Check out the Instructable link for the full tutorial with photos, but basically:
- Measure and cut album cover.
- Fold the paper.
- Clip to hold together. Puncture holes.
- Stitch the binding.
- Put on the elastic.
Total time: about 2 hours (you could do it quicker, if you're the organized type.)
Total cost: $1.50 (for the elastic).
What I could do better: The stitchings are a little loose. I could try to make them tighter next time.
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