crafty for christmas 2008

melissa75_2

Really easy Mary. I mean the notebook only took a couple of minutes, bit of paper, double sided tape, couple of stickers - done. The index book took a bit longer. You could do one of these for your grandson. There are 5 dividers and 80 index cards, so plenty of room to write loads of stuff. I used double sided tape on the outside to stick the paper down. The inside of the folder itself I just left, I thought it would be too hard to cover. I took the dividers out, put ds tape on them, stuck them on the paper and then cut round it, and did the same on the other side, then used a hole punch.

pinkladymel

Oh my goodness Melissa I altered the exact same things last year haha!! I made one for my mom as a phone book and one for my husband as a recipe book. I will take pic later to show you his recipe book.. my moms is at her house lol

pinkladymel

Scatty mam it is a pleasure to have your christmas insanity on the organizedchristmas thread Just trying to do the living room today like it asks but err accidentally went shopping lol

Melissa forgot to say.. My notebook didn't look anywhere near as nice as yours


Maria... If you want me to get you some of the baubles when they're in and post them I will for you

bunbun2

melissa I love your covered notebooks, the colours are fab.
I am going to cover a notebook (recycled £1 for 2 from Tesco!) for my mum to go with her journal in a jar. I will use the freebie paper and embelishments I got from my mag subscription (which incidentally I have now cancelled!)

mary43

Found this on the Freebie Board...........might be of use -I''ve sent for a few anyway. Not sure how big they are but you can have up to 12 different colours

http://www.saxonleather.co.uk/leather-f ... watch=true

rainmac

Melissa, those altered items are really gorgeous. Have to say I love all of them Great prices too!!! Looking forward to seeing more of your creations

welsh_worrier

Thanks Mary

MRSMCAWBER

Hi all

Just a quick one.. I was looking through some of my old xmassy mags last night and saw a lovely pattern for a fleece with reindeers sewn on... If anyone is interested let me know -the template is quite small -but you scale it up onto 1" squared paper -but you could always make them a different size..or even do holly leaves, snowmen, baubles etc...

melissa75_2

Thanks for everyone's comments. I was really disappointed with the pics as you can't really see the details on them.
Pinkladymel - I'm not sure I'll want to see your pics, I know they'll put mine to shame! I thought a pound for the index book was really cheap!
Thanks Rainmac- you'll probably be waiting a bit to see more pics, I am terrible at getting the pics sorted.
Bunbun2 - you got the same kit as me didn't you, the belle one (that's what I used on those bits). I cancelled mine after I got my first magazine!

maria_and_the_imps

melissa i love your altered bits they are great
mrsmcawber could you please post it im very interested in both the fleece reindeers and stocking sorry to be a pain in the bottom!!!
mary43 thanks have sent for mine
pinkladymel, will have alook round the shops and if i cant find anything will definatly come back to you thank you