DIY: Word Magnets

Yay! Something to make with the hundreds of pages I cut out of Eragon to make my book box. Today I will be explain how to make word magnets. You know, the ones that cost like a ton of money in the stores and are so much funnier to make.

Added bonus: They make great Christmas presents! And Christmas is in less than three months, scary.

First you will need:

- pages, newspaper, or other things with bigger words on them.

- scissors

- magnet sheets {you can get these at your local craft store. Or if you are really lucky, like me, you can find them at the dollar store.}

Cut out the words or sentences you want as magnets.

Cut out a piece of the magnet that is only a little bit bigger than the word or sentence.

Peel off the back and stick the word or sentence on the magnets sticky side.

Cut the excess off. And there you have it, a beautiful word magnet.

So there ends the DIY on word magnets. If anything doesn't make sense or if you just have a question please comment. Oh, I don't mind comments on how awesome this post was either. So if  *cough* anyone whats to, I love comments. ☺

DIY: book box

You will need:
- A book with good binding
- A ruler
- A pocket knife or box cutter
- A pair of scissors
- A pen


Step 1 :
Decide how big you want you book compartment to be.



Step 2 :
Trace a line so you know where to cut.



Step 3 :
Cut on the line all the way around.



Use the scissors in the arrears the knife does not happen to cut through.

Repeat set 3 until your box is to the desired depth. This project takes time and patience but is well worth the effort. Good luck on your book boxes.

P.S. Don't throw away your cut away pages. There are so many uses for them. Watch out for another DIY on how you can use them.

DIY: A Writing Notepad

It's midnight, you wake up and have the best idea in the world for a book. But your bed calls you to lay your head down and sleep. And so you sleep, and forget all about your "amazing" idea. Or your great idea appears to you in the mall, store, car, etc. and you have no way of writing it down. How many of you have fallen victim to these situations because of not keeping notepad, and suffering for it.


After many of these situations happening to me I pushed myself and bought a small notepad. And I am all the better for it.


What are the benefits a having a writing notepad. Need I say? Sometimes ideas get foggy and can be mixed up from when you first thought of them. When you write the idea down and find you want to change it, then change it. And you will have no fear of wondering if the first idea was better. Because you have it written down, you can just check.


If you find that notepads that are small are to pricey, make you own. I have one and love it. The plus side of making your own is that is personalized to be very you. ☺


To make one you will need:



-Several pieces of normal white paper

-Needle and thread

-Colored ink pens

-Stickers, buttons, tissue paper, cut outs, etc. (optional)


Step 1: Take the pieces of normal white paper and fold them all in half, the smallest end to smallest end. Flatten the paper out and lightly mark the crease with a pen of pencil. Cut on this mark.



Step 2: Now take these pieces of paper, combine them, and fold then in half (small end to small end). Flatten the paper out and lightly mark the crease with a pen or pencil. (Do not cut paper)


Step 3: Take the thread and push it though the eye of the needle. Then sew up the book on the line you created.


Step 4: To make it more strong you can go over and sew in between the spaces you left off.




Step 5: Open the pages and one by one, using a ruler and a colored pen, line the paper.


That's the end of it for a simple notepad. You can add anything else you want to make it more you.
If you have any comments of questions just comment. ☺