Print out the pages on the paper you like.

On paper cutter:

Cutting a ream of paper in half doubles it.

A LOT of glue.

Adding a couple of layers of glue for the thesis binding.

And another layer or two of glue.

I have to say, if I was to do this again I would definitely advise the person to pick their favorite journals and make an individualised book, rather than printing out ALL of them. Even as two books, it was unwieldy.

This is not the typical way one does endpapers. Trying to make it look like the map of Skyrim had been found in pieces and carefully placed/glued back together in the book.

And a lot more burnishing.