Pimp your notebook

I've got a passion for stationery and notebooks. From age 11 till 20 I nearly wrote down every day what happened in my life. Although I'm optimizing my to do-lists and notes digitally (without Zotero I would have been lost), I still stick to pen and paper during meetings and creative writing. The haptic of a pen and paper, the agnostic style of some notebooks are motivating me (yes, call this "symbolic value" of products). I also love the possibility of physical notebooks to be customized. After my workshop in bookbinding with lovely Ulrike at www.plakinn.de, I felt ready to change the cover of my notebook.

That's how it works:
Choose your favorite design/wrapping paper and get some tape for protecting the book corners. E.g. at Modulor in Berlin Kreuzberg (U Moritzplatz) they have special material for this.

The "naked" notebook.

Then fix the book corners.

Cut the paper for both sides with bended corners (so you can still see the book corners).

Glue the paper to the notebook. It's best to use white glue. Then you have to make sure the glue is drying properly. So cover the notebook with blank paper on both sides and put heavy weights on for several hours.

Et voilà!