Tuesday, September 14, 2010

$3 Book Page Wreath

I've been wanting to try my hand at one of these wreaths for some time. And what better way to say fall than a unique wreath made from pages torn from a book.

I am so not ready to decorate for fall--at least with orange and black. Everywhere I go I'm seeing pumpkins and orange. My neighbor down the street even has a witch already on her porch--good grief!

Fall is the beginning of school and the perfect time to curl up with a good book as the air starts to turn crisper. (I just finished a good book, "Mockingjay"--the end to one of my favorite series of books.)

The best part about this project is that everything came from the dollar store, and the whole thing cost me $3.

I found a foam wreath core ($1), wrapped it with cream ribbon ($1), and took pages from the perfect sized book ($1)= $3 total. I tore out about 80 pages and twisted them into a cone shape, secured with a small piece of tape on the back. Then I hotglued each one on, making about 3 layers of cones. This was a really quick project and I'm ready to make another one. I found some vintage sheet music yesterday at the thrift store that would make an awesome wreath, similar to the one Miss Mustard Seed has. I'll be sure to post a tutorial when it's finished.

I also recently finished this "ghost" lamp to put in my pianoless piano room--that's 'fall'ish, right?

16 comments:

  1. Those book page wreaths are so pretty. Yours is even better because it was so cheap to make!

    ReplyDelete
  2. I want to make one of these too! Yours looks great.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Love the wreath Michele. Think I'll have a go. Off to do some thrift/op shop purchasing today, so will look out for a book. Am liking the idea of a ghost lamp. Have a lovely week.
    Rebecca

    ReplyDelete
  4. Love this wreath! I am making one from old sheet music this week for a show. Thanks for sharing the book idea.
    ~ Julie

    ReplyDelete
  5. I just love it. When you do another wreath could you take pictures of the step by step instructions. I've been wanting to make one, but I don't know how to get started?? I'm just confused by how to begin, where do I hot glue the first ones?? If you could help me out I would so appreciate it. BTW I LOVE your blog!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Gorgeous! It looks like one kind of dahlia flower!

    ReplyDelete
  7. So pretty. I've seen a few of these in blogland. Looks easy to do, I just might.

    -Danielle

    ReplyDelete
  8. Your wreath came out really pretty. I love it propped up against the white sofa. The sheet music sounds like it will make a very nice wreath as well.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Love your wreath! I especially love the dimension yours has from doing it on a wreath form. I did mine on a piece of cardboard and it's missing that dimension yours has. I'm with you on the decorating with books for September. So appropriate! Halloween can wait until October. :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Wreath is cool, but what really got me was the mention of Mockingjay! LOVE that series!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. love the way your book wreath came out. i can't wait to read that book series, i am hearing such great things about it! i need to remember to put it on my library list.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Love it! I've been wanting to try this one out too. And Mockingjay! I'm 1/2 way through the Hunger Games and the second two books are reserved at the library. Loving this series!

    ReplyDelete
  13. I love book page wreaths. I keep meaning to make one. SO glad that it can be done so cheaply!! Visiting from Tatertots and Jello

    ReplyDelete
  14. I love the way these book page wreaths give a vintage feel. Amazing that you did this wreath for $3. I bet, a sheet music wreath would look wonderful above a piano. ...Looks great!

    ReplyDelete