Not your momma's notepad

Growing up my mom always carried a plain ol steno pad with her wherever she went.  I never really understood her obsession need to have a notepad with her wherever she went.  That was until recently... Seems like lately I have been scratching notes or making lists on whatever I can find.  Then I find out I have lost them or grabbed the wrong notepad on my way out the door.  My solution to this was to grab a jar of mod podge and some scrapbook papers and go to town.

1) I started with this plain manila steno pad but you could really do this to any notepad, folder, etc

2)   Next decide on the scrapbook papers you want - fold and crease them around the sides of the cover.

3) Now paint on some mod podge and smooth the paper over (this stuff dries fast so you should work quickly).  Do this on the back of the cover as well.

4) Once you have all the papers and elements the way you want them paint a thin layer of mod podge over the top,  this acts as a sealer and makes the papers smooth and keeps them in place. 

There you have it a personalized cheap notepad.  Now I can go to the grocery store in style!

I'm linking up at the following sites:
http://www.littlelucylu.com/
http://www.whipperberry.com/

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