I finally broke down and bought a binding machine. I’d been eyeing one online for quite sometime and when it happened to be on sale at a local store—I gave in. I’d resisted the urge to get one for a while because I didn’t need one but as with most crafty items I wanted it. [Sigh.] I really just tried to avoid the inevitable…and that never really works.
Since my mom’s birthday was just around the corner, I
thought it was the perfect time to test my new binding machine by making a
notebook. My mom enjoys classic Hollywood films from the “Golden Age” of cinema
when screwball comedies and musicals reigned supreme, so I wanted to reflect
that time period in the notebook I made for her. I had purchased a stamp that
had various newspaper ads from that 1940’s and thought that I could use it to
create a cute cover.