Arty Notebooks

I wanted to make my plain black notebooks for uni more interesting :)

Posted by Maybe from Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom • Published 11th September 2008 • See Maybe's 5 projects »

Step 1
#1 Photograph 'Muse' notebook.
Cut out a range of pictures from a newspaper/magazine with a simlilar theme or colour scheme. Glue them to your notebook in an interesting arrangement.
Step 2
Pick out details such as words by covering them with a square of sticky back plastic.
Step 3
Cut out pictures in different shapes and stick them over other pictures.
Step 4
#2 Chanel/Fashion Notebook.
Make a collage of magazine clipping based around a theme. Overlap the pictures to fill the whole of the notebook cover. Cover images with sticky back plastic of you want to ensure they stay in place.
Step 5
I really liked this photo by itself so stuck it on the back cover of my notebook.
Step 6
#3 Lyric diary.
Be inspired by a favourite song lyric or quote and spell it out in cut out letters of different colours, shapes and sizes. [Lyrics from All Star by Smash Mouth]
Step 7
#4 Arty Sketchpad.
Use clippings with contrasting colours so the sketchbook cover stands out.