Covered notebooks

16 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Carolyn in Home decorating, Notebooks, Using up scraps

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I play the piano, and have lots of music in those cheap plastic insert display/sleeve folders. Each time I play, I think they are very ugly and definitely could do with some “prettying up”.

A quick trip to office works and raiding my paper stash later, and look at the collection of pretty music books I now have!

Most of the papers come from The Sweet Stack paper stack I bought at Big W (I think!).

They were just very cheap notebooks, but ended up looking rather lovely!

Thanks for reading.

Caro

Wonderful washi tape

19 Sunday Apr 2015

Posted by Carolyn in Home decorating, Washi tape

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covered notebooks, stationery, washi tape

I warned you there would be a few washi tape posts on the horizon! Here’s my next idea for using washi tape.

I was in my kitchen looking at a notebook I keep on the bench for …. well …. writing notes (!) and decided it was far too boring and ugly, and maybe washi tape could be its friend?

A few strips of tape later and here’s my new notebook:

I think next time I’d probably stick a piece of card stock underneath the tape as you can still see a little of the notebook cover peeking through, but I’m much happier having this lying around my kitchen now!

Next up I was doing some work and scribbling some notes in a journal I take with me to meetings. I usually stick a post it flag on a page where I need to make a bookmark, but then it occurred to me … Washi tape!