j is for journals

I started making journals for the kids today. Good ol' back to school sales have been my friend lately, and I got these notebooks for .10 at Fred's.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them at the time of purchase but for .10 how could I pass it up.  Then again while making up my lesson plans another grand idea came to me...make fancy journals.
All I did was measure the length and width of the notebook made an scrapbook collection of paper, then glued it down to the notebook.  It looked a little bland so I added a small piece of ribbon.  Then I used my cute free fonts that I just downloaded from Kevin and Amanda for the finishing touches.  After everything was glue down good and tight, I cut a piece of contact paper (leaving a 2 inch boarder around the edges) and covered it up. Super easy!