Scrap Paper Notebooks with Coffee Cup Covers.

While contemplating possible projects for the Coffee Cup Challenge, it occurred to me that the ideal project should be useful and should use as many of these garbage pile wannabes as possible.  I looked around my house to see what I had a lot of and realized that I have a "notebook problem."  I have moleskin notebooks, and spiral bound notebooks and pretty hand-bound notebooks that I don't dare write anything in because it would spoil their beautiful hand-boundness.  I should get a new notebook so that I can write down insights about my notebook addiction.  It occurred to me that what I really needed was an infinite supply of cheap disposable notebooks, that I could write in, tear pages out of and feel no compunction about eventually discarding.

So here are my instructions for turning a used paper cup and a pile of misprinted paper into a small notebook.

Step 1 Materials List

You will need: 

A used paper coffee cup
A pile of paper.  I used misprints that were headed for the recycling bin, but you can use whatever kind of paper you want in your finished notebook (water color, news print, etc)
A sharp utility knife
A scissor you don't mind using on cardboard
Binder clips, at least two
A straight edge that you can cut against
A pencil
Some small nails
A hammer
A scrap of wood for protecting your table top 
A blunt, large eyed needle
Heavy duty thread.

Comments

[AlpineButterfly]

I so love this...    totally!

[sohopixie]

Beautiful! I really want to make one using that blue Greek diner one--the ubiquitous NYC coffee cup. Awesome idea!

[localtalent]

 Love the punch binding - and the coating on the cups makes them partially waterproof!

[ChrysN]

Nice!

[peace, love, art]

I really like this! I am a notebook freak too, but I have the opposite problem as you, I am obsessed with filling them completely so I can start to write in the next beautiful book. Nice instructable. =)