My daughter needed a journal for an English assignment. I was not sure I had the supplies, but I was determined to make it without buying additional supplies. I had been reading an instructional book on how to bound books using different techniques. My daughter stated the journal needed to be "hippie-ish" and something a man would use. This is what we came up with:
I wanted a leather and natural look, so I took a leather trivet and made 3 color copies of it. I also had some brown packing paper, that I wrinkled very well. I had my daughter rip both sheets into 1 inch strips. We then weaved the two different papers together. I put a paper wrapped pencil in place of one of the strips of paper. I then glued the weaved papers onto the cardboard. The back cover and both inside covers were covered with some of wrinkled brown paper. I used a paint brush to brush on a mixture of glue and water to give the outside cover more stability and a finished look. I then used a hand drill to drill the holes thru the front cover, inside papers and the back paper. I used twine to bind the book.
The back cover was a solid piece of cardboard. The front cover was the same size, but 1-2 inches cut off the end to make the hinge.
Items used: copy machine, ivory parchment paper, twine, pencil, hand drill, elmers glue, paint brush.
It took 3 hours to finish the project.
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