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DIY Notepad

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Do you like pretty stationery? I love it. It makes me happy and keeps me awake during boring meetings. Japan is a heaven for the cute stationery, but with this tutorial, you can dress up a simple notebook with scraps of fabrics. It’s super easy (no sewing).

I used the notebooks I got for free from my cell phone company.  You can get a simple one from a dollar store. I used double sided tape to stick everything together.

1. Cut the fabric you want to use. I laid the opened notebook on a fabric and cut it 2″ longer than the notebook on all sides. Make sure to iron the fabric so it is not wrinkly.
2. Fold the top and bottom of the fabric so the size of the fabric matches the sides of the note pad. Iron. Place a double sided tape on the folded top and bottom and place it on the notebook.
3. Do the same for the sides so that the entire notebook is covered with one fabric with edges folded inside. That way the fabric ends won’t fray.
4. Decorate it with pretty fabric tapes, flyers or stickers!

♥ Other DIY ideas to try ♥
DIY Color Block Sandals
DIY Flat Ornament for Nursery
DIY Cat Object

As Seen In..Red Reiding Hood

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Images via Red Reiding Hood

About a month ago, I asked Rowan of Red Reiding Hood to style one of my dresses. She gladly agreed and put together the post..you can read it here.  I think it is so stylish how she wore the sweet pastel dress with all black accessories and studs.  You can check out more about her in her FAQ page (love the ISSUU slides!), lookbook.nu, or Chictopia.

Me Made May’12 Week5

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5/30 Top: Refashioned by me, Skirt: thrifted, Bracelets: some gifts, and some made by me

This top is so old. I think I have had it in my closet since the 90’s. It was a hand-me-down from my mom’s friend, but since it is sheer, I wasn’t sure how to wear it as an elementary school kid. Now I wear this often with a white bikini underneath. It was very long, so I cut it short to make it a top. It’s more versatile this way and it matches with pretty much every skirts I have in my closet:)

5/31 Dress: Made by me, Sandals: bought in Japan.

I wore this dress a lot when I was a pregnant. At that time I felt like it was the only dress that made me look slim! The black tight bottom did the trick 😛 But after I was done with pregnancy, I lost the motivation to wear this dress. I don’t know why..maybe because I wore it too many times! But this MMM challenge made me pull out this old dress again!

I recently went to a nail salon to get gel nails put on. I LOVE them! I ordered pink color gradation with sparkles in the middle, and they are so shinny and fun. It’s supposed to last for about 3 weeks, and so far they have not chipped at all (it’s been one week).

The sandals are recent find at a mall here in Japan. They were only 1000 yen and comfortable to walk around in.

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