My sister has just created a jewellery store onMade Itand while I was perusing the site I stumbled upon the FoundnBound store. Bibliophiles will probably be divided about recycling old books into new objects - but I think they're great. Each journal contains 80 recycled lined paper pages and 10 pages from the original, as well as the library cards, inscriptions or illustrations. So you get a book that comes with its own history and saves them from sharing the fate of the disappointed book in the short film below!
Would make a charming birthday present (hint, hint darling sister)
Edit: What is blogger underlining everything? Help?