I've filled about 50 journals, composition notebooks, since high school. My favorite part has always been decorating my notebook's covers with pictures from anime and manga series. Let me walk you through my process.
The Art of Notebook Decorating
The Art of Notebook Decorating Preview: How to Make an Envelope Pocket
To streamline my upcoming post about notebook decorating, I cut a few inessential sections. One technique I recently discovered, however, was too good not to share anyway: how to make a pocket from an envelope.