DIY Fabric Scrap Journals

About a year ago my two close friends and I started a journal; a traveling journal of sorts {you know, instead of traveling pants:)}. The three of us go to different colleges, and as a fun way to stay in touch and up-to-date with life happenings, we decided to send this notebook around person to person. The first girl would write in it and add prayer requests and then send it off to the next girl.  In one year, each friend received the journal three times. Checking the mail and finding this journal all packaged up was such a joy. As I read words written by my dear friends about their life, I couldn't help but smile. This is something we truly treasure- and there's something to be said about it all being written by hand.

My friend crafted our journal herself by sewing swatches of fabric and paper on the front cover. It's so cute, I thought I'd show you the how-to today so you can make your own!

DIY Fabric Scrap Journal
Materials: Journal, paper, fabric scraps, lace, sewing machine, thread, paint, scissors.

1. Start by gathering fabric, lace, paper and quotes you love. Cut them into squares {easiest shape to sew} and place on the cover of the journal in an arrangement you like.  We also stenciled this little outline of a house on some card stock and sewed that in, too. I majorly heart that part.

2. Start sewing from the bottom layer of fabric, up. Be sure to layer the fabric as you go. We sewed this on thread pattern #4 on the machine- the zigzag one.  It gives it a vintage look.

3. On the first page of the notebook, my friend also sewed in this beautiful saying. Every once and a while we'll add in pictures of what we've been up to.  Below you'll see a cute polaroid my friend taped in of her house so we could see! It's like we were there:)

Crafty, sentimental and perfectly whimsical. My kind of DIY! Do you keep a journal?

Have a great Thursday!
Love,