You can make your DIY journal have its own inbuilt bookmark. Something like this, see the bookmark sticking out of the spine?

Adding a bookmark is extremely easy, but you need to think about that during the design of your book so that you can add the bookmark at the right step. Here’s what you do:

• Finish making the text block for your book. If you don’t know what a text block is, you can read this post on bookbinding jargon 101.

• Glue mull on to your text block (again, read bookbinding jargon 101 if you don’t know what mull is)
• Find a thin strap to use as a bookmark for your fabric. You can use whatever you think will work for you, ideally it’s something that goes well with the cover of your book. The strap should not be wider than the width of your spine, ideally it’s just a tad thinner.

• Glue about an inch of the strap to the top of the spine. It’ll look like this:

• Leave it to dry

That’s it! You can now attach the cover of your book as before, and your DIY book will now have an in-built bookmark! 🙂