DIY: Washi Moleskine

Here's a Washi tape project board or two for you to check out.

I checked myself on the how-tos with this DIY  and it's pretty straight ahead. What you want to do is collect your materials.

• Moleskine, notebook, composition book, or any journal you have around.
• washi tape, also called paper tape. (I found it in craft stores and I think they even sell a limited selection in Walmart--just make sure it's paper tape.)
• scissors

I don't have a big collection, but I got some new rolls for my birthday and wanted to put them to use!

And basically, all you do now is embellish! You can go so many directions with this. I chose to totally re-cover mine, since it was plain black. If you want to, you can do neat designs like this: 

or add embellishments like this: 

I chose to keep it simple since I had a mini book. So literally. All you've got to do is put tape on your cover and leave enough on the ends so that you can fold it over the cover a little bit. Washi tape is super easy to remove and re-position, so don't worry if you need to experiment some. 

Here's what I ended up with! 

I decided to do the stripes on the back going top to bottom to mix it up a little. 

I was very pleased with the results, and I think I'm going to really enjoy the colorful, whimsical journal it became! Have you ever done any washi tape projects? Leave a comment and let me know. :)

-Sarah