My DIY Journal Project {almost 2 years later}

After the project sat on my kitchen table for a week or two, it is finally finished!  

Yes, I filled the journal that I made a year and a half ago and decided it was way more fun to make another one than to just go out and buy one!  

Here are the two together -- the one one the top has held up pretty well for being well-loved for  

1 1/2 years  now!  

I wanted to go with a burlap cover this time...we'll see how if it holds up as well as the other cover.  It took a little trial and error to figure out how to make the cover, but in the end, it worked out well! This new journal ended up having twice as many pages as the last one, so time will tell how well this cover holds up!

I also decided to connect the front and back covers with some cloth for a bit of color and girliness.  It added a little more of a challenge to the book-binding process...it's not perfect, but it's not bad for a beginner! 

And if you're wondering how well the binding stitch holds together, here's my new journal.  It is brand new, with a nice, tight binding.  The way it should be.  (And just so you know, that little gap in the middle is how it is supposed to be.)

And here is the binding on my old journal.  Remember, it  has kind of had a rough life, but there really isn't much difference between the two journals and their bindings! 

If you ask me, the Coptic Stitch Binding (here's the video I watched to remind of how to do it) is pretty sturdy and durable (not to mention really quite easy and fun to do!)