{diy} life lessons notebook

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Yesterday was my mom’s 50th birthday! Since this year was such a special birthday I thought it might be nice to make something personal for her. This was a relatively easy gift to make seeing as though I could probably come up with hundreds of reasons why my mother is so great! :)  

What you’ll need:

• Notebook (I used a watercolor book from Hobby Lobby because it had such a great texture to each page and a really nice cover.
• Fine tip sharpie
• String or yarn to wrap with (optional)
• Gift tag (optional)

What you’ll do:

I contemplated whether or not to type out a book for my mom, but decided that I wanted it to be handmade. I liked the idea of using the worn looking pages and a pen to really make it personal. I came up with 50 different lessons or tips that my Mom has taught me over the years and then just randomly sketched different fonts and doodles on each page!

Here are a few of the pages from the book–obviously some of them are more on the silly side, but the majority of them were lessons that have molded me into who I am today.

Here is a view of the cover:

Sometimes it is nice to find a way to show those you love that they are really special and have made a difference in your life. Hopefully this will inspire you to let someone you love know how much you care! :)

Did anyone else celebrate a monumental birthday this week?