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Handmade Notebooks – From Scratch – Seriously!

23 March, 2018 by lizyuille 6 Comments

23 Mar

I am a great fan of notebooks, I have dozens of the in all shapes and sizes, although I never seem to have on to hand when I need one. I am thinking the solution to this is to make my own!

I have a long reach stapler, so theoretically I can make any size, only limited by the size of the card and paper used to make them. But I want them to fit in a half wood stamp case, so I am looking at small notebooks. 

Handmade Notebook, Painted harvest, Myths and Magic, Pick a Pattern

The finished size is 3-1/4 x 4-1/2″ (8 x 11cm), it is so cute. You can either make the cover with card, covered in Designer Series Paper, Stamped Cardstock, or Specialty Designer Series Paper, the choice is yours. Add your pages, (these do need to be quite a bit smaller on the long edge to allow for the fold) staple together and then add your ribbon and a stamped sentiment, and you are done!

These are perfect for children’s party favours, Craft Fairs, Table Gifts at Crafty Workshops, the list goes on. And the only special equipment is the long reach stapler – mine was under £10 on Amazon and came with some staples.

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Dimensions

Cover – 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 (16 x 11cm) Score at 3-3/16 and 3-5/16 (7.8 and 8.2cm)
Pages 6 x 4-3/8″ (15 x 10.5cm)

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  1. Kim Oliver says

    23 March, 2018 at 8:51 am

    Totally love this idea!

    Reply
    • lizyuille says

      24 March, 2018 at 1:51 pm

      Thanks Kim. Lx

      Reply
  2. Barbara Marshall says

    23 March, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    How many sheets of copy paper work best?

    Reply
    • lizyuille says

      24 March, 2018 at 1:51 pm

      Hi Barbara, they are all different, there are about 10 sheets before I stapled them, so 20 pages, or so. Counting the number was not a priority. Lx

      Reply
  3. Katherine Metcalf Davis says

    23 March, 2018 at 1:06 pm

    Love this!

    Reply
    • lizyuille says

      24 March, 2018 at 1:50 pm

      Thanks Katherine. Lx

      Reply

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