I picked up the little zip up purse from a craft stall and then made a little not book cover to match.
The note book is just a square pad, with padding compound at top. I just made a cover from cardboard and scored it to fit the pad perfectly. Then I used some shape punches (and I admit to using paint sample cards from Bunnings for these - they have great colours... (is that naughty??) and decorating the front.
Sealed it up in a celophane bag (found at newsagent) then stapled over a rectangle of cardboard and decorated the top...
Ta-dah!
