Good golly how I've come to love
CutOutAndKeep.net. Amongst all the tutorials on one-armed-wood-burning, underwater-lanyard-making, and drunken-doily-crocheting, there are gems like
How To Make A Simple Journal:

which is, essentially,
use normal paper.
So, thanks for that.
That's helpful.
*special thanks to Cat from cutoutandkeep.net for being such a good sport ;)