DIY Pretty: Mini Notebook.

Mini Notebook

I've been contemplating about posting this one since it was a spur of the moment creation, and I don't necessarily have a step by step picture tutorial on this. I'm afraid you will have to rely more on my words.
So here's how I made this pretty mini notebook!

Things you will need:

1. A bunch of same sized paper depending on how big you want your book to be. Your front page has to be slightly thicker than the standard thickness of A4 size sheets.

2. Wrapping paper/Fabric/Tissue Paper - I used this pretty silver tissue paper that I had lying around at home.

3. One or more pretty ribbons.

4. White glue.

5. Glue stick.

6. Three equal pieces of long paper, any colour of your choice.

7. One binder clip.

8. A sewing pin or anything that is thin and pointed.

For the mini notebook:

Step 1. Wrap your front page with the covering that you have chosen. Since I used tissue paper, glue stick was my choice of adhesive. If you are going to use a fabric covering, I recommend using hot or white glue.

Step 2. To hold your notebook together, you can use a binder clip like how I did. I covered the binder clip with the same silver paper for continuity.

Step 3. Now comes the ribbons, you can place them anywhere on your cover. I used a thick silver ribbon and a thinner cream ribbon that I stuck with white glue.

For the blue quilling work:

Step 1. Take a piece of your long paper and using the less pointed side of the sewing pin, roll the paper around the tip to form a nice circle. Be careful not to hurt yourself! You can let go of the sewing pin once you've formed a small coil. It will begin to look something like the picture to the right.

Step 2. Once you've created a circle like in this picture. You can begin to create the diamond shape, all you need to do is gently press both ends of your circle to form pointed edges.

Step 3. Now that you've created a diamond shape to your satisfaction, glue the open end of the diamond with white glue. Use the same at the base of your diamond to stick it on the cover!

There are many beautiful ways of experimenting with quilling, I will be exploring more. Meanwhile, I'd be glad to see your version of quilling and do let me know how this tutorial was! Enjoy! =)