Stashbustin' Gift - Notebook Covers

You might find this hard to believe, but I'm already starting my holiday crafting wish list.

Yes, you read that correctly!

One of my all time favorite swaps on Craftster has started back up, the Ongoing Holiday List Swap. Everyone who joins the swap posts a list of items that they want to create/have created for the coming holidays. We make claims off each other's lists to help cut down on the crafting crazies or in my case, to help me hide crafted presents. I've found lately that my kids now love to see what I'm doing or help out so making gifts for them is getting more difficult with each passing year. Now, I can have someone else make the item, ship it to me and I tuck it away in my magical hidey hole until the end of November. :D

I used a fat quarter and a small bit of complimentary colored cloth to create a notebook cover for one of my craft swapping buddies.

I picked up a 5 Star Notebook at Walmart for under $2. I had the fabrics on hand and used the notebook itself to create my slip cover pattern.What I love about this type of project is that the cover is reusable once the notebook is full. Just slip the cover off, add a new notebook and continue on your happy way. :)

I added 2 interior pockets just inside the flaps so that you can store receipts or other important bits.

All told and after I had the pattern laid out to my liking, I put this slip cover together in about an hour which in my opinion, makes this gift idea a Keeper!