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Gallery 6 The Best of Instructables: Tools PROJECT: Moleskine Gallery 7 The Best of Instructables: Notebook Mods Nine ways of making your Moleskine (or other notebook) your own Never lose your pen again. Clip two binder clips onto the edge of the back cover; flip over the handles so they’re out of the way. You can leave the handles on or remove them. Slip the pen clip into the binder clips and you’re good to go! Some simple mods to make your notebook more functional Create a pencil holder by wrapping a pencil in tape to form a long tube, sticky side out. Tape over the tube to attach it to the spine of the notebook. Make a little pad from the sticky parts of Post- it Notes and store them in the back of your notebook—fold them over the edge of a page to make a tag Keep your pencils sharp! Glue two pieces of sandpaper into the back cover; coarse for the wood, fine to sharpen the lead. Three Clever Mods Pauric O’Callaghan /moleskine-notebook-mods Sew a pocket for your pen. Cut a 1" wide piece of elastic to a length that will wrap around your notebook, with an overlap of about 5". Pin into a loop. Sew the elastic on three sides, creating a pocket for your pen Place the loop around your notebook and put your pen in the pocket! Pen Holder sl4sh3r /Another-Moleskine-Pen-Holder Here’s a simple mod for decorating your notebook cover. Cut origami paper into desired width, then glue together to make a long band to wrap around your notebook and under the edges. Fold the strip around the cover and glue into place. Easy! Here’s a way to “hipify” your Moleskine. Position an index card inside the front cover. Punch 2 holes through the card and cover and holes in the rest of the cards. Hold it all together with 1/2" binder rings. Poke the binder rings through the holes in the cover and the cards, then close the rings. Voilà! You have a planner. Here’s another clever way to keep your pen with your Moleskine. Thread the cloth bookmark through the pen clip, with the clip facing up. Slide the pen up the bookmark to the top of the book. Close the notebook and pull down on the bookmark so the pen is held snugly against the top of the book. Loop the elastic band around the notebook and the pen to hold the pen securely. Paper Cover Mod Jillian Soh /Moleskine-Paper-Cover-Mod Pocket Diary Hipster PDA Michael Mauzy /How-to-make-a-hipster-PDA-from-a- Moleskine-pocket- How to Carry a Pen Marco Poponi, Italy /how-to-carry-a-pen-with-your-MOLESKINE Make a tiny Moleskine by cutting one in half; mark where you want the cut and take it to Kinko’s for the surgery. Prevent fraying by running a thin bead of glue along the cut edge and the ends of the thread binding. Mini Moleskine Jordan Running /Mini-Moleskine Pen Clip Mod TeNeal Metcalf /Moleskine-Pen-Clip-Mod To view these Instructables, and read com- ments and suggestions from other notebook users, type in www.instructables.com/id followed by the rest of the address given here. Example: www.instructables.com/id/ moleskine-notebook-mods
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6 The Best of Instructables: Tools
PROJECT: Moleskine Gallery
7The Best of Instructables:
Notebook ModsNine ways of making your Moleskine (or other notebook) your own
Never lose your pen again. Clip two binder clips onto the edge of the back cover; flip over the handles so they’re out of the way. You can leave the handles on or remove them. Slip the pen clip into the binder clips and you’re good to go!
Some simple mods to make your notebook more functional
Create a pencil holder by wrapping a pencil in tape to form a long tube, sticky side out. Tape over the tube to attach it to the spine of the notebook.
Make a little pad from the sticky parts of Post-it Notes and store them in the back of your notebook—fold them over the edge of a page to make a tag
Keep your pencils sharp! Glue two pieces of sandpaper into the back cover; coarse for the wood, fine to sharpen the lead.
Three Clever Mods Pauric O’Callaghan/moleskine-notebook-mods
Sew a pocket for your pen. Cut a 1" wide piece of elastic to a length that will wrap around your notebook, with an overlap of about 5". Pin into a loop.
Sew the elastic on three sides, creating a pocket for your pen
Place the loop around your notebook and put your pen in the pocket!
Pen Holder sl4sh3r/Another-Moleskine-Pen-Holder
Here’s a simple mod for decorating your notebook cover. Cut origami paper into desired width, then glue together to make a long band to wrap around your notebook and under the edges.
Fold the strip around the cover and glue into place. Easy!
Here’s a way to “hipify” your Moleskine. Position an index card inside the front cover. Punch 2 holes through the card and cover and holes in the rest of the cards. Hold it all together with 1/2" binder rings.
Poke the binder rings through the holes in the cover and the cards, then close the rings. Voilà! You have a planner.
Here’s another clever way to keep your pen with your Moleskine. Thread the cloth bookmark through the pen clip, with the clip facing up. Slide the pen up the bookmark to the top of the book.
Close the notebook and pull down on the bookmark so the pen is held snugly against the top of the book. Loop the elastic band around the notebook and the pen to hold the pen securely.
Paper Cover Mod Jillian Soh/Moleskine-Paper-Cover-Mod
Pocket Diary Hipster PDAMichael Mauzy/How-to-make-a-hipster-PDA-from-a-Moleskine-pocket-
How to Carry a Pen Marco Poponi, Italy/how-to-carry-a-pen-with-your-MOLESKINE
Make a tiny Moleskine by cutting one in half; mark where you want the cut and take it to Kinko’s for the surgery. Prevent fraying by running a thin bead of glue along the cut edge and the ends of the thread binding.
Mini Moleskine Jordan Running/Mini-Moleskine
Pen Clip Mod TeNeal Metcalf/Moleskine-Pen-Clip-Mod
To view these Instructables, and read com-ments and suggestions from other notebook users, type in www.instructables.com/id followed by the rest of the address given here. Example: www.instructables.com/id/moleskine-notebook-mods
