Personalized Notepads Cover Tutorial + Freebies

Hi guys! Here's a simple DIY for you, I made a bunch of notepads with my designs on it for giveaways at the event that displayed my work, so I as well make a quick tutorial on how I made it, and it's cheap too. But that's not it, I also included a template that you could download, plus... a free pattern! Hope you all like it and have fun make a lot of personalized notepads.

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Pattern Frenzy + DIY Mouse Pad

This post basicly is about bragging on my new Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500, Graphic Edition haha, but to make up with all that bragging I have a DIY for you. Anyhoo this is not a sponsored post, I just so excited with this graphic edition wireless mouse.

I have been wanting a wireless mouse for some time because all of these crazy wires on my work table, so when I stumble upon this discount website I saw this 50% discount on a wireless mouse and above all, it has graphics on it! 

Cool right?! This version it's not new by the way, I think it was released in 2013. I bought the one with Saksi print on it, when I saw this Saksi, I thought this is meant to be! I have a pattern design that have a matching colors so I as well making a new mouse pad to accompany my new mice :)

So here's come the DIY, a simple DIY mouse pad that you could make from your old mouse pad. By the way, I wish someday my design could be on that mouse, keep dreaming until it came true right?! :D

Craft for kids

For school holiday, I want to give my little visitor some creative activity. So I teach her how to make shrink plastic charm. I let her draw on a white shrink plastic. the pencils smudges and very hard to clean, the erasers wont do the job, tried acetone too.. Nope, it's still there haha if you know the solution please share :)

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She kinda freaked out when the plastic start to curled up and shrink, and make sounds like Hey! What.. Ooow...

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We made it into necklace, but then she found my PaperOn logo necklace and the she claimed it :D and decided to turn her charm into a key ring.

Gift for A Baby Boy

My closest friend just gave birth to a baby boy! We just went to see him today, he is so cute! And because I was awed by his cuteness, I forgot to take pictures haha typical.

I wanna show you what we made for him



 

We bought a plain t-shirt and with fabric marker Deni draw the baby, and I did the writing. Qaiser, that his name. And I wrapped it with couple of  things inside a brown bag (made it), and just loop couple of string ribbons.I know, the string ribbons bow are not to neat haha make a bow is not my thing.



 

Qaiser parents gave us a souvenir, so you still could see how cute he is on that mug. It's blurry.. Sorry, it's night and I only got my phone  to snap that mug. Ain't he cute? I miss him already.. maybe someday we will have baby of our own :)



 

Eraser Stamp Carving

Yay! finally I made my first eraser stamp, it’s so popular these days. Unfortunately in my country there’s not much tools available specially made for rubber/eraser carving. There’s no carving block nor the carving tools, well.. we have carving tools but there’s no size 1 for detail like the speedball or staedler has.

Luckily my friend gave me this vintage carving tool that has small size although it’s not size one, and I think it’s intended for a different media like wood. But there’s a say here in my country “tak ada rotan, akar pun jadi” literally means “there’s no rattan, then root it is” which meaaans we could use everything available that we have to make it happen.. So I make it happens.

Here’s some of the stamps that I made

I'm addicted now, and purchased online for a carving block so I could make a bigger design. I learned many things these past few days and I will share it on my blog.. So stay tune

Carton Box Table

Hiya guys! its pretty much silent here in my blog right.. Well I wanna share you what I did for my new room..  I study in another city so I rented a small room (just a room and a little bathroom) although It's only 2 hours drive hehe but because I live on a small city where I could go just anywhere for 15 minutes, so 2 hours drive kinda beat me up haha.. Anyway I need furnitures to fill my room, and because I only live there for temporary, buying any is not really an option for me.. So I made this "coffee table" from a carton box from my fan packaging box.

I made this by just wrapped and glue down the carton box with brown paper, I made a cross from a cardboard to stabilize the inside although it still wont hold heavy things but just holding drinks or a laptop it still okay :), I covered the sides with patterned paper and then I mod podge it.

hehe  its messy in the inside, sorry :P

Now I just need lots of cute cushion.. :)

Weaved Notebook

Hi Guys! I got a task from my lecturer and he wants our task to be well designed or at least have a hardcover binding, and because I have a handmade paper goods shop.. why not I just made it by my self. Haa!

