Turn your free notebooks and broken clock into this minimalist notebook
Marble and clock, Oh my!
Here's how I did it!
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Materials needed:
Marble contact paper: Mr. DIY (RM 4.90)
Notebook: FOC
Broken analog clock mechanism: FOC
White drawing paper (1 cm smaller in dimension than notebook cover)
Double sided tape
Blade
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Thread
Step 1:
Remove spiral bound from pages.
Step 2:
Measure and cut contact paper approximately 1cm larger in dimension than the notebook cover.
Measure and cut contact paper approximately 1cm larger in dimension than the notebook cover.
Grids behind contact paper helped a lot too! Bye bye crooked lines!
Step 3:
Attach contact paper onto notebook cover.
*Tips: Pull back the first 2 inch of the backing, lay the contact paper onto the surface. Slowly pull away the backing while you run a ruler or straight edge along the surface to push out the air bubbles as you go along.
Step 4:
Fold in the edge of the contact paper onto the back of the notebook cover.
Your cover should look like this.
Step 5:
Attach a piece of drawing paper that is slightly smaller in dimension than the cover onto the back of the cover.
Step 6:
Cut holes on the contact paper following the ones on the cover.
Step 7:
Detach the clock hands and shaft from the clock mechanism.
Step 8:
Remove all the extra elements from the shaft. Just the spine and the last piece will do. :)
The shaft should look like this.
Step 9:
Poke a hole in the middle of the front cover.
Step 10:
Attach the shaft from the back with the second hand of the clock at the front of the cover.
Step 11:
Reattach the spiral bound with the pages.
Step 12 (Optional):
Tie a string to the hour and minute hand then attach it to the upper corner of the spiral bound. The hour and minute hand can act as a bookmark for your notebook.
DONE!
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Customize them in different colors, sizes, patterns or you could even use a real clock too!
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Now it's YOUR turn to create one of your OWN.
Don't forget to share your masterpieces with me by #craftycray or tag me @craftycray on your Instagram.
Have fun crafting! <3
