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Currently reading as of 7.23.17 and almost done!

I am in love with this book and can’t wait to finish so I can review it and continue the series. ^^

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Can’t sleep, so here’s a pic from back in December. I’m still a huge Fantastic Beasts fan. Absolutely loved it! Welcome to my new bookblr. :)

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self-confidence, i’m realizing, is a lot deeper than just thinking i’m beautiful and being free in who i am. it also includes being confident in my decisions and trusting myself to be committed to the things i want to do. to step outside of my comfort zone and assure myself that i will be okay in doing so. this kind of self-confidence will help me see the success i want to see.

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okay, this isn’t really relevant to book blogging (the main focus of my blog) BUT I LOVE IT <3

hey! people seem to really like the notebooks i posted pics of on my blog, so i thought why not make a masterpost on how to do them so u can all have cute notebooks without having to spend lots of money on them!

what you’ll need

any notebook[s] that you want to use

white paint + brush [optional]

good quality glue

magazines

printer + white paper for the quotes

that’s it!!

1. the borders

if your notebook isn’t spiral bound, like mine were, + you can glue things on the borders you can skip this step

if you do have a spiral bound notebook but it’s a neutral colour, or the colour matches the design you want, feel free to skip too!

my notebooks had a combination of colours that didn’t really go with the designs, + i couldn’t glue things because of the spirals, so i had to fix that

i just grabbed some white paint, a paintbrush, + carefully painted the borders white!

you may have to clean the spirals a little afterwards because (for me) it’s basically impossible not to get any paint on them – for the first notebook i did, i used a damp cloth, but for the second one i was too lazy and just left the dry paint there lmao

2. the design

get some magazines, get comfy, and start going through them! tear out any pages where u see something cute or that you can potentially use somehow. don’t worry about the design yet

when u feel like u have enough, cut them and start putting them together until u like what u have! don’t glue them just yet, just lay them on the notebook so you can be sure u like the final result

i did two notebooks two different ways:

for the first one [left], i had some newspaper-ish paper with text in columns that i used as a background, i glued it to all of the front + back covers, then on top of that i glued a couple pics

for the second one [right], i glued all of the pics on top of the notebook itself

if you end up with empty spaces u can fill them with parts of magazines that have no text/design, just plain colours, or with parts of articles

i didn’t print any images cause my printer’s crap with colours, but u can do that if u want!

tip: make sure your pics are big enough that you can fold them over the borders of the notebook and stick them on the other side! the finished look is better + it’s more durable

3. putting it together

this is the messy part, or the fun part if you’re not a perfectionist like me lmao

i haven’t figured out the best way to glue them so that u don’t get those crinkley parts, but don’t be afraid to mess up! in the end it won’t rlly matter and it may even look cool

you can put glue either on your notebook or the back of the pictures, then carefully place them, smoothing them out as much as you can – but again, don’t worry if it’s not perfect

you may want to be careful and wash your hands in between making them so that u don’t ruin any of the paper/pics bc u have glue in ur hands

4. extra: quotes

look at your notebooks: do they look finished? great! do they look like there’s something missing/something you could add? i have the answer for you!

look for some short quotes that you like – from a book, something a famous person said, part of a poem, song lyrics, motivational quotes, something you came up with, etc etc

i only used one on each notebook. in one i put it on the front and on the other on the back. it really doesn’t matter tbh

i used the font ‘archivo black’, italicized, in a very dark grey on mine

i printed them in the size i wanted, cut them like u can see on the pics, and glued them once the other pics i glued were dry – it isn’t necessary to wait, i did it just in case lmao

more diy’s!!

diy school supplies by @gracelearns

diy school supplies part 2 by @gracelearns

diy masterpost by @studiyng

diy school supplies by @iworkandistudy

diy map composition book cover by @thestudiousstudent

diy school supplies by @kimberlystudies

ultimate diy masterpost by @mermaidyke

+ masterposts

studyblr-ing 101

apps for ur life

how to mind map

studying better

i hope u can make gr8 notebooks and that i was any help! if u end up making any please @ me or tag me with #heysofi bc i’d love to see them all <3 [also, english is not my native language so there may be some mistakes bc of literal translations from spanish lmao]

- sofi xx