DIY handmade design, decor and pattern paper

    Maybe you can't find what you are looking for, maybe can't even find something you like, either case here are some ideas to make your own design/ pattern paper...

1. Coffee/ tea stained paper. It is easy to make - all you need to do is to soak the paper in coffee or tea and let the paper dry. The result is often unpredictable and therefore unique, but you can control the intensity of the colour by adjusting the concentration.

2. Ink, acrylic or other medium stamped pattern paper. This one can be the most fun one, the design and pattern combinations are almost endless. You can find and buy stamps with a design you like online or you can try to make your own. 

3. Recycled paper. This one might feel like an unusual choice, but recycled paper still can be used as a design paper to use as a book binding endpaper, for example.

    If you want to give book binding a shot you can try this simple guide.