This project is no biggie, cause basically I'm a total copycat.
I love these book pages wreathes that you find all over the Blogosphere and decided to make one for myself. I saw them selling for $40 on Etsy- so let's save some dollars, shall we?
I looked high and low for a wreath form from a dollar store and they don't sell them around here.
My cheap side almost won out and I was going to make a 10 inch cardboard circle to use as a base but finally decided I wanted the final product to include the depth created by a 3D form. So I bit the bullet and bought one from Joanne's for a whopping $5.
The book, however, was a 49 cent find from Saver's (thrift store)- and it came with aged pages and beautiful teal colored trim- just what I wanted!
I looked up "book page wreathes" on Google Images and decided on my favorite style. In the end I went with this one as my model from Lindsay at Living with Lindsay. She did a great and easy to follow tutorial.For my wreath I ended up checking the OCD at the door and tried to let the creativity flow. {Easier said than done! lol} In the end I primarily used two shapes over and over. I circular tube and a ruffled looking page. I really liked the varying textures.
The tutorials I looked at said they used under 200 hundred pages to complete their projects- so I made sure my book was over two. However- 4/5 of the way through I had about 4 pages left. *ugh*
For about a minute I thought about waiting to finish so I could look for a matching book-but I really don't think I would find one and I'm so impatient!
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| See? Crap-ola. |
I still need to use some pages of something(?) to cover the styrofoam back so that it cannot be seen in the mirror.
To hang it up I just bent a paper clip into a hook- I didn't have any straight pins, you know- cause I don't sew!
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| I think it turned out pretty close to the inspiration- but still uniquely mine. |
