Posts Tagged ‘covers’

A new use for old covers

Posted October 14, 2008 by
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I just opened a new bank account at Chase (fortunately, one of the banks that seems to have survived the current crisis). Thus far, I have no complaints about their service, but the checkbook cover they sent me was atrocious: cheap, grainy plastic that looked like it would crumble if I ever bent it back to write a check.

Then I looked at my lovely Club cover and had an idea. Some of our vertical planners are around the size of a checkbook, and luckily, Karen happened to have an extra Space 17 lying around. Voila! My checkbook sits comfortably—if not perfectly—inside, and what’s more, it looks and feels great.

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Cut and paste

Posted October 7, 2008 by
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I’m not a crafty person. I can’t draw, knit, cross-stitch, or make pottery, and the crown jewel of my sewing experience was the apron I made in 7th grade Home Economics (a subject they still teach in the Midwest, at least when I was a kid).

Nonetheless, even I was impressed by how easy decoupage is. After I suggested the technique as a way to customize date- and notebook covers, I figured I might as well figure out how to do it myself, so Karen kindly sent me some Decopatch paper, glue, and a paintbrush.

I started with a notebook, and without much of a plan. But decoupage is perfectly suited to that—if you add a piece of paper that you think is going to look good, and it doesn’t, you can always cover it up with another piece, or balance it out somewhere else. Not that my final design (pictured above) is going to win any prizes. Still, it’s nice and colorful, and it felt good to do something with my hands other than write or feed myself.

Do you decoupage?

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How creative is your cover?

Posted August 8, 2008 by
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Many of our datebook covers come in a broad range of colors and designs, but so far, our Habana notebooks are only available in black, red, and orange. A blog reader recently suggested that we add more colors to this lineup, so I thought I’d put the question out there: would you like to see more colorful notebook options? Which colors interest you?

We’re already planning a blue cover for our 2010 Habana planners, and we can certainly look into using it for our notebooks, too. The RLH notebook collection also offers some more interesting and colorful covers. And we’ve been talking about teaming up with a laser engraving service to offer cool cover art like this and this, though that’s still in the early stages.

Decopatch, of course, is another option we offer for craft-minded cover enthusiasts…

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