More uses for all of those book pages, this is quickly becoming my specialty. I did this quick little diy while my husband and brother fixed breakfast for us this morning. I think they are darn cute and I think I will make tons more and give them as gifts because they will make darling little ornaments.
This isn't the best picture but I made one with glitter and one without (for my mama who hates glitter). I neglected to bring any twine to hang them by so I will have to fix that when I get home. They take no time and I may just have a Christmas tree this year just for these little birdies. Follow the link to get all the details.
I'm sure most of you have seen the rose book page wreath on pinterest. Well I gave those roses a try a couple of weeks ago and my fingers were not nimble enough to shape those pretty little flowers. But I still wanted to make a wreath of book pages so I went looking and found this site that had done it a little differently: Living With Lindsay. Much easier and I like it just as well.
Yes, it is still laying on my coffee table because I have not yet found the perfect place for it but I will be so excited when I do. My mom is a master wreath-maker but this was my first attempt and I surprised myself. This may be my favorite so far (my fancy shoes gave me a blister after walking downtown to get frozen yogurt last night). I advise you to follow the tutorial at the link I supplied above but I will give you a few pics of how it goes.
Part of that picture is a lie, I did not use the glue stick, I'm unsure why it is there. Use the brown stamp pad and go around the edges of your book pages.
Then, sadly, you must rip them out.
Watch the video tutorial on Lindsay's page to see the different ways to fold your pages. I rolled most of mine but I did some variations too. Glue them all around one side of the wreath with your hot glue gun.
Then flip it over and flatten it out because that will be the back of your wreath.
Then you'll start on the front which is more time consuming. You'll need to roll your pages and leave a little tab on the bottom to glue them by. Start on the inside of the wreath and work your way out. You will have places you'll need to fill in. You can wait until you're done to fill in or do it as you go (like I did).
It took me a total of about 2 hours to complete the whole thing but it was worth it. The hardest part is the pain you feel after having burnt your fingertips constantly with the hot glue gun. I'm hoping the feeling comes back soon.
Check out the tutorial, she does a much better job describing the steps.
Oh, Drew and I are going to see Elton John tonight so here's a little something to get me pumped for that:
This was just the little project I needed to bring me out of my slump from yesterday. I love these little suckers! They are easy peasy and I'm so tickled with how they turned out.
That up there is what you'll need:
Book pages
Stamps & Stamp Pads
Scissors
Hole Punch
Pencil
and as I found out later:
card stock
glue
My stamps all came from Michael's and the book pages I ripped out of a book that Drew and I bought outside of Barnes & Noble for $1. Drew read about half of it and then told me I could have it, so no worries the book pages are not from anything groundbreaking.
As I got started I realized just how flimsy book pages are by themselves. So I found some of the card stock I had left over from Drew's graduation party invites, cut them to match and glued them to the back to make them sturdier.
Oh and I also did some more kid friendly tags again with leftovers from Drew's grad invites.
Drew had been pestering me for a while to make him a bookmark so he can stop using the tag off of my latest pair of jeans haha. So now he can use one of the tags made with the handsome horse stamp. And I believe I will take one of the bicycle one's for my new bookmark.
To be honest, I'm not sure what I will do with them all. Of course some I will use for gifts (but I don't buy that many gifts). I suppose you my readers could benefit from a couple so let me know if you need a bookmark or have a preference and I will send you one. I love them and heck maybe I'll even try to find a way to display them in a frame somehow...we shall see. Hope you enjoy.
