I was given a new challenge by a co-worker the other day: a 3-ring binder covered with fabric. Hmmmm, I say..... I've done those a trillion times, but not in years! I remember my mom's bookshelf sitting behind her favorite chair, lined with her fabric covered notebooks, some with cross-stitching on the front, but every one holding something very dear to her. And it made for a very colorful bookshelf, too! So I took on the challenge this evening to see if I could still do it. Out came the rulers, the pins, the scraps, the scissors.... This is what I came up with as a demo using a 1" 3-ring binder I got at Staples today....
Bad pic of it closed....
... bad lighting, bad photo. First photo is truer in color....
The leatherette logo worked great with this design....
Binder standing up with Karen in the background getting voted off American Idol. Yet another awful photo.
It was a successful project and was actually fairly pleased with the end result. See the wire cooling rack sitting on its side to the left there? There was enough of the muffin patterned fabric to make a little notebook to go along with it and stick in the inside pocket. The mini book is drying on that rack with only two more coats of decoupage to go and a nice trim.
As you all know, I don't cook or I'd keep this one. :) But it could be filed with plastic cover sheets, photo pages for recipe cards......... the options are numerous.
Give me more ideas, everyone! Are there enough pockets on the inside cover? Should there be something else added? Taken away?
Keep creating, folks, and enjoy LIFE!
As you all know, I don't cook or I'd keep this one. :) But it could be filed with plastic cover sheets, photo pages for recipe cards......... the options are numerous.
Give me more ideas, everyone! Are there enough pockets on the inside cover? Should there be something else added? Taken away?
Keep creating, folks, and enjoy LIFE!
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