Here's how I made it..

Supplies:

• old magazine, brochure or pamflet


• cutting mat


• cutter knife


• glue


• cardstock


• sewing machine or needle and thread


• embroidery thread


• nail and hammer for punching holes

Steps

I made the base cover with cereal box that I cut to the size that I wanted. Then with the magazine strips (I cut about 2 cm wide) adhere it to the side (column) and the top (row) of the box, and then continue adhere the column (but just on side that touch the top row) until the box all covered.

With the column all glued, start weaving all the way down.



When you finished weaving, trim all the excess from the back so you know where to trim.



You could trim the corner so it curve, but I just leave it as it is.



I made the title cover with cardstock and then I stitch a frame with my sewing machine. Then I adhere it to the notebook.



Then I start the binding by clam the notebook with paper clip, so it nice and steady when I punch a hole with nail and hammer



I punch holes about 1.5 cm from the side. start from the center of the notebook by measure half from it size. after I found the center then measure half from the left side. And do the same for the right side, I got 7 holes from my measurements.

Then with embroidery yarn I then binding the notebook. Again start from the bottom center as on the 4th hole, down the 3rd hole loop to the side the up the 3rd hole, down the 2nd hole loop the side then up the 2nd hole, down the 1st hole the loop the side and the top then up the 1st hole and so on by checking which part you miss.. Ask me if you need a detailed binding tutorial. And you done!

Hope you like it. :)

DIY Mini Note Book

HI Guys! How are you? so long since i've post anything.. Im busy with our new Paperon product, so hoping I could show them right away.

So today im going to post my mini note book project, I made it with company notebook that I have lay around.

If you wanna make it, here's how I done it

First gather your materials:

• a notebook or you could make from printing paper cut in half and fold and stapled in the center


• white glue


• kraft paper


• paper doily


• permanent marker

 

First I cut a company notebook to a size that I wanted, then I glue the binding with white glue and clam it with paper clip and let it dry. Then for the note book cover I made it from a cereal box.

 

Then with a kraft paper.. well actually mine called samson paper so it has a lighter shade but it similar to kraft paper, cut slightly bigger than the ceral box cover. Then glued the paper to the cereal box cover.

 

 

I made a drawing with a doily paper, then stenciled with a permanent marker, you could use any color you want.

 

Fun right! :)

 

Then glue the excess to the inside.



 

 

 

 

After all dry. I glued the note book paper to the cover.. Press until it dry.



 

I covered the inside with a cardstock

Yay! It's done. Im gonna put any ideas I got in there.. :)

Baby Sandals

Hi guys! I just wanna share what I made.. It's a baby sandals that I made for a friends baby



What do you think? Is it cute? Hope it fits haha..

Upcycled Flip-Flop

Hi guys! I wanna show you what I did yesterday.. I found a cute sandal on the internet the other day and decided to make one using my old flip flop.. This is not a step by step tutorial, but if you are the type that sew, glue and knot kind a gal then you could easily do this.

So.. What do you think? I have lots of sandal design ideas on my mind because of this project, I cant wait to make them real..

Lace Sleeves T-Shirt

God I miss blogging! haha.. my internets been down for several days now,  so I cant logon to my wordpress.. I'm desperate and want to know what's happening in my blog so I'm blogging in an internet cafe now hahaha.. Dont like it, I like a calm environment when I blog.. But I wanna share my recent DIY to you guys.. I have a thing with lace nowadays so I hacked my t-shirt and here is my process, It's not a step by step though

It's very simple.. First I take off the t-shirt sleeves with seam ripper, I open the sleeves and I used it as a pattern for my lace sleeves. Just fold the sleeve in half and put on the lace, also fold in half.. And cut it.  Then stitch the lace sleeves to the t-shirt. And It's done! How's my new t-shirt looked like? Hope you have nice weekend

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