I found the best book at the library a few weeks ago, The Repurposed Library. Every project in the book is made from an old book, and not just decoupaging them (spell check is saying that decoupage + ing is not a real word…whatever spell check) and making bookmarks. Quite a few of the projects included the phrase, “You will need a band saw.” I want to make pretty much every single thing in the book, but for now I just started with a wreath.
The directions call for 200 rosebuds and 50 leaves, but I made about 170 and 25 and that worked pretty perfectly. I guess technically you could just go on gluing rosebud flowers indefinitely, but I ran out of hot glue sticks, which is an accomplishment in itself. It was the most blistery finger project yet, but worth it.
My sincere apologies to the author of the book I cut apart. I love most of your books, I really do, except for maybe the one that I stopped 20 pages short of finishing and started cutting and twisting into flowers. Lesson learned: I would feel less guilty if I had just picked up a random book at the thrift store and used it for the project.
I’m on a wreath making kick, so I also made this for my mom-
Rush and my mom always drink hot tea together in mornings when they’re together, so I thought a wreath of tea bags would be a nice way to replenish her tea supply and jazz up her kitchen. The whole project consists of tea bags, scrapbook paper, a cardboard circle cut out of a box, clothespins, and Elmer’s glue. I got the idea from picture somewhere online, but who knows where. Like most projects, I came across a tutorial, glanced at it, decided to make it weeks later, had no way to access the instructions, and just did my best to make it work.
In the summer, I can barely drag myself to my craft supplies. But something about cooler weather is ultra motivating. It might just be that the pool is closed.
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