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I have been working on my Valentine Shelves and thought you might like to see the Book Page Valentine Art I made last week. I am really liking it, AND it was easy peasy!!
Doesn’t it look great for Valentine’s Day?? I love making anything with book pages, so I could not resist making book page Valentine art.
I started out with 2 book pages from a vintage dictionary I bought from the thrift store. I sealed them together with a glue stick. Using a cookie cutter as my guide,
Using a cookie cutter as my guide, and a pencil, I traced around the heart.
I used just very little paint, so you could see shades of red, not just a red painted heart. Some areas are darker than others, wwhich is the look I was hoping for.
This picture is a good example of what I mean. There are various shades of red depending on how little or how much paint I had on my brush. I tried hard to define the points and curves on the heart, so it didn’t look like a blob from a distance. Besides that, It looks perfect with my Valentine Polka Dot Bunting I shared with you on Saturday.
Finding the perfect frame for my Book Page Valentine art was easy. I like to use empty frames for decorating all around our home, this one is from the living room. I placed the book page Valentine art in the frame a put it on my kitchen shelves. Just the way I pictured it!!
What do you think, are you going to make some book page Valentine art ?? Let me know if you do, I really would love to hear about it.
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If you haven’t been able to tell already, I like garlands. Mostly paper garlands because as you know I have an obsession with book pages. I thought you would like a little detail on how I made this coffee filter and book page garland. It hangs over our bed.
My friend, Dawn saw it the other day and said it reminds her of shells and starfish. I love that idea!!
I made the twine long enough so I could hang it anywhere.
Here is a close up of what my coffee filter and book page garland looks like.
I started out by making my book pages just as I did with my Book Page Garland. Super easy. And cute anywhere!
I shared How to Dye Coffee Filters with Food Coloring. Once my coffee filters were dry, I began to string my book pages and coffee filters together. Alternating filters and pages. In the end, I came out with this:
Of course, you could hang this anywhere. It would look beautiful on a cake table at a birthday party, for a bridal shower, in a bathroom, or even above your bed!!
I hope you will try making a coffee filter and book page garland soon and let me know how your’s came out.
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DIY Book Page Magnetic Board?? Really?? We all know I am obsessed with book pages, right?? If, you didn’t know, you will soon find out.
I can not resist a book page idea or craft. I have been looking at my magnetic board wondering how I could change it up. It’s nice and all, but I wanted something a little more to fit with my other decor.
Then it hit me!! Use book pages!!
Here is my lovely magnetic board before. She has been natural, red, gray, and now hint of olive green.
I thought about using mod podge on her. But my book pages are 40 yrs old and very thin. I was worried about them tearing and wrinkling up. AND, I didn’t know how well the magnets would work through the mod podge.
So I used the next best thing!!
Packing tape!! I used small, rolled pieces of tape to adhere the back of the book pages to the magnetic board.
Using an old dictionary that I used here and here; I placed my pages staggered, so they wouldn’t look “perfectly” lined up.
I also liked using different sections from the dictionary. So the whole board would have variety.
Not too shabby, huh?? The pages are thin enough that my magnets will still hold cards, pictures and wedding announcements. I am really pleased with how it looks. Book pages always make me happy and a little obsessed!!
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