As a special graduation gift for completing Immersion 23 with Bonnie Christine, all students were gifted the opportunity to create their own personalized notebooks by Denik! What a great way to put all the skills we’ve learned in Adobe Illustrator to the test.
As usual, I waited til the last minute to finally get my act together to sit down and do it. I wanted to create something special, but the thought of creating something from scratch was just too daunting a task at the time, so I decided to use a few motifs I had already created. I have other plans for these designs but figured, why not? Especially as the time started sneaking up on me.
I’ve seen Denik notebooks in bookstores. They always have such beautiful designs and are superb quality too. Honestly, though this is my first time owning one and I had no idea you could make your very own personalized notebook on their website. I created my designs in Illustrator, but you could use a site like Canva or Picmonkey to make your design and then upload it to the Denik website. If you want to get really fancy, you could even embellish your design with GOLD FOIL! Be still my heart. You could also opt to remove their logo, but I actually like it; Makes me feel like I designed for an actual company (a girl can dream right?).
Next time I need a special gift for someone I will definitely be planning and designing a notebook or journal through Denik. What a perfect gift!
Marie Friddle 