Chocolate Vegetables

I have binders for all sorts of things.  Medical records, recipes - sweet and savoury, Christmas planning, Household management, School planning, School records, Finances.  Just about anything really.

White binders can get boring and I could never quickly locate a binder so I have started to decorate my binders.  I thought I would be able to use scrapbooking paper as inserts but there really isn't a great range of designs out there, for instance, no food ones that would suit my sweet and savoury recipe binders.  So instead I am using quilting fabrics.  At this stage I just cover the outside of the book then use card on the inside to cover over the cut edges.  It looks neat enough for my liking.  I am wondering about the whole ribbons, buttons, patches idea but I am concerned they will get wrecked with the whole being put on the bookshelf and being pulled out again.

The kids each chose a fabric and I am covering their school binder in that fabric and a small photo album that holds index cards with their daily tasks.  

I am not going to write on each binder as I am the sort of person who can get tired of a certain colour or theme so I am going to just decorate binders with fabrics that appeal at any one time and then swap them around if I get bored.  At least now my shelves will look a lot more colourful.  lol

Here are some places that helped me with covering my binders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BCsk8jBQB0

http://reviews.ebay.com/How-To-Put-Together-A-Household-Orgainizer_W0QQugidZ10000000001520436?ssPageName=BUYGD:CAT:-1:LISTINGS:3

http://www.geocities.com/beadfettish/projectsjune.html

This last one was a bit over the top for decorations for my tastes but her folding technique for the fabric on the inside corners was very useful.

I have had fun decorating them and it really does help me find the binder I want in my sometimes visually cluttered world.