2011 February 22 | Beneath My Heart

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I know that you have heard a lot about Blissdom in blogland lately. Well, I had the privilege of attending Blissdom for the second year in a row.

Last year, I roomed with my sister, Cyndi. But this year, my sister and I had a new roomie! Richella, from Imparting Grace.

She has been my online friend for the past two years, and I was so excited to finally meet her in person. My sister and I decided to make her a little “roomie goody bag”.

Since you take a lot of notes in the conferences at Blissdom, I decided to make Richella a personalized notebook.

I found this great little notebook and pen set at Marshall’s. They were perfect because they were exactly the colors of Richella’s blog!

I printed the logo of Richella’s blog onto computer paper and used Modge Podge to adhere it to the front of the notebook.

After it dried a little, I added a coat of Modge Podge over the top of the paper.

I bought three different kinds of ribbon from Hobby Lobby (50% off) in the same colors as the notebook. They were a dollar a piece.

Then I just cut the ribbon in small pieces and attached them to every third ring on the notebook. Easy-peasy!

After I added all of the ribbons, I could tell that the notebook needed something else….some bling!!

Right, ladies?

So I blinged out Richella’s logo with these great self-sticking Gemstones from Hobby Lobby. They can be found in the scrapbooking section. They were not half off, but with my 40% off coupon, I got them for $1.80. (Sorry for the blurry picture…oops!)

The best part is that they were self-sticking. And believe me, those babies are stuck on there GOOD!

Ooooh-la-la…Don’t the gemstones just make it? I really loved the way it turned out.

And Richella said she got a ton of compliments on it at Blissdom. (I hope she wasn’t just being nice!) :)

I love it so much, I am thinking about making one for myself with my blog logo!

I got my notebook at Marshall’s for about $4.00, but this would be a great project to do with a dollar store notebook. It would only cost about $6.00 total to make a personalized gift for someone!