hip chicks homestead: chirstmas journals

wow, the time has really flown. christmas has come and gone and the kiddos are back in school. this makes me sad. i really do enjoy having them home and miss them when they are at school.

this year for christmas i wanted to make something special for each of my kids and came up with a "thankful" journal.

i think it is sooo important to remember all the things we have to be thankful for. i really want to instill that habit in my kids while they are young.

i found some great inexpensive blank journals at barnes and noble and decided to cover them.

i took some canvas that i had laying around and grabbed a handful of fabric from my stash and started cutting.

and layering

i sewed each piece on until i had the whole canvas covered.

take note: one mistake i made, i covered the right side of the canvas so when you take the book out of the cover you see the wrong side. yes i am ashamed to say it took me several book covers before i realized this. hanging my head in shame.

i have rolls of this fabric tape and stamped the boys initials on it and sewed it to the front with a inspirational word.

next i laid the book out on the wrong side of the canvas and pinned the flaps in place, forgot to take a picture, and sewed them in place.

now i could have chosen at this point to make it so the seams were on the inside and it was all neat and pretty but i'm to lazy for that. so i kept the edges raw and used pinking shears to give it a more finished look.