Have I ever mentioned that I love pretty notebooks! I have a collection a Green Room and Galison Green Notebooks. I use them to keep track of the family budget, notes, blog stuff, phone numbers, etc. I love them because they are cute, fun to use, and help keep me organized. The only problem is that Sophie is love with my notebooks too. I will open up a new page only to find a sticker and a mess of swirly scribbles. She is in such an artist phase right now, and I love it! But, in order to save my notebooks and still encourage her creative art I spent yesterday afternoon making her a set of her own notebooks.
When the notebooks were finished and I handed them to Sophie she was head over heels in love. She held onto them all afternoon and even started to fill a few pages with Easter stickers [Target, dollar section … Love!] I have a feeling that these notebooks will make it in the church bag, shoved in my purse, spilled on, wore out, and loved by SJ.
I would love to share these printable notebooks with you today!
The PDF File includes: 4 cover design and the inside pages.
Instructions for Making your own Mini Notebooks: [completed size is 2″ x 3″]
1. Print the Cover Designs on heavy card stock, I used 110lb white matte paper. Then print the inside pages on regular printer paper. 2. Cut out the Cover and the Inside pages and fold them in half, hamburger way. 3. Make your notebook as thick or thin as you want by adding more or inside pages. 3. Attach the cover and inside pages however you would like. I took the simple route. I just stapled it on the edge.
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Oh my!!!! I love them!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the download :)
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very cute! hamburger way? cute, I’d forgotten about that way to say ” fold it that way.” For a second the picture looked liked you had sewn (threaded) the two edges to make it stay closed. But, I read through and saw you stapled it. Could you send one back with Chad please, if you have time to make me one. I am working on a little project and I want to see if it would work with my project. Please, thank you!
And, thanks for taking care of your brother…he is so excited.
Yes of course I will make you some!! :) I would have loved to bind it by sewing down the edge real quick but, no sewing machine :) or even do the staple inside vertically but the stapler was to short :)
Kendra~ so cute! My 10 yr old is a notebook addict. (I think I have “Blue’s Clues” to thank for that!) I love that you included the stripes & the chevron patterns, they’ll work great for a boy!
Thank you so much for this post! The notebooks are my favorite to carry in my purse cause I’m always needing to make a note. Would I be able to share one with the 3 ladies I visit teach? I will tell them where I got them so as to give you the credit that your deserve for your beautiful work. If not it is totally fine & I will not share. Thank you for your feedback.
Joni
YES! Please do share with your visiting teaching ladies! Or activity days or young women! Whoever! :)
Aloha! This is really neat. My daughter brought home a beautifully designed notebook a few months ago. It was so nice and she kept it in a special place on the shelf. Now we can work on it together. She will be thrilled.
Thank you! This will be fun to share with my children, and my day care children.
These are darling! I can’t wait to download, Kendra! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
Thanks! Printing right now. Great idea for my daughter who loves pretty little notebooks too!
What a great idea. Now she can play along too.
Crafty Chic
Love this idea! and thanks for the PDF… makes it super easy! Your blog is adorable ps… definitely you’re newest follower! Would love to have you come check me out over at justdawnelle.blogspot.com…
Dawnelle
Hello Kendra!
I just wanted to thank you for sharing your creations! I am very excited to use these notebooks! I’m a Patient Care Tech and I was looking for an adorable notebook to carry with me to record patient information during my shift! These are perfect.
I will be sure to share them with the other techs on my unit :)
Thank you!
Ciera –
Thanks so much for your comment! I am so glad you love the notebook!
Have a fun day!
Kendra