During this three-hour workshop, you will personalize a notebook with pen; the pen fits into a small compartment on the notebook’s spine.

The notebook is small enough to fit in a handbag; when full, remove the cover, glue it onto another notebook, or frame it.

First, you will decorate the outside of the notebook cover. Using decorative paper, you will cover the front and the back cover. Moving on to the inside of the covers, choose either the same decorative paper or contrasting color or design.

With the covers covered, you will move on to the metal embossing accent for your notebook cover. Think of all the possibilities to personalize the cover.

It can be an initial, a flower someone is fond of, a design someone loves, and many more possibilities.

You will use basic metal embossing techniques and metal embossing tools to create the metal embossing accent for the notebook with pen cover. Let me know beforehand if there is something specific or out of the ordinary you would like to emboss. We can work on a suitable design before the workshop.

There will be a variety of designs available to choose from for embossing. Apart from design options, there will also be stencils you can use for your metal embossing accent. With your design completed, the next step will be patina. Choose from a chemical patina or a faux patina. When choosing the faux patina option, you can select either a black or brown patina. The decorative paper you choose will determine which color patina will work best with your personalized notebook.

After adhering the embossed metal accent to the decorative paper on the front cover, finally, you will seal your notebook.