Desk set, continued

I decided to create a notepad for myself, that has my name on it already. I put it together like I would a scrapbook page, with a whited-out middle (mask) and my name at the top. Then I was going to send the page to the printer, and put 4 per page, but considering that I designed it on my PC laptop and I can't print from it (the tech guy refuses to allow me to connect my much-superior laptop to the school network), I emailed it as a picture to the iMac and pulled it into Word. Then I printed 4 per page as a master copy.

Because white paper is just plain boring and I have plenty of colored copy paper just languishing, I ran off the pages on an assortment of bright and neon papers that I liked. Then I stacked the pages in a repeating order and quartered them, clamped one edge tightly and painted the top binding with my homemade notepad glue.

Since I made a couple of pads for the teacher who was leaving, I decided to create a matching cover to wrap around the pads. I took matching paper (from the pencils) and ran it through my Xyron to laminate it, and then folded it around the pads, punched a couple of holes, and tied together with twists of matching embroidery floss. I have to say that the paper looked GREAT once it was laminated - it looked really professional.

I can't say that she was really particularly thrilled with my gift; her reception of it was pretty lukewarm. Oh well. Maybe someday she'll appreciate the effort that went into it.