This question has options. How would someone go about accomplishing this goal?
Make a book.

Select from:
[a]. Tape together two pieces of light cardboard as from cereal boxes. Then using spray adhesive if you have it, adhere a pretty fabric or paper over the cardboard. Staple some pages inside and finish it off.
[b]. Take an old book from the shelf that you no longer read. Cover the outside of it with fabric or paint it. Paint over the pages with Gesso. Now you can add words or paint or anything you choose to put in your book.
[a].