How to Add 5 Inserts Into a "Midori," Traveler's Notebook: A Basic and New Advanced Version 

I bought my first travellers notebook and was excited to set it up and add books etc . I watched so many videos but just couldn’t follow them and was about to give up when I came across your video . Wow what a difference, you explained very clearly and showed how to use the second elastic . Thank you so much . I now can use my journal to my hearts content 👍

This was one of the most helpful TN video’s I have watched. Thank you!

*sigh* This notebook and all the accessories has been on my wish list forever..... But this is still great info for when I find the perfect piece of leather and make my own.....best tutorial I've seen about adding inserts....thank you!!

What dark magic is this?! 😍 Genius idea! I hate wobbly, shifty books and overhang. Great solution

Very simplistic system. Thanks for sharing the way you add additional books. Mine should arrive Monday :)

Wow, you ARE the ONLY ONE that has explained this so well. Thank you , Thank you.

You are the only one that explains that an extra elastic is necessary! Thank you! I was at Tuesday Morning buying a explorers Travelers notebook and their instructions on piggybacking do not include telling us that you have to have an extra elastic... Thank you for adding that you can purchase this at Walmart... So glad I watched your video.

Love you easy way of exlaining things! Thank you! My TN and inserts are on their way, so your video helped a lot! :)

Thank you so much for sharing how you put your notebooks together! I received my first travelers notebooks and got so confused on how to put the books in.

Very clever! I'd recently got a TN this week in the hope getting back into journaling and krafts... so this was very helpful!

Really good thought out advice - thank you

Sure glad you numbered those notebooks. It's late in the night and I would have been lost at 2 and 4. Well done.

I always put my "4th" notebook on the "right" inside of my Traveler's Notebook, using the clear traveler's company "secreterial" Pocket, which is a lot bigger and slide my writing board right "behind" it - the larger "secreterial" Pocket holds the Notebook plus the writing board a little better, because it's much bigger than the small, clear pockets. PLUS putting a writing board "behind" the notebook saves it from getting that "hole" from the knot of the closing string - which ALWAYS bothered me, especially when you like "feel" the knot while writing on the last pages, but: Problem solved with putting an (actually very pretty) TRC writing board "over" the knot... 😅😊 I was searching for a way to put a 5th notebook in it and I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THIS VIDEO! 🙏🏼 - I ALREADY have the "small" clear pocket on left, "inner" side of my TN and just store some stickers in it. I haven't THOUGHT a SECOND about the option to put a 5th Notenook in the little clear pocket I ALREADY have in it (!) 😆🙈 - I just took the stickers out and put a 5th Notebook in - the small pocket is holding it PERFECTLY and it's SO nice that you can take it out like really quick and easy! 🙏🏼 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, REALLY! 🧡🧡🧡 Oh and I'll definitely buy 1mm string to attach the notebooks - I feel like the TRC "original" strings like "cut" in the notebook covers after a while bc they have like pretty "sharp" edges compared to a "round" string 👏🏼 - I'm doing it the same way - I doesn't attach the notebooks in the middle, I attach them on their Covers too... So ANOTHER, awesome tip! 🙏🏼 I immediately subscribed to your channel 😅 I'm so curious and very excited to check out your other videos❣️😊👋🏼

The pockets are a brilliant idea. Thank you so much for sharing.

I’m going to try this with my junk journals. Thank you for the information, great video.

Thank you. Yr explanation is very clear. I struggle to put them in before watching your video.

Really awesome idea. Mine has 4 notebook refills plus the craft paper pocket thing. What I did was I set up the 4 notebooks like you suggested, and then I put the craft paper pocket thing in the middle. That way it can fold easily without displacing the others from the center, and I can carry scraps of paper etc without having to worry too much about overhang. What i found was the overhang was approx the same as putting 4 notebooks like you initially suggested, which is way better than what i had before. Also, i took your suggestion of using very thin elastic to piggyback the notebooks, and piggy back their covers instead their middle, which helped a lot.

THANK YOU for showing how to attach inserts. Also, thank you for numbering the notebooks. I am new to TN and doing as much research as I can before starting my first project. I had trouble understanding how to attach more than one insert. You explained it simply so a beginner can understand and I APPRECIATE it.

This was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for an easy easy to follow TN tutorial, I’m just a beginner user so I loved this video.

Thank you for the demonstration. I needed to show my sister how a TN went together. I had to giggle with your Cari Harling comment. She is so sweet and has that effect on people. She is magical like a pixie. hehe. Creative Blessings in 2023!

Thanks for sharing, brilliant idea!!!!

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for this video it helped tremendously (:

Thanks for the great and detailed explanation!!!!

Excellent! I've always struggled with overhang. Thanks

You have a great way of explaining. Thank you.

GREAT Video, very helpfull much better way than the original way!! Thank you so much , love to more of you! Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland

Brilliant! Thank you!

You surely have solved my issue with these inserts.

Thank you for doing this video so helpful!

Brilliant. Thanks so much.

very informative video. thanks for sharing!

Very useful. Thank you!

What is this magic!? Thanks. You're really smart. I love my leather notebooks and these tips will really help. I love it!

Excellent Video!

Love it. Thank you!

Helpful video, thanks! I think two notebooks plus the little vinyl zip thing (on the passport size), or three of any insert, is the limit for me. I don't like the inserts sticking out of the leather cover. Love the blue, btw.

Thank you for the master class!

Well explained and demonstrated. You have clarified the situation perfectly. The 1mm round elastic use to be called hat elastic. Very cheap ande easy to come by. Also there is no reason why you can't make the inserts yourself provided you have a method of sealing your plastic together like in using a laminator and then using heavy duty double sided tape. Which normally has a red backing strip. Thanks for your well thought out demo.

Very helpful thank you :)

i dont even have one yet im ecxited to do what youve done!!!!

THANK YOU FOR NUMBERING THE INSERTS!!!!

omg, that's a lifesaver ! thank you =)

Thank you very much. I will check your site.

Do you have a video or know of one that shows how to add multiple notebooks with multiple strings? I am struggling with this. Loved the way you showed the 5 notebooks I learned a lot from that.

What is the little button in the upper outside left coroner of the closed notebook?

Thank you thank you thank you. I solve a big problem with your method

Why don't you put that 1mm elastic through the middle of the inserts, instead of just the front/back cover?

I have a X-17 Notebook and the one I have has 4 elastics for 4 inserts and their is no overhang because of how X-17 makes their leather journals

What size elastic do you use, and what do you recommend? Thank you!

Where do you get the notebooks?

How would you add a folder with the plastic card and zipper plastic case please To my 3 notebooks ? I hope you don’t mind me asking .

How clever!!!!!!!

New to the game. Where do you get the bands? Don't say Michael's...I'm in Afghanistan, so I need option where shipping doesn't cost more than the item itself. Also, I use the A5 size planners.

They just came out with the blue midori again and a blue passport midori!!!!!!

Ima Wright! We are the best.

Great video. For me, contact leather maker, ask for 5 strings and a wider cut of leather. Boom shaka lakka.

Whered you get the pocket

What length do you cut the elastic?

Numbers yaaaaaas!

Hi! Pardon my stupidity but I have never heard of a traveler's notebook. I could figure out some uses for it but would you please tell me a little bit more about a traveler's notebook? Thank you so much. You're one of the few people I see that's as picky as I am about things lining up and being even and things like that. Thank you thank you thank you! God bless you, Cookie

Girl, just buy a different cover, lol, jk. Love it.