Make it: Photo-Covered Journal

Hello!! Considering that my blog is called "Cupcake Crafty", I probably should make some crafts to share with you. Well here you go - a photo covered journal. It's pretty simple really, but read along if you want to do this awesome photo covered notebook. If you don't have a notebook, you should really get one. I barely last a day without one. This can get very extreme, I ended up making my own this week!! But I'll share that craft later on.

So what you need is a blank notebook (mine is from the $2 shop), scissors, glue (or modpodge), fabric, and two printed photos.

To print the photos, measure your notebook and add one inch to the height and width of the photo when you print it. I printed mine on glossy photo paper for the best effect.

Apply the glue to the front of the book. Don't touch the spine. Once you have glued both sides on and they are completly dry, measure your fabric to the height of your notebook and three inches wide. If your notebook is thinner or thicker, feel free to adjust. I don't think mine was quite that in the end.

And there you have it. Your own photo covered journal. I'll be carrying mine around for the next few weeks. I'm also going to use it to participate in Emily's (Emily Jane) july journalling challenge. Visit her blog for more details. #emilyjanejournalchallenge

Have a great day xxHarri

Adding Your Watermark

Sorry for doing another Design Tutorial straight away, but this is more a blogging tip than a design tutorial. Don't click off  because if you are a blogger, this important. Recently, the lovely Dana from +Wonder Forest had a horrid case with copyrighting. But thanks to her trusty water marks and her copyrighting, the site was taken down. To avoid this happening to you, and you not being able to claim your photos, you should add your watermark. I just did this yesterday (yes it did take a while). This tutorial is for Blogger users as it uses Google's free photo hosting service called Picasa Web. 

When you upload a photo to a blogger post, it automatically goes to your Picasa Web Album - named after your blog. Just go here to find it. Once you have found your photo that you want to add your watermark too click edit.

Once you are in Creative Kit (it may take away to load by the way) you can add text in any font, colour and opacity with your blog address on it and press save. In order for this to show up on your blogger weblog, select replace original photo.

So it may take a while to do all of your photos, but it might be worth it if you get photos stolen from your blog in the future. Better safe than sorry. You can also do this in photoshop as you go, but you can just add it every time you add a photo. 

See you soon

Harri xx