Feature Friday- Holiday Book Decorations
by Susan Myers on September 23, 2011
I am in the midst of several projects right now, and none of them are complete. So I thought I would show you a little project that I put together in order to use up some of my vast collection of knicky-knacks that I pick up at the Dollar Store. I created two unique “book decorations” for my study book shelf that use only dollar store items and an old book. Check it out…
For this project I used:
One old hardcover book
Wired Ribbon
Various small items from the Dollar Store
Hot Glue
Begin by wrapping a length of wired ribbon around the width of the book, hot gluing it tightly around it.
Do the same for the length of the book, hot glueing your ends together on the bottom side of the book.
Use a separate length of wired ribbon to create a bow. The nice thing about wired ribbon is that it allows you to shape it. Which totally comes in handy when you aren’t the best at making bows, like me. But a bit of fluff and fuss and the bow looks great.
Position your ribbons where you want them and then glue the bow down on top.
Here, I’m doing the same for a fall themed book.
Then the fun part is just glueing your dollar store items down! I had a hard time editing because I really had so much junk to choose from, but finally I chose a tiny doll house dresser and a cute bear and some greenery to complete my Christmas theme book.
My fall theme book has a little wooden birdhouse and gourds and pumpkins and leaves. It will look cute on my bookshelf with my little scarecrow.
Stay tuned for next week when I will show you all the projects that I hopefully will complete by this weekend. I am busy as a bee here at chez Sitcom and have lots of Christmassy ideas, lots of home decor and fresh content coming your way. Stay tuned!————————————————————- If you enjoyed this tutorial, please check out my Paintbrush Santa Tutorial. Using a paintbrush, some paint and a little craft paper, you can make your very own paintbrush santa.
In the Halloween mode? Then check out my Witchy Poo Broom. A cute project that uses up some of those old soda cans.
Tagged as:
Christmas,
decoration,
fall crafts,
tutorial
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really cute idea!
oh my gosh!! this is absolutely crazy!! the cutest I've ever seen.. Love the transformation… Gorgeous.. stunning!!
Thank you for linking up to Colours Dekor..
So cute and upbeat. Thanks for sharing on Motivated Monday at beColorful
Pam
Hi there.. I absolutely LOVE your blog.. Found ya via linky party over at Trendy Tree House and officially following ya with smiles.. Great creativity here.. So indulged.. I'm Marilyn via http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/ and I'd love for you to stop in sometime. Have a great Wednesday. : ))
Always love decorating with books. This is a very nice project.
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These turned out so pretty! Thank you for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
Super cute
Love this idea. I need to make some for my daughter the High School Special Education Teacher to put in her classroom. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Yay! Finally something to do with all those Reader's Digest Condensed books our parents bought! Very cute idea.
These are brilliant! Who would think to use those cute little doohickeys at the Dollar Store to set on a book? Y-O-U! I have a huge round table in the den that I like to keep simple, non-cluttered. These would look adorable placed in the center for decor. Thanks for sharing. Off to look at those other two mentioned projects
-Molly
What a fun idea!! Great way to add little splashed of holiday decor around the house! Thanks for sharing on Fancy This Fridays Suzy!
Really cute!
Love this ! This is such a great idea and so cute.
Awww there really cute, what a great idea!!!!
Paula
Seeing as I have a bazillion and seven RD condensed books…..I might make a bazillion and seven of THESE!
What a novel idea. They are very pretty and so easy to make, I bet.