i decided to get in on the fun, and purchased a hefty tome from the discard shelf at my local library. (sidenote: apparently mr library guy harbors a secret crush on me; i kept trying to pay a quarter for my hardcover, per the pricing on the sign, and he insisted the book was just twenty cents. so whaddayaknow, i scored a nickel. it's not a very big crush.)
my literary selection: DOUBLE EAGLE, published in 1979. from the flap copy: Double Eagle is the riveting, true account of the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean by men in a balloon.
i picked the book partly for the heft of the pages, and partly because i felt little remorse splitting its spine. i mean, a balloon crossing. who cares, right? except i started to read an extracted page and actually found it, well, riveting.
but let us move on from the magnitude of my nerdiness to better things. things with a point.
i turned this homely fellow:

into these guys:

and this:

and also these:

groovy, eh? and lest you think i am Brimming With Great Ideas, i assure you that i am actually just good at mimicking other people's ideas. so. gift bag tutorial here. purchase a (much more gorgeous than mine) bird mobile here. can't find the gal who used to craft hair flowers, but i originally saw them on etsy. (and nope, i am not selling them, i just placed them on a card for elle.)
go forth and craft something, but a word of advice: lock up your austen or rowling or rice (or whatever earns the pulitzer in your universe), because crafting with pages is addicting in the worst way. not even my tolkien is safe. (ok, well, probably tolkien. but little else. beware.)
8 comments:
Oh my - I love the hair clips - too cute! I need to get working on my pile of thrift store books after this inspiration!
Ooh. You are so cool! I love that birdy mobile. It's always amazing to get a little glimpse into how your mind works with your little creations. :D And that reminds me... I'm off to email you. :D
I made my wreath with a semi-trashy paperback from Dollar Tree....with nary a consideration for the heft of the page! Ack.
ps- Love the hair clips!
oh gosh. I'm off to the library!
Lovely lovey!
fitting Nic that you would craft such pretty things with words. Even when not your own...you are able to turn them into art. Now I shall spend the afternoon scouring my house for hefty paged novels to desecrate :)
Glad we are friends :)
Jenn
What a cute idea. Thanks for sharing! I just took a stack of books to Goodwill and now I'm wishing I had them back.
Love this! I put it in my inspiration file!
Oh my - I love the hair clips - too cute! I need to get working on my pile of thrift store books after this inspiration!
Post a Comment