I know it's the start of the fourth quarter and I should be saving these "back to school" DIY tutorials for the end of summer break but I couldn't help myself. I take so many notes, do work in them, and make a lot of schedules so naturally I go through them really fast. If you are like me and need to get many notebooks throughout the year this doesn't have to just be a beginning of the year DIY.
Over the weekend I went to get a notebook for school but couldn't find any ones I liked so then I had an idea, why not get a pack of plain ones which are much cheaper and decorate them! So I grabbed a cheap pack of plain spiral notebooks and rushed over to the section that had tapes. I already had some duct tape and washi tapes at home but I got three extra rolls that I liked. When I got home I got all the materials out and started working!
I chose the new tapes because its spring and the climates are getting warmer so I wanted colours that popped more. Since I chose greenish-bluish colours as my main background I chose the green notebook. The tape was a bit see through so I didn't want the colour of the notebook to affect the colour of the tape.
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After deciding the pattern, you want to measure and cut the tape. I chose a horizontal pattern, plain tape then the patterned tape then plain tape again and so on. Remember to cut your tape longer than the actual cover so that you can bend it in and the edges/borders of your notebook look neater. After that I decided to add a vertical piece of patterned tape on the left side so that it would look more even, neat, and pretty.
I like to keep my notebook in the rings of my binder to stay organized so I poked a pencil ( it was the perfect size and had a sharp tip! ) through the the part where the hole was to open it up. Using the yellow tape I made a tag and with a pink sharpie wrote my name and "notes". Then I made a duct tape bow and taped it on the top of the tag. I didn't have time to fix up the inside so it looked very messy but if you want a perfect journal you can decorate that too.
I hope you guys enjoyed this fun and easy DIY!
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