diy binder!!
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this is the story of a plain jane white binder that suddenly found meaning and purpose through the power of diy-ing. i basically just slapped some shoddy cacti on a piece of paper and slid it through the plastic sleeve, but it looks perfect! i was so happy when i found a label that was the same shade of pink as the watercolor background. the label basically says "property of penelope sage, penelope's logic binder." in japanese:)
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aside from that, its super easy! i gathered my stationary that i wanted for class,
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which consist of sticky notes, to-do lists, note pads, and page flags.
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also, some really cute binder clips.
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i used the clips to organize my stationary on the insides of my binder, which turned out really nice, if you ask me. its also super easy to re-arrange and switch up:)
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then the fun part! i doodled some japanese cartoons and adjectives to describe them in japanese, english, and the romanization. i love this lil guy:))
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i just had fun dooodling (for like two hours no lie lol)
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i used the faber-castille pens and waterpcolor paints.
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this japanese doodles are so cute omg!
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then the other side of binder, which is similar to the first one.
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this side just has my binder clip, two sets of page flags and my fave pen + korean/japanese notebook.
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and as an added touch, i painted my blog name and put it on the binding of the binder.
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and thats it!! hopefully you enjoyed:)
also, im abt to take on a bujo! any tips or inspo?
- seiji