Bookpage Wreath

I joined the band wagon and made a bookpage wreath. 

I used two Reader's Digest Condensed books with pages that had turned brown over time.  The two rows of pages in the back are from a book with pages that are a little darker than the row of pages in the front.  I curled the pages two different ways.

Then I used the Ex Libris from the first page and cut it into a circle.  I used extra pages folded in a fan and glued together behind the Ex Libris with another circle cut from a book page.

We have this hanging in the Music Room of our house for my husband.  It's called the music room because it houses a piano that no one plays, four violins and a cello.  My husband is the string player. 

I really like this wreath. 

Please visit some of my other posts such as my Breakfast Room, Laundry Room and some of the more presentable parts of my new home since we moved in just two months ago.

Hope you're having a nice weekend.

Cindy

Linking to:

The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday

A Little Knick Knack's Everything But the Kitchen Sink

The Tattered Tag's Keep It Simple Sunday



Between Naps on the Porch's Metamorphosis Monday

The Lettered Cottage's How To's Day Linky Party

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia's Tuesday's Treasures

Project Update

Before giving an update on my projects I want to show you something I made about 15 years ago that I still love and display in my home.

I made it out of a 10" styrofoam wreath form, two sizes of white beans and blue, wired ribbon.  I used tacky glue to hold the beans on the form and it took hours to make because the beans kept sliding off the wreath.  If I ever make another one I'll probably use hot glue.

Now on to my project update.  The first finished item is the coffee filter wreath for my daughter.  You might remember that I already showed the wreath form and the coffee filters here.

My daughter asked if I would paint the edges of the filters pink.  That way it would look like a carnation and also fit in with her decor.

They turned out real pretty, don't you think?

I'm not sure how she wants it to hang so I haven't added ribbon.  Originally I expected the filters to meet in the middle since this is a small wreath form.  That didn't happen, but I still think it looks a lot like a carnation.  It is different from my brown coffee filter wreath shown here.

I'm still working on my 'Fresh Eggs' sign.  Here it is in process:

More on that in another post.

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your Thursday!

Cindy

Linking to:

The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday