And then there was the one from a swap buddy (who now lives in Hawaii).
I recently received a journal from buttoncounter (flickr name) and she used Vanessal Christenson's tutorial on the V and Company blog. Thought I would pass it on.
http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/01/tutorial-composition-book-cover.html
Here's a picture of the fabulous journal.

Look closely, those are hair ties linked to make the elastic closure! Brilliant!
Hope to see you all at the guild meeting, Saturday, June 15th, 2pm-4pm, at Strawberry Patches.
Pam (sewmama123)