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COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS PRINTIE
This printie contains enough to create TWO composition notebooks. The paper has to be glued together which makes it thick so you can't use too many pages. And the amount provided give an authentic weight and feel. You can, of course, use fewer sheets for a thinner notebook, but don't use more than 5 sheets or it will look chunky and bulky. As with ALL my printies - I create these things on the fly usually using MS Word - and they don't always line up perfectly, so that is something you have to be okay with. I do "quick and dirty" minis, but they are still cute/cool!!
This is a basic printable - easy to create if you want to design your own and easy to make if you print them and assemble them. You will need:
* Composition Notebook printable
* Scissors
* Glue
* A piece of white or tan string
* Black Sharpie marker
* A color printer
If you want to see how to assemble the notebook you can watch my YouTube video here:
Today's Special Mini is something easy and quick that anyone can do. Learn how to make hardcover books for your dollhouse! The supplies and the steps are pretty easy.
SUPPLIES:
1. Printouts of your book layout 2. Scissors 3. Clear Packing Tape 4. Strong clamps (large and small) 5. Recycled paper board from food packaging 6. School glue 7. Tacky/Quick Dry glue (Aleens or Scotch) 8. Glue stick 9. Rectangular piece of white paper
NOTE: All of these steps are shown and discussed in the video. But if you like reading steps or are visually/hearing impaired you can get the gist of things here.
STEP ONE
Take yourPRINTOUT.Use SCISSORS to neatly cut out all your images. The only individual image should be the cover. All other images should be cut in one straight line - almost like a strip of negatives. Depending on your design you should have a cover, a strip of "front matter" (title, copyright, etc), and one or more strips of ten images that will make up the pages of your book.
STEP TWO
Set the cover image aside - for now. Take each strip and accordion fold each image. Make sure you get nice, crisp, even folds. You can use a bone folder (optional) or just use your fingernails to pinch a straight crease. Stack the images in the order you want them to be in your book so you won't forget. Once you have all the images folded and creased take your GLUE STICKand add glue to the back side of every other image. You will glue each side-by-side image together to make a front and back book page. Do this for however many strips you have making sure to stack strips in the order they should go in your book.
STEP THREE
Once all your pages are glued take your small STRONG CLAMP and clamp the front edge of the book. The back edge of the book will be exposed. This is the part that will be the spine of your book. DO NOT glue the front edge or your book will open backward and you will have to throw it away and start over.
STEP FOUR
Grab your SCHOOL GLUE and add a thin strip of glue to your exposed edge. Not too much or the glue will seep in and mess up the inside of your page. Squeeze the edge tight while you apply the glue to make sure it stays just on the edge. Let this dry completely for ten minutes. You can speed up drying time by putting it in front of a fan or using your heat gun. When the thin strip is completely dry you will add a thick strip of glue and let that dry completely, too.
STEP FIVE
While your book spine is drying, it's time to assemble the cover. Cut a strip of CLEAR PACKING TAPE large enough to cover your entire cover. Tape it carefully to the front of the cover and burnish it to remove any air pockets. This will also bring out the luster and shine of the tape. Cut the edges of your border on an angle. Crease and fold the cover on both sides of the spine. Flip your cover to the back side.
STEP SIX
Take your PAPER BOARD and test it against your cover to make sure it fits before gluing it. You may need to make some small trims to get it to sit right. You want the paper board to be a hair or two smaller than the cover image so you can wrap the border around it nicely. Use your glue stick to glue one square to the left side of the cover, one square to the right side of the cover, and the strip to the middle. They should not be butted up against each other. There should be a hair or two widths of space between each paper board piece. Add glue stick or tacky glue to the border and stick it down to the paper board. Once dry, fold the cover again along the spine to set the creases. Inspect your cover to make sure it's nice, even, and professional looking. If it is - set it aside to dry. If not, toss it in the garbage and start over.
STEP SEVEN
Your book should be completely dry now. Remove the small clamp and give the spine a test by gently opening the pages and checking to see if your book opens without falling apart. Also check to see if you've got any glue seepage on the inside of any pages. If you did - your pages will flake apart where the glue was when you try to open the book and you will know because you will make an "aw, man!" kind of sound at seeing bits of your image ripped away or from having two pages stuck together. At this point you will toss this in the trash and start over and be sure to be careful with the glue. Don't feel bad. In the process of creating this tutorial I had to toss about 5 of these in the trash and start all over - printing, filming, and everything! Most of the time it was because of the glue.This is how I came up with the brilliant idea of printing a few copies in black and white first - I'd messed up too may of my precious colored versions. And as I don't have a color printer right now I was getting frustrated. Luckily, my sister had printed about seven or eight sets in color for me. Anyway, practice makes perfect. Just don't practice in color. IF everything turned out well - woo hoo - you are two-thirds of the way done. Now you will take your RECTANGULAR PIECE OF WHITE PAPER and glue it to the spine of the book. Not too much glue. This paper should wrap around the pages almost like you are giving your book a thin, white cover. If you made the sheet too big you will use your scissors to trim it to the size of your book pages. It should be even and flush with the pages all the way around the book. Let this dry completely.
STEP EIGHT
Add a small bead of TACKY/QUICK DRY GLUE to the paper board on the inside left cover. Quickly, but carefully and neatly take your book and glue the left side of the white paper you just wrapped around it to the paper board. Use your thumb and gently press towards the spine to get a nice, secure bond. Make sure the book spine lines up with and sits on top of the middle cover spine. Let dry completely. Repeat this step for the right side of the cover. DO NOT ADD GLUE TO THE CENTER COVER SPINE.
STEP NINE
Once your book is completely dry - test it to see if it opens nicely. You should not have any tearing, looseness, or pages popping out of the spine. The book should open freely just like a real book. If you have that - you're done! CONGRATULATIONS. If you don't have that - NO PROBLEM - just toss it in the trash and start all over.
STEP TEN (OPTIONAL)
If you want to take the realism of your mini a little further - you will want to add a crease near the spine of your book. For that you will need a large STRONG CLAMP. Just clamp your finished book almost near the edge of the spine and let it sit for a few minutes. When you remove the clamp it will leave a dent in the book. Voila!
This is a basic beginner mini tutorial that you will be glad you took the time to master. It's not hard. It can be done in under an hour. And the possibilities are endless in terms of the types of books you can make. HAVE FUN!
I would much rather you gather your own images and make the books YOU and YOUR DOLL like, but I realize some people may not have the time or skill to create a book. Or maybe you like the fan book I made and want one for your little coffee table. I am including MY book for your personal use. Please don't alter it, sell it, add it as one of your collections in a kit or anything like that. If you use it please give me proper credit and link back to this blog post - not directly to the image itself or generically to the blog. Use this link:
Well, it's really not a secret! I made this folding dollhouse from empty cereal boxes that were headed to the recycling bin. I finally found a use for a couple of them. And I love the way my dollhouse dollhouse turned out. I used a shoe box to make a case to store the dollhouse.
The house is only 3" x 3" and I would never have imagined that something so small could cause so much trouble. I tried to follow a couple of cool, but confusing "how to" on these kinds of houses, but decided to wing it in the end.
I made all of the furniture and accessories from cereal boxes as well. It took a while to complete this - almost a month because I kept stopping. I think I would do it again. I showed it to my sister to get some feedback and praise and while she loved the tiny house, she made me laugh out loud when she said, "You should have hired me as a consultant. I would have told you not to put the stove and fridge next to each other. I hate when kitchens are like that." Sisters - I tell ya. The next house I make I'll keep that in mind.
Anyway - hope you enjoy the house. I don't think I'll ever be able to do a tutorial on this because I just made up construction and design as I went along. I looks pretty home made, but I was just doing it for fun anyway and it turned out WAY better than I thought it would so I am pretty happy about it. If you make folding houses - lemme know - I'd love to see a home tour!
It's the MOST wonderful time of the year! For big and mini homes. There's nothing that says "holiday season" like buying those Christmas cards. And hey, just like you get a kick out of sorting, planning, and sending good cheer to your loved one - your mini mommas and poppas love to spread the Christmas cheer, too. So why not print them up a set of lovely cards to send to their mini neighbors and to dress their mini fire place mantels, too. This is a set of 12 large, elegant cards with matching envelopes. 4 envelopes are pre-labeled, stamped, and waiting to be part of your mini Christmas scene. The other envelopes are blank. Envelopes can be assembled and stuffed with cards. Stamps are included. Click for MEDIUM or SMALL sized cards to mi and match. There is an assortment of cards from elegant to whimsical to modern to religious. Enjoy!
BEFORE YOU PRINT: These movie printies are gathered from all over the web doing Google searches. These are NOT high resolution vector graphics and what you see is what you get. I created these for my own dollhouse media library and because the scale is so small, I didn't mind that the images weren't crystal clear. For best printing, please print on the highest quality. These volumes are very time consuming and require lots of hours of searching and fixing minor issues on certain graphics so I hope you like what I have compiled. I will do more volumes as time and interest permits. Please share this link - I would really appreciate it. And I would love to see which movies make it into YOUR mini entertainment room or store. THANKS so much! ppodd
BEFORE YOU PRINT: These movie printies are gathered from all over the web doing Google searches. These are NOT high resolution vector graphics and what you see is what you get. I created these for my own dollhouse media library and because the scale is so small, I didn't mind that the images weren't crystal clear. For best printing, please print on the highest quality. These volumes are very time consuming and require lots of hours of searching and fixing minor issues on certain graphics so I hope you like what I have compiled. I will do more volumes as time and interest permits. Please share this link - I would really appreciate it. And I would love to see which movies make it into YOUR mini entertainment room or store. THANKS so much! ppodd
BEFORE YOU PRINT: These movie printies are gathered from all over the web doing Google searches. These are NOT high resolution vector graphics and what you see is what you get. I created these for my own dollhouse media library and because the scale is so small, I didn't mind that the images weren't crystal clear. For best printing, please print on the highest quality. These volumes are very time consuming and require lots of hours of searching and fixing minor issues on certain graphics so I hope you like what I have compiled. I will do more volumes as time and interest permits. Please share this link - I would really appreciate it. And I would love to see which movies make it into YOUR mini entertainment room or store. THANKS so much! ppodd
