wow thank you for sharing have always wanted to give this a try. you've made it easier now. question, If I want to add more books in do I just add more elastic over the first book?

Thank you for making this video! Your punch modification is genius. My favorite paper is only sold as single sheets or flimsy glued pads, so I just purchased supplies today to make my own sketchbook for soft pastel work.

Beautiful!

This is an awesome and unique way to make a book. I recently cut some acrylic and watercolor media paper into 2x2, 3x3 and 4x6 squares and I wanted to put them into a mini "sketch" book. This is a perfect idea to adhere the squares onto the pages. I am going to try this. Thank you for the inspiration.❤🎉😊

This is genius! This can go further out to even dividing the paper into 4 x 8 or even 8 x 8 squares for a mini version with more pages. Thanks for this!

So clever!

This is such a great video, I actually wish I saw it before I bought a traveler's notebook. I hope it is still going strong 6 years later :)

Love how you put the band on it thank you very much for your video

You’ve got a new subbie Beth!! 🎉❤ Loved the placemat idea and your disc-bound sketch books… loving the vids… Thank you for posting!!🎉❤🙏🏾👍🏾💜🎉🥰🤩

Oh you magically appeared on my YTube feed!!🤩💜👍🏾🥰🎉 I created a WC Art journal like that for my recent WaterColorMonth2024 prompts. It was smashing, as I had more fun creating and decorating my journal than water coloring the actual prompts. Weird, yep!! 🎉😂 Thank you so much!😊 🙏🏾🎶💜

The folding, and particularly the way you cut the paper is brilliant! Thanks so much for this!

Awesome job. Thank you. It’s been awhile since I’ve done this with tiny books. Now here’s a BOOK!! Gonna make myself a BOOK. NICE BOOK. ❤

Fantastic instructions. Thank youj

Amazing video, beautiful finished product! You are a calming voice as you teach, will I try this, perhaps! I don’t think I’ll be as calm! Thanks, Karen Dirmish, learner

I love this! I’m going to use it with my students next year…..thank you!

This is bloody brilliant 🇬🇧

BRILLIANT!! I'm so glad I found this, I never thought about using an old purse I bought long ago..you had me cracking up both at you and myself. I'm a DIY'r too. It really struck me when (if not making your own journal wasn't enough AND the notebooks) you finally broke down and actually BOUGHT a couple of pens..I found that hilarious 😂because in a DIY'r world we would make the pens if we could!! Thank you so much!!!

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Perfect

Cool idea 🙂

lol @ ice cream truck drive by.

Fantastic ideas

So clever. Thank you for great tutorial.

your paperclip idea is fantastic. But having it recessed by carving out only top layer of carboard... is GENIUS!!! thank you for showing us how to make this clever journal 😊

Why not interleave sheets of cereal bag non stick plastic between covers and paper so it can be pressed?

Extremely creative. I am impressed!

What a beautiful and useful watercolor sketch book you made. Thank you for such clear and concise directions. I do outdoor sketches and am so anxious to make this book. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video.😊(I may put a pocket inside the back cover.)

That's some nice leather, looks like you took good care of your bag, nice to salvage old reliable items and give them new life

What a great travelers note book cover!

Love it thank you for showing how to do it, you make it look easy.

Excellent tutorial..concise, and to the point….well done! Thank you!

Where did this lady go? She's brilliant and amazing. Please come back and educate us.

Bloody brilliant

Brilliant tutorial! Made perfect sense to me! I have made accordian books before without covers. So now I can go ahead and create sturdier ones with covers. ❤ TYSMFS! I am saving this video for reference.

Looks fab! Thx 4 sharing.

this is such a great idea! I haven used the Arc punch but as you said, the holes are too close to the edge. I have used quilt template plastic for covers but they got brittle and broke. I still love the idea, though! I made one using my 2 hole punch that I use the most. I use binder rings to hold them together and they are secure. My cover is some teal fake snakeskin that wraps around with a flap that has an elastic loop that holds it shut.

I have made a few of these over the years using different sized papers. I love working in them and when they are full, you cam lay them out flat and see them all at once! You can use the pages singly or unfold as man my as you want. I discovered that I have lost track of what to cut, so makinga practice one out of copy paper first saves me frustration and paper! You can make them portrait or landscape, depending on which folds you cut.

Thank you so much for posting this tutorial! You make clear & simple. I've made small one page books for writing but never thought to make this as a sketchbook. I suggest an alternative binding. Hedi Kyle's non-adhesive binding is great. You will "lose" the first and last panels of the book, however you can use watercolor paper for the covers and have 2 surfaces to paint on. I have so many new ideas for art (not specifically for writing) books. Thank you so much for the inspiration!

it´s amazing! such inspirational...and your hands are magical! greetings from Mexico <3

So cool! Thank you so much for sharing this with us... 💕🙏🏼💕

New subscriber. I love this idea. Thanks for the inspiration. Blessings and 🤗

Thanks for inspiration! I’m starting this right now😊

“I still have my old friend. I never have to give it up.” I love that through my soul.

Thank you for this tutorial! I made one these and I love it. I made a few personal adjustments, like I covered mine with gel prints instead of fabric. It is perfect for what I wanted. Thank you!

Great video! So many ideas in one video. Others would have made 3 or 4 videos out of it! Thanks very much!

Wow! This is absolutely ingenious!!

do you plan to make more videos in the future, beth?

I made mine for fieldnotes size. Horween dublin.

This is so clever and easy and I love it!

I love this. It looks super nice and well done for something so simple!