Getting my Craft on! One of my New Year's Resolutions

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to get my 'craft on.' I like being crafty, I'm just usually not good at it. But with blogland being filled with 'crafty' people and their awesomely awesome projects, I felt like I could get creative, or at least copy. After the first few projects I've finished, I can truly say that although I may not be the most creative person, the crafty blogs have definitely inspired me to be more creative, AND to do things myself cause it's MUCH CHEAPER. This wreath was my first venture into the 'crafty sphere,' I just forgot to post about it:) And I don't know why cause I am seriously proud of it! ;)

I discovered this book wreath from one of the first crafty blogs I stalked. It's from Living with Lindsay and I instantly fell in love with it! Especially when you see how incredibly cute and easy it is. Apparently a lot of other people in blogland thought so too cause all of a sudden they were popping up everywhere. So here's hers here. Try saying that 10 times fast!

I wanted one for my sitting room. (Really it's the formal dining room that we made into a sitting room. I'm not really a formal dining room kind of person. You come over, you eat at my regular table, we laugh, we have fun, and there's no amazing china either:) I still have no idea what to put on top of that darn book case and whether or not I should get some drapes or valances. AHHHH, the decisions!!!!

I ended up putting it above the door across from the piano.



I wanted a bigger book wreath over a smaller one, though thankfully I didn't get a larger wreath than the one I got or it would've taken WAAAAYYYYY longer than