I hope you'll forgive me for today's rather simple post. Tomorrow starts our 2013 October Retreat, so I'm pretty busy working on a few final details before our guests arrive.
As usual, I've been
stalking browsing Pinterest regularly. I really need to DO some of the things I've pinned, rather than just saving the ideas "for a rainy day". Well, today was a very rainy day, so I decided to try one of the 6,518 (gulp) items I have pinned.
I decided to tackle this
boxed set of composition notebook journals I saw on Weekly Scrapper. I already had a few composition notebooks purchased at back to school time and the Pattern Basics papers made coordinating everything simple. It was an easy project with big impact.
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| Four composition notebooks with new Pattern Basics covers. |
I wrapped the covers of the composition notebooks with Pattern Basics Neutral papers. From there, I just needed a box, so I grabbed a
Lucky Charms box from my son the second he emptied it at breakfast. A few cuts with a craft knife, a quick wrap with the Neutral papers, and I had a cheap, perfectly-coordinated storage box.
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| A metal label holder attached with brads adds a nice finishing touch. |
I hope this quickie project inspires you to create a few simple handmade gifts for the upcoming holidays.
Until next time,
Karen
