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Stamping the Moon’s Craters onto a Leather Notebook Cover

Stamping the Moon’s Craters onto a Leather Notebook Cover

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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If you are looking for something to hold your small writing pad, why not make a notebook cover that features a celestial object?

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How to Make Beautiful Midori-Style Traveler’s Notebooks

How to Make Beautiful Midori-Style Traveler’s Notebooks

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Make your own customized, upgradable notebooks and organizing system in the Midori style.

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See How These Beautiful Leather Notebook Cases Were Crafted

See How These Beautiful Leather Notebook Cases Were Crafted

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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Does your notebook need a little classy customization? Jacques Kilcher shows his process for making stylish notebook cases out of leather.

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Hand-Embroidered Notebooks Are Almost Too Pretty to Use

Hand-Embroidered Notebooks Are Almost Too Pretty to Use

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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Check out these hand-embroidered notebooks that feature designs ranging from anatomical and natural to geometric and macabre, then try to make your own!

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Instantly Transfer Photographic Images with a Blender Pen

Instantly Transfer Photographic Images with a Blender Pen

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Use an inexpensive blender pen to get a cool image transfer effect on paper, wood, ceramic, fabric, and more.

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Extremely Useful Notebook Organizing Hack

Extremely Useful Notebook Organizing Hack

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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A simple notebook hack that allows you to quickly index and organize important content.

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Easy Upgrade: DIY Notebook Pocket

Easy Upgrade: DIY Notebook Pocket

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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I’m a confirmed carrier of notebooks, but I still never manage to avoid collecting lists, notes, and other important extra sheets of paper. My beloved sketchbooks and steno pads are definitely due for a DIY notebook pocket upgrade! Adding pockets to my pads of paper definitely falls into the category of simple, obvious solutions that […]

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