https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/diy-book-journal • Posted by Esther Boller
Old hardcover books are one of my favorite things. Not only are they cool looking, but I love to hollow them out and use them as journals. Sometimes I don't even hollow them out (like in this one), but I just start adding pictures straight to the pages. Sometimes I feel like I forget the inspiring images that I have saved to a folder on my computer. Believe me - I have folders and folders of saved inspiration photos, but there's something special about having a book to flip through. Here are a few of the pages from this year's journal.
Old hardcover books are one of my favorite things. Not only are they cool looking, but I love to hollow them out and use them as journals. Sometimes I don't even hollow them out (like in this one), but I just start adding pictures straight to the pages. Sometimes I feel like I forget the inspiring images that I have saved to a folder on my computer. Believe me - I have folders and folders of saved inspiration photos, but there's something special about having a book to flip through. Here are a few of the pages from this year's journal.
Find a cool book that you like the cover. You can find some pretty incredible books at thrift stores, garage sales, even your own attic!
Now take a glue stick and go to town! Start writing, drawing, college, anything you want! It's an old book so don't feel bad about writing in it!
If you'd like, cover some of the pages in plain paper and then make it into a journal. The possibilities are endless for old book journals!