Fresh Start

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTblwLd9u08pSNgfTnIzftJO6lyQrn8BJD_6tsmOlXgHlJAxyXS7I5DcGwuoAOAojmZqOBDoGlsYi2aBuTCNzB_kGa0ZlxBEPcJ3SPjTAG161cmxvftwnqFcGVQgwUlOY7ry9h4jw-m0A/s1600/blog279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTblwLd9u08pSNgfTnIzftJO6lyQrn8BJD_6tsmOlXgHlJAxyXS7I5DcGwuoAOAojmZqOBDoGlsYi2aBuTCNzB_kGa0ZlxBEPcJ3SPjTAG161cmxvftwnqFcGVQgwUlOY7ry9h4jw-m0A/s400/blog279.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It's a new month, Easter is coming up.  What a wonderful time to bring out something new and fresh.  My last notebook is finally filled.  I learned my lesson; don't put dates on the front!  I used it far longer than normal and am just now needing a new book.  These notebooks from Mead (available at Office Max) are my favorite because they have ruled sheets for notes and lists and grided backs for sketching ideas. <br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYOGa9TFXt4__lpPJtAeSEqSZfeoihmPlRuDo8KtEeXQWs3JTdtGPa7DUZJ0uiivQ4ed9FA789RDFqBJIfozXA9Qbb-MVX_r6npyO-eLSQMG8PyEH9EAizzYT1yt2IW16HR5B4WO2UXU/s1600/blog279b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYOGa9TFXt4__lpPJtAeSEqSZfeoihmPlRuDo8KtEeXQWs3JTdtGPa7DUZJ0uiivQ4ed9FA789RDFqBJIfozXA9Qbb-MVX_r6npyO-eLSQMG8PyEH9EAizzYT1yt2IW16HR5B4WO2UXU/s200/blog279b.jpg" width="165" /></a>For the cover this time, I went with all Basic Grey's Indian Summer DSP and stickers.  I've been dying to use this part of a pointed square die cut free SVG file downloaded from the blog at SVGCuts.com.  I love all those little holes in graduating sizes.  Because I often fold the notebook cover over for writing, I have to keep the cover flat so stickers and die cuts are perfect.  Just use lots of glue stick around the edges and they hold up great. Also this time, I used a few SU! rub-on's.  But there is no stamping, just a little ink distressing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU6B5zz7NBh4cqvJUhyVg3xvthdJ2GAk6hmbwWBhrVlvcjhOj2MHTAUHp9JHaQxkzTGQGOQGMOautack-KfmKbHcYQGLxvreRskdhK4dodDaP8Gj-c__2nzHTdRRp2Bi5RuIjDYd_T28/s1600/blog279c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU6B5zz7NBh4cqvJUhyVg3xvthdJ2GAk6hmbwWBhrVlvcjhOj2MHTAUHp9JHaQxkzTGQGOQGMOautack-KfmKbHcYQGLxvreRskdhK4dodDaP8Gj-c__2nzHTdRRp2Bi5RuIjDYd_T28/s200/blog279c.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>(I did photograph the process for getting the paper around the wires and promise to post the instructions soon.  Unfortunately today, real work calls...)<br /><br /><br /><br />I've always loved notebooks.  There is something so hopeful about a notebook filled with blank pages just waiting to be filled.<br /><br /><em>Ingredients:  DSP and stickers:  Basic Grey Indian Summer</em><br /><em>Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink</em><br /><em>Rub-on's Stampin' Up!</em>

Fresh Start

It's a new month, Easter is coming up.  What a wonderful time to bring out something new and fresh.  My last notebook is finally filled....

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