Hardcover notebooks are convenient - you can take notes in them on the go, without having a flat horizontal surface at hand. If the cover is hard, the risk of crushing the sheets and the product itself in a bag or desk drawer is reduced.
You can make the original cover at home yourself. For durability, take a hardcover notebook and come up with an unusual design. Or the soft cover is sealed with cardboard.
For this you will need:
- a piece of fabric (ideally linen);
- multi-colored shreds;
- bright ribbons - they can be used for bookmarks or decoration;
- foam rubber - it serves as a cushioning layer between the cardboard and the fabric;
- beads, small beads, buttons.
Everything your imagination tells you will come in handy. First, you need to cover the notebook cover with fabric on the outside and inside. Place thick cardboard and foam rubber inside. Secure the edges with glue. Can you sew? Use decorative stitches.
You can decorate a hard notebook cover in different ways: cut out flowers and leaves, butterflies or insects from scraps. Or make decor using the patchwork technique - a panel of multi-colored fragments. Elements cut from glossy multi-colored paper, for example, advertising brochures, magazines, etc., are also suitable as decorations.
DIY embroidery on the notebook cover
Such a creative option for decorating a notebook will definitely evoke admiring glances from your teachers and classmates, and of course, they will delight you and lift your spirits, even in the most boring and uninteresting lesson.
So, first of all, you need to decide what image you would like to see on the cover of your notebook. The image can reflect the essence of the subject or, on the contrary, reflect your hobbies; in a word, choose what you like.
In our case, we chose the image of a cheerful pineapple.
The image must be secured with masking tape on the cover of the notebook, and then proceed to making holes using a needle or awl. The more holes you make, the neater the embroidery will look in the future.
Now you can start embroidering.
Cover the inside with a glued sheet of cardboard.
How to decorate a personal diary inside and outside with photos and videos
Schoolgirls are always interested in how to decorate a personal diary, because each notebook for personal notes should be individual and emphasize the inner world, as well as the individuality of the owner. Every girl, especially in childhood, wants to keep a diary. It's fun to write down your thoughts and feelings. A personal notebook can help a person understand himself and make important decisions. Of course, you can use a simple notebook as a diary or buy a store-bought diary with decorations without imagination, but having a hand-decorated diary is much more interesting. Below we will consider original options for decorating a diary.
Bright covers
To decorate the outside of your diary, you can make a fabric cover with your own hands.
Before you begin, you need to prepare materials such as:
- Hardcover notepad or notebook;
- Bright material, for example, velvet, linen, satin fabric, or drape;
- Non-woven fabric;
- Lining material;
- Buttons;
- Suede lace;
- Special pendant for bookmark decoration;
- Scissors;
- A skein of thread;
- Pencil;
- Chalk;
- Two rulers, regular and centimeter;
- Pins.
First stage
First you need to find out all the dimensions of the notebook, the width when the notebook is expanded, the height and width when it is closed.
It is important to determine the thickness of the notebook and the size of the flap and flap that are made to hold the cover.
By adding up all the dimensions, you can calculate the width of the fabric. You need to decide on the length of the suede cord. The length of the cord will be equal to the diagonal of the diary, plus a small allowance for sewing.
Wrap the notebook with suede cord, plus an allowance for sewing in, plus a loop that wraps around the button. The result obtained will be the length of the lace to secure the cover.
Pattern of parts
The next step is to cut out pockets for pens and notes. Calculate the size of the pocket based on the size of the notebook.
Embroider a rectangle from non-woven fabric the same size as the cover. Try on the interlining to the back of the notebook and iron it. Having connected the notebook and the sample cover, place the securing cord in the right center. Sew blanks for pockets and handles, stitch and turn inside out.
Sew the main and lining material together. Sew on the front side to leave a hole for turning the cover inside out; once the diary cover is turned inside out, the hole can be sewn up. At the last stage, sew the pockets to the cover, as well as the entire perimeter of the cover. Sew on a button and decorate the bookmark with accessories.
This is what the finished fabric cover should look like:
A diary with a leather cover will look no less beautiful.
You need to wrap the diary in leather and trace the outline, add 4 centimeters for each side and cut out a part. Use a hole punch to make a hole on the front side of the case for the spikes.
At the final stage, place your personal notebook in a leather case and tuck the edges.
Interior decorations
How you can decorate the inside of your personal diary. There are many options for decorating the inside of the diary.
- Photographs and drawings that will clearly illustrate the events described in the personal notebook;
- Small schemes;
- Font of different sizes;
- Decorating pages with pockets for various things important to the owner of the diary;
- Ink and pencils of different colors.
Video on the topic of the article
Video with decoration options for a personal diary. Thanks to the instructions in the videos, even a child can decorate the diary.
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How can you decorate a notebook?
As a material for decorating the cover of a notebook, you can use decorative tape, or if this is not available, it can be replaced with decorative paper, which must first be cut into strips of the same width.
Now concentrate and come up with a pattern. Glue the finished strips tightly to each other. You should end up with a bright, unique surreal pattern on the cover of your notebook.
How to decorate a notebook with your own hands for school?
A very original and at the same time multifunctional decoration for a notebook can be anti-stress pictures that need to be glued to the cover of the notebook.
As you attend lessons, you will add bright colors to the cover of your notebook and thereby feed your emotional state with positive charges.
The cover is everything
Making a notebook out of paper is half the battle; the other part of the job is decorating its façade. After all, the first thing we see when looking at a notebook is the cover, and based on it we decide whether we like this thing or not, whether we want to open it or not.
There are several ways to decorate a notebook cover:
Use ready-made scrap paper kits. Create your own elements to decorate a notebook: you can use almost all fabrics of different composition and texture, lace, leather, rhinestones, beads, clippings from magazines and newspapers, photographs, shells and sea pebbles and much more that can be found in any home!
Here are just a few examples of how you can creatively decorate a notebook:
If making notebooks is not your thing, but you want to show your creativity, you can cheat a little and decorate a ready-made notebook, previously purchased at the store. It will look no worse than a handmade notebook.
It should be remembered that no notebook bought in a store can compare with a notebook made with your own hands and given with love! You can give it as a gift for any occasion.
DIY notebook decoration
The notebook cover will look elegant and unusual if you use multi-colored buttons and beads of different sizes in the decoration.
Glue the buttons to the cover of the notebook, and then fill each of them with multi-colored beads, which are also secured with glue.
