How to Make a Personalized Journal

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Get the journal you are going to decorate.

   A composition notebook works the best, but you can use another kind if you would like.
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   Step 2: Open the notebook in the middle

   ,, (Now your outside cover should be completely covered by foil.
   
   The inside of the cover should have a couple inches over it that are taped down.) , Then you can tape all these words and images (and your name!) onto the journal.
   
   You can decorate both the front and back cover with these words and pictures. , This is so that the pictures you have taped on will not fall off or get ruined. (Make sure you let a couple inches of the tape overlap the cover like you did with the foil so that the tape will wrap around to the inside.) , Write your dreams, hopes, fears, wishes, and feelings into this journal.
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   Step 3: and lay the book down flat so that the cover is facing up and the pages are facing down and are touching the surface you are working on.

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   Step 4: Get some aluminum/tin foil and cover your notebook with it

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   Step 5: leaving a couple extra inches on the sides of the notebook so that you will be able to tape it later.

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   Step 6: Carefully flip the notebook around and fold the edges of the foil (the extra inches) around the cover and tape them.

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   Step 7: Take your magazines and cut out letters that spell out your name

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   Step 8: pictures you like

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   Step 9: words you like

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    Step 10: quotes you like

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    Step 11: flowers

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    Step 12: clothes

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    Step 13: Take a clear packing tape and line the whole book with it.

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    Step 14: Enjoy your personalized journal - no one has a journal exactly like yours!

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