My first Trapper Keeper was purple with a white border. It's currently living in a box at my parents house, so I am inspired to go look for it. Scanning the aisles for colorful notebooks and folders was always so exciting at the beginning of the school year--and it still is for me :)
Since I'm in a notebook frame of mind, I want to share a tutorial about how I use pretty tissue boxes to make notebooks. There are so many tissue boxes that have beautiful colors and patterns, and it's a fun way to use them.
Upcycled Tissue Box Notebook Tutorial
Materials:
tissue box
scissors
paper
glue
elastic or ribbon
!! LOVE the tissue box tutorial!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute idea! I love the little notebook!
ReplyDeletethis is awesome... you should submit a pic to craftgawker!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial. And I love the pattern on the tissue box. It sort of reminds me of your blog's background!
ReplyDeleteThat's a classic Trapper Keeper you've got there! I found a bunch of them in an old store in Philly and had to buy all of them: http://myworld.ebay.com/jump-dumpster
ReplyDeleteI like your contemporary and elegant take on it though. Much less plastic! A
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ReplyDeleteWow, who would of thought. That looks great and so easy.
ReplyDeleteI'd never have thought to do this with a tissue box! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI used to love Trapper Keepers, what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea. I would have never guessed that was a tissue box. So pretty! Thanks for joining The Sunday Showcase. I greatly appreciate it! Hope you have a wonderful week! ~ Stephanie Lynn
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I can't wait to run out of tissue :)
ReplyDeleteI saw this tutorial on the Totally tutorials blog, and I really like it! such a clever idea to usa thos tissue box that sometimes just get thrown out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, and well done!
Ok, the Trapper Keeper totally takes me back! The tissue box notebook is SO creative! I love it, and what a fun way to recycle.
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea for the tissue box. I have several I've kept because of their very cool designs.
ReplyDeleteHi! I loved your idea, the result is really cool!
ReplyDeleteI featured this tutorial in my Back to School: notebooks post (http://unvagalume.blogspot.com/2010/09/setembro-e-volta-ao-cole.html) :)