Make a Moleskine pen holder

The only thing I'm more obsessed with than gift wrap is my Moleskine collection. I always have at least one, usually two (and sometimes five) in my bag.

Lately I've been reading about Moleskin 'hacks' - customising your Moleskine to suit you. I've always plastered stickers all over the front of each of my mini folios, but I thought I'd try an idea one smart little forum user had for adding a pen holder.

It's dead simple.

You'll need:

1 fresh Moleskine (in this case my new 2009 diary)
1 nail (Can't find one? Steal one from a picture hook like I did)
1 hammer (or shoe, or brick)
1 nice button
needle and thread

Step 1
Basically you're sewing a button to the front of your moleskine.
So mark where the button holes are...



Step 2
..rest your moleskine on a surface you can safely nail through and nail holes in it to correspond with the button holes.





Step 3
Sew on the button.


Step 4
If you're a crap sewer (pun intended) like me, you'll end up with a rather untidy looking inner page.


So hide it.


Step 5
Technically there isn't a Step 5. You're done.

But here's how you can now attach a pen or pencil






Ha!

In your face Moleskine! Pen successfully attached.

xxx scarlett


PS. If you're interested in other Moleksine hacks, take a look at these:
Building a Moleskine Hard Drive Case
More Moleskine Hacks
Pigpog Moleskine Hacks
The Monster Collection of Moleskine Tip, Tricks and Hacks
Homemade City Moleskine
How to Build a Designer's Moleskine
Moleskine Indexing Hack