The Recycled Wreath Series
#3 The Book Wreath
Materials:
old book
black or brown acrylic paint, watered down
straw wreath
stapler
flower and glue gun (optional)
1. Find a mass market paperback that no one will miss.(I chose a “48-hour mystery”. Mysteries scare me and I really don’t enjoy reading them so it was the perfect choice. I’m not even sure why I have it…but enough about mysteries.)
old book
black or brown acrylic paint, watered down
straw wreath
stapler
flower and glue gun (optional)
1. Find a mass market paperback that no one will miss.(I chose a “48-hour mystery”. Mysteries scare me and I really don’t enjoy reading them so it was the perfect choice. I’m not even sure why I have it…but enough about mysteries.)
2. Paint the edges of the book black or dark brown with a watered down acrylic paint. Let dry. 3. Rip pages out and do the accordion fold without pressing down, so you get a loopy effect. 4. Staple ‘folds’ to styrofoam wreath in rows. I didn’t bother unwrapping the straw wreath. I just left it in the plastic.
5. Keep making rows until it starts to look like this:
6. Keep going until you can’t see any straw!
7. If you want you can a silk flower with glue for a little color.
8. Fluff pages as needed.
This concludes the recycled wreath series. I hope you have a wreath on your door now! Check out the acorn wreath and the magazine wreath if you missed those!
mommyista
10/29 at 7:50 PMI am in love with this!!
Gwen @ Gwenny Penny
10/30 at 12:30 AMAnother beautiful wreath! I love that you painted the edges of the book pages first. It really adds to the look of the wreath.
The Answer Is Chocolate
10/30 at 2:04 AMI love your take on the book wreath! Visiting from Tatertots & Jello’s Weekend Wrap Up
Amy Meyer
10/30 at 3:04 PMI love the way this wreath looks! I did a similar one but I love the dimensions this one gives! Great job!
Ann @ makethebestofthings
10/30 at 11:41 PMVery clever and interesting! Love the creative twist that gives this wreath a wholly different look, good job!
Emily
10/31 at 12:27 AMUm, I’m obsessed with this. LOVE.
PEACHES
10/31 at 4:42 PMLove This! What great texture you got from all the folding. Have seen similar using tufts and cone shapes, but your fan folds are far niftier! Very Anthropologie. Well done!
Finding My Stitch
10/31 at 6:50 PMThis looks awesome! I like the magazine wreath too, but I think this one is my favorite.
Diane
11/03 at 3:23 PMI never tire of bookpage wreaths Ÿ This one is soooo cute. I ♥ how each one turns out sooo unique. Great tut as well.
Janet
11/03 at 10:35 PMI love the look of your wreath! I have a straw wreath and plan on giving this a try. Thanks for the tutorial. :)
Kelly
11/06 at 3:13 AMThanks for the great idea! I made one!
concretenprimroses
11/10 at 2:11 AMI love all your wreaths. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kathy
billiemonster
12/01 at 7:44 PMThis is such a great idea. I love it!
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WobiSobi
12/11 at 2:03 PMI love this!! So simple and beautiful!
A Pretty Life in the Suburbs
01/17 at 2:21 AMOh my! Love this too! Great blog!
Jo-Anna
Bianca and Nate Barker
02/07 at 3:26 AMJust made my book wreath :) Thanks for the awesome idea. This baby is going above the bed.
diane wszolek
07/25 at 5:10 AMI loved making this wreath. I used 2 summer trashy books and a large straw wreath. It turned ojt awesome! :)