We dare to assume that every teenage girl has such a thing as a personal diary , although older girls sometimes secrecy with paper, finding consolation during unhappy love or, on the contrary, splashing out on their pages their happiness from joyful events. Whatever it was, it's always nice to have your own unique diary, lovingly made with your own hands. Yes, and a girlfriend to give such a little thing never a shame.
And although the market of the office is full of all sorts of ready-made diaries, they are all of the same type and there is no guarantee that half of your friends will not exactly be the same. But made with his own hands, he will definitely be unique and will not meet anyone else.
How to make a beautiful personal diary - a master class
In this article, we will learn how to step-by-step create a personal diary from the paper with our own hands. For him we need the following materials:
- thick paper for the cover size 28x15 cm;
- a variety of paper for pages (if you do not know what pages can be done in a personal diary, do not worry, the answer is simple - any, it can be a tetrad, color, clippings from the magazine, etc.) in the size 11x20 cm;
- 2 thin metal eyes for lacing;
- twine or other thick thread for bandages;
- hammer, stapler, scissors, ruler, marker.
Let's get to work and soon learn how to make a personal diary with our own hands, and we'll start with the cover:
- So, first we take the paper prepared for it (ordinary or aged ), measure with a ruler from the right edge of 3.8 cm, draw an even line. From the left edge measure 12 cm and also draw a line.
- Internal pages are folded in half, we make a little book. And now our future diary and its cover look like this:
- From the cardboard we cut out two circles for decorating the future diary. To make them even, you can draw the largest coin on the cardboard or use the compass. For beauty, you can cut their edges with patterned scissors.
- In the middle of our little buttons, make a small hole. We unfold the cover, on the right side exactly in the middle we have a button and with the help of the eye pin attach it, tapping a couple of times with a hammer.
- Turn off the cover, back off from the already attached cardboard circle of 2.5 cm and note the place - here we will attach the second circle after we unfold the cover.
- We tie the thread to the second eye, place it and the second circle on the marked spot and nail it with a hammer. Get a cover with two simulated buttons. We hide the edge of the thread under a circle, and we cut off the excess.
- Now when our cover is ready, it's time to start the internal pages of the diary. We attach them to each other and to the cover with a stapler or needle and thread.
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Our diary is ready! As you can see, making a personal diary with your own hands is not at all difficult. You can additionally decorate the cover at your discretion or leave it as it is. You can decorate it with anything - ribbons, real buttons, lace, drawings and inscriptions. Although if you appreciate the exquisite simplicity and do not accept excessive variegation, you can choose a one-color cover with two buttons and lacing.
Inside, you can fill the pages with your memories, impressions, photos and other memorable moments or confessions of feelings.
And you can make a little book for a gift. We are sure that your friend, if she is fond of records while traveling or just likes to write down thoughts in the evenings, will be happy with such a present, all the more done with such love with her own hands.