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Dare to Make It: Holiday


How to Make an All-Recycled Sketchbook

comments (4) November 8th, 2008     

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leethal Lee Meredith, contributor
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Using recycled book pages for the sketchbook pages means some pages will have more white space than others—a constant reminder that its all recycled!
I chose for the pages to be upside down so the original book text and images would be less distracting to the sketchbook.
Using a thickish marker allows for sketching/writing over the book text with no problem.
Using recycled book pages for the sketchbook pages means some pages will have more white space than others—a constant reminder that its all recycled!

Using recycled book pages for the sketchbook pages means some pages will have more white space than others—a constant reminder that it's all recycled!

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The inner cover may look great and feel secure now, in which case you can choose to be done with the binding. Or you can seal the fabric to the inner cover with Mod Podge. I went with the sealer. Covering the fabric with Mod Podge will harden it, giving it a rough feel, but it will be very secure and the book will probably hold up better.


 Brush the Mod Podge over the fabric all the way to the binding, paying extra attention to the edges and corners.

When dry, all you need to do is decorate the cover, which is completely up to you! You may choose to paint, stencil, collage, glue on photos, whatever...make it personal for your recipient!


 I did a decoupage cover with a "brainstorming" theme—the circles are images of brain scanning and firing neurons.

And I'll show you an example of the book in use—way plenty of space for lots of brainstorming!


 Using a thickish marker allows for sketching/writing over the book text with no problem.

 

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Comments (4)

JenniferStern writes: I'm really a go-green kinda girl, and this one definitely has my vote... I'm adding it to my Christmas Gift Giving List!
Posted: 11:14 am on November 10th
mommaviv writes: I like this idea alot! I have loads of old books (mostly outdated books from schools) full of interesting pictures. I think I can comine the pages into one really cool sketch book. I think this is a much better use of them than letting them gather dust on a shelf never to be looked at.
Posted: 11:53 pm on November 8th
laughingpurplegoldfi writes: I love this idea... I'm just not sure that I have the stamina to see a project like this through from start to finish... but I love, love, love it!

definitely 'bookmarking' this one... just in case the motivation strikes me one day... and I'm really hoping that it does :)

thanks for sharing
Posted: 5:32 pm on November 8th
Average_Jane_Crafter writes: Ooooh! I love this! Such a clever use of old books, and a cool way to combine stitching/paper/fabric. love it! :)
Posted: 4:58 pm on November 8th
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