Composition Book

Anyone who does crafts knows the price of materials can get pretty extreme. When you get really into the arts n' crafts mode even the idea of mortgaging the house doesn't sound so crazy. The truth is, you don't have to spend an arm and a leg just to provide yourself with something to embellish. Look around at all of the things in your house, your office, even your purse, so many of these are probably run-of-the-mill supplies for everyday life that you don't really notice and probably aren't worth noticing...Yet! Now get your creative cap on and make everything that's boring into something brilliant and original!

I did just that with one of the most common and boring items you can find. Everyone has probably, sometime it their life, had to use these ugly pieces of standardized equipment. Yes, that's right, I'm referring here to the dreaded 'Composition Book'. Let's make this into something worth looking at!

In the beginning.

 

 

 

 

 

Composition Book ( Yuck!!! )

 

 









This is the front of the book. I've given it an edge of solid cream colored paper and tore away the edge of the main sheet of patterned paper to give the edge a down to earth, rustic, kind of feel.

 This is the back cover. I did the same basic thing as the front but with a different patterned paper (still coordinating) and changed which edge is torn away.

 Now EMBELLISH AWAY!!!!!!

Now this something that is enjoyable to use and if you leave it laying around it can double as a decoration! Having beautiful things around you is something that makes your day a bit brighter and your home a bit more pleasant. Plus, it will give you no end of projects to do, which will keep you busy on those rainy days. ;)