Back to School!

Hello all!
School is about to begin, (or already has for some of you) and we came up with a list of 10 Things to Do Before School Starts!

10. Go thrifting for a new backpack!

9. Draw a picture with colorful markers to put in your binder!

8.  Use our Rainbow Notebook Tutorialto jazz up some journals!

7. Make a chain with your name on it (or anything else, ex. peace, create, school mascot) out of letter beads to hang on your backpack !

6.  Super fun book cover tutorial made from shopping bags! This one is definitely on our never ending to do list!

5.  Invite over some friends and have a back to school party!

4.  This lunch survey is really cool, and seems handy!

3.  Make cookies shaped like school buses, apples, pencils, anything school related for when every gets home!

2.  Make a Back to School countdown on a chalkboard or dry erase board!

1.  HAVE FUN!

Enjoy!
 

Rainbow Notebook Tutorial

Everyone has boring old black and white marble composition books, right?  You can use them for school, work, or even crafting! :) Well, today we'll show you how to turn those boring notebooks into this super awesome rainbow notebook!

It's got spunk, it's got personality, it's got style!  And you can make it!

All you need is a black and white marble composition notebook (they sell them really cheap at the dollar store) and Sharpies in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Let's get started!

First you want to divide your notebook into even sections to color.  Use the picture below and mark the lines on your notebook with a pen or pencil.

Now, just color in between the lines starting with red at the top then following the rainbow all the way down the composition notebook.

That's it! You can also do the back, but we chose just to do the front.  It would also look cool if the colors were in reverse order, or maybe the stripes were smaller.

If you try it, make sure to send us a picture at thosecraftychicks(at)yahoo(dot)com!

Oh, and one last thing.  Doesn't the notebook look cool in the Neon effect from Picnik?