Pretty Little Notebook

Materials

5" x 7 1/2" brown book board binder
4 1/2" x 7 1/4" piece of aqua/brown/green striped paper
2 3/4" white silk blossom with center hole
2" blue silk blossom with center hole
3/4" green brad
2 brown 1/8" brown brads
1/8" green brad
2 blue 1/2" buttons
1/2" brown button
5 1/2" length of white 3/8" grosgrain ribbon
Three 2" lengths of brown 3/8" sheer ribbon
Three 2" lengths of blue 3/8" sheer ribbon
White letter rub-on
Craft stick
Glue stick
Scissors
Instructions

Use a glue stick to adhere the striped paper to the front of the binder.
Use scissors to make a small cut 1 1/4" from one end of the white ribbon. Leave 1 1/4" and make another cut; repeat.
Layer a brown ribbon and a blue ribbon. Fold them in half and use scissors to make a small cut in the center.
Place the ends of a brown brad through a blue button; place the layered ribbons and one outside hole on the white ribbon; repeat for the other outside hole.
Layer a blue ribbon and a brown ribbon. Fold them in half and use scissors to make a small cut in the center.
Place the ends of a small green brad through a brown button; place the layered ribbons and the center hole on the white ribbon.
Make a small cut 1/4" from the long end of the white ribbon.
Layer the blue blossom and the white blossom.
Place the ends of a large green brad through the layered blossoms and the white ribbon hole.
Use a craft stick to adhere the initial letter rub-on to the large green brad.
Use a glue stick to adhere the white ribbon to the center of the notebook cover.