That was my response to Deke when he suggested I throw away this book while re-organizing our bookshelf. I have a passion for reading and I cherish the books that I have accumulated over the years and he wants me to throw one away?!?
Apparently Deke was talked into purchasing this book from a co-worker and after reading a few pages completely lost interest. He claimed he would never pick it up again and didn't want it wasting space on our bookshelf. OK, I agree we shouldn't keep books we don't want but I was having a hard time considering just tossing it.
So instead.......
I decided to make a craft out of it!
4 hours, 5 glue sticks, and about 50 burns later I had this masterpiece to place beautifully beside my beloved bookshelf! I found this AWESOME book wreath tutorial HERE.
I think its very complimenting next to the bookshelf, wouldn't you agree?
The only thing I changed in the tutorial was to add the long black ribbon in opposed to her short loop. I think the long ribbon added some class!
Ohhh it feels good to be resourceful!
8 comments:
I love it. I saw some for sell at a cute craft fair but they were way expensive. I looked at and thought I could go home and make one. Never did. It looks great. Your hard work paid off xo Though I may be a little more like your honey when it comes to tossing. I think I have no choice though. I have married someone who is a collector of all things.
OH MY GOSH! For reals?! I NEVER EVER EVER would have thought about that...ever! You are so talented. I LOOOOVE it and one day when I actually have a bookshelf I totally want one of these! You're awesome!
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This turned out beautifully! :)
I am stopping by from Whatever Goes Wednesdays at Someday Crafts, I would love to have you stop by my blog and check out my project :)
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Nicely done! Thank you for visiting my link party!
Thank you everyone for the kind words! :)
I have been wanting to make one of these for forever and I just haven't sat down to do it yet. This is so beautiful!
Brittany
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So, what does Deke think of your reuse of the book he wanted to toss out? I think your project turned out fabulous.
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