To
make your own journal carefully fold the card stock in half to
make a 4-1/4" X 5-1/2" book cover. Fold each of the individual
pieces of paper in half placing them one inside the other and
all of the pages inside the card stock cover. Punch three holes
spaced evenly along the folded edge of your booklet.
Thread the cord/ribbon through the top hole and center the ribbon.
Bring the piece on the front of the booklet down to the second
hole and insert it going from front to back. Bring the back piece
of the ribbon down to the second hold and insert it going from
back to front. Bring the ribbon that is now at the back to the
third hole inserting it through to the front. Both ribbons are
now on the front of the booklet. Tie them in a square knot at
the third, or bottom hole.
String half of the beads on each ribbon tail knotting the ribbon
at the end and trimming any excess. Decorate the cover of your
journal with the stickers. You can also give your journal a title.
Option: If you use a purchased spiral bound notebook you will
not need to punch the holes or thread the ribbon through to bind.
However, to decorate you may take a shorter piece of ribbon, tie
it through the spirals and add your beads. This will be strictly
decorations.
In the examples we show both methods.
