DIY Journal Idea Recipe

The technology world is going paperless or digital but still many of us love to have pens and papers for our journal. Yeah, it's recipe for the brain and hands not for the tummy. Looking forward ahead of the next new year and if you're a crafter, you are torn between buying ready-made journals or DIY with more personal touches than bought and re-decorate it. I've upcycled this journal few years back. It's very simple to bind it using few materials that are lying around your house.

This journal DIY is more for ladies. You can still create for men without the fancy colours and embellishments.

MATERIALS:

6 Coloured Paper - use for separating your 12 months calendar
96 minimum of Bond Papers - you can add more if you want
Ribbon stash of any colour and kinds
Yarns or any alternative to making your tag and use for binding
Beads as one option to tie to your yarn
Puncher
Needle - to bind your punched hole papers together
Recycle cardboard to use for cover before embellishing it

METHOD:

1. Gather 8 bond paper and one coloured paper, align them together and fold them half.
2. Punch at least four holes to loop your yarn or ribbons of your choice. (The metal ring binder can ruin your paper overtime that's why a yarn, strip of fabric or ribbon are the best option for this.)
3. Repeat step 1 and two until you got six folded and punched papers altogether.
4. Align all together and you can bind them with your ribbons or yarns as suggested. Don't forget your cardboard cover.
5. You can embellish your cover and inside out to however you want.





Please share us your link of your handmade journal photo you may have uploaded to your Instagram, Twitter or blog.

5 Table Centerpiece Ideas for Christmas Season

Overload ideas, but here's some of my picks :-) I'm more of a rustic lover and love to incorporate the nature with the fake ones. Holiday season is around the corner; instead of hanging them, why can't we also get some of those and put on the table as a centrepiece? Table centrepieces can be changed at any time not just for Christmas and New Year's but also the rest of the year especially if we have more than two or four seasons in one year!

1. Why nautical at Christmas, not a frolic snow? One of my rustic table centrepieces at home. A combo of my collected beach stuff & commercialised baubles use during the summer months (December to February) in the southern hemisphere, the opposite of the winter northern hemisphere.

2. Where can I put all the foods? Are we allowed to eat the fruits? A stylish rustic centrepiece made from fresh Pine leaves and other green Thuja leaves I suppose with a touch of fresh fruit, flowers, candles, etc. via Proflowers


3. Where's my husband's wood panel remnants and saw? A beautiful wooden rustic minimalistic idea via The Idea Room



4. Where is the branch I intended for decorations? Don't tell me you use them all in the fireplace. A beautiful Russian table centrepiece via Tvoydesigner



5. Are we going for shopping, not at the malls but the Op Shop and the Flea Market? (second-hand stores in Australia) Authentically beautiful rustic idea via RustiqueArtBlog



What are your table centrepiece ideas? Please share your photo links on the comment.

Have a great Christ season everyone! Cheerios happy blessed New 2017!

Top 5 Lists to Refashion Men's Shirts

Note: Save the earth piling pollution by refashioning or upcycling your man's (favourite) shirts. Any instructions needed, click to each Blogger's link provided. Your partners or husbands will often have long sleeve shirts hanging either outgrown or what not. You may either give them away to charity or refashion them these days. Some are refashioning and selling them on handmade shops online like Etsy and others like your blog.

Here are five lists from bloggers and creators online:

1. From Man's Shirt to Woman's Fabulous Dress via TipJunkie