Friday, March 12, 2010

Quick and Easy Michael's Makeover

So, you are probably familiar with those initial notebooks--cute idea, but towards the end, only the weird letters are left? Well, yesterday I picked up a couple of those little notebooks for 50 cents. I liked their sturdy covers and the large rings, plus they are the right size for my purse so I can carry something around to jot notes or quotes or deep thoughts on. With a little ingenuity and some help from Technique Tuesday stamps, I went from this:
to this:


I also got one in pink and tried some hand-lettering on it:
The lesson? If you like the book but the letter doesn't seem to match your life, give it another thought. You just might make something you really like--and for only 50 cents!

3 comments:

Mom said...

Great idea. Love it. You can never have too many fun little notebooks.

Jessica said...

Great idea! You are soooo creative!

Unknown said...

Leave it to you! Very clever!