DIY Traveler's Notebook

 This was a fun project!  A friend of mine gave me some leather, and I knew that I needed to make this.  I had some notebooks, and went to JoAnn's and got some more, and made this book.  It turned out awesome! The band you see is a loop by Tim Holtz.  The attacher is also by him, and the key I used is by Recollections.

 I punched holes, two at the top and bottom for the elastics, and one in the middle for the loop closure.

 Here is the top view with 6 notebooks of beautiful note taking pleasure.

 Here are a couple of the notebooks.  They are by Webster's Pages.

 They also came out with a plastic pocket, and I put the stickers I had in my stash in them.

It's cute!  I love how it turned out, but I think one or two of the books have to go.  It is a bit thick, but it is able to accommodate it, which is cool!

Happy note taking!

Michelle💖

Chicken Wire Picture Display

 I was at Tuesday Morning and found a 12x12" chicken wire square.  I brought it home, thinking that I would do something with it...and I did.

 I had a frame, and decided on these papers from Graphic 45, and in about 30 minutes created this project.

I love how it turned out!  It will look great with a few awesome pictures to adorn it.

I love shopping and finding treasures!

Here is a complete list of the items that I used:

Frame:  K & Co.
Papers:  Graphic 45 "Communique"
Flowers:  Prima
Bling: Eyelet Outlet
Clothes Pins:  Recollections

Here's the best part.  I had all of the supplies except for the chicken wire in my stash.  You just HAVE to have a stash and when the inspiration strikes, you can make beautiful things.  That's what I tell my hubby!!

Michelle💖

My Altered Disk Bound Notebook

I am a planner and notebook junkie, we all know that.  I was at my local Craft Warehouse, and they had a bunch of Carpe Diem planner stuff on sale.  I loved the line that The Reset Girl did and I had some of it already.  I bought more.  Then, while I was at an all day crop with Embellish It! I found a paper pack for the same line.  I bought that too.  This is what I did with some of it.  

I took some of the 12x12 papers, and created covers using my laminator.  I backed the paper with some card stock to thicken it up a bit.  

 Then I simply cut slices up to the holes in the papers, dividers, and die cuts.  I used some Happy Planner disks that I had in my stash.

 Now I have a hybrid Reset Girl-Carpe Diem/Happy Planner notebook, and it is COOL!

 The pages turn excellent on these disks.  It worked out better than I had thought.

 You may have wondered why I just didn't get the planner that Carpe Diem had.  Well, I wanted to try this!!!

 I love the colors and the images.  I love the vintage style.

I have loved the disk bound ever since I discovered it, and now I love it even more!

Have you tried this system?

Michelle💖

My Large Happy Notebook

My local Michaels was having a huge discount on all dated Happy Planners, getting ready for the new ones to show up.  I decided to make a project.  I loved the colors in this style, and it matched perfectly with the collection of My Minds Eye papers that I had in my stash.  

 I didn't need another planner, but I can always use a notebook, so I took out all of the dated pages.  Then I cut the 12x12 papers to fit, and adhered them to tiebacks of the dividers.  This covered them up, and the COLORS ARE PERFECT!!!

I had some labels from Art C that I used to cover the month names on the tabs.  Now I can label them as I need to.

 Add in some paper...

 ...and a pocket or two, and you have a super cool, colorful and wonderful notebook.

I used some of the scraps and my We Are Memory Keepers tab punch and made a page turner.

The notebook turned out FABULOUS!  Now to figure out what to do with the blank weekly pages!

Stay organized!
Michelle💖

Recycling Happy Planner Mini Pages

 Just a short post today, but I wanted to show you what I did to reuse the weekly pages of my mini planner that I wasn't using.  I decided to use washi tape to cover the dates and that was that.

Super easy, super colorful, and I can use them in my mini or larger size Happy Planners.  I can organize lists in "sections" and I can coordinate to any sticker theme I use in my planner.

Fast, easy, and another chance to use my goodies for planning fun.

Stay organized!
Michelle💖