Decorate a binder

Here is a craft project for you to enjoy that I did one week. I took an old binder that I had from high school and made it into my garden binder. If you garden you have a lot of information that you have to keep up with. From magazine to caring for each plant of your choosing. You just have stuff that needs to be contained. This idea came to me from seeing home management binders all over youtube and pintrest.  I decide why not use the same Technic to make a garden one? So I did and I have also decide to make a recipe one, but here is my garden one.

Items used:

newspaper

glue

binder with a clear pocket on the front

pictures from magazine

scissors  

 optional:

paint & paint supplies    

        

                First thing I did was decide on what pictures I wanted out of magazines and newspaper.
         I cut the pictures to size and my liking. I also cut out words in a garden magazine like herb and fruit.

I measured the sides of the binder (horizontal & vertical).

I found it help to lay out how I wanted my pictures to lay before gluing. 

I also cut strips of newspaper the size of my binder to place around my pictures to help me keep it in the shape of my binder. 

Next I glue the pictures in place. I spread out the pictures so one color was not in one section. 

Then I placed my glued together picture inside the front pocket. 

Trimming away the sides to make it fit nicely.

                                                             
                                                                       Optional:
                   I wanted a blue sky like background so I painted a piece of paper to look like sky.
                               I then inserted it behind my picture so that a little blue showed.

                                                     Here is my finished look. 
                                If you do a binder like this or similar leave a link down below.
                             I would love to see it. Have a wonderful Wednesday and blessed day.
                                                                         :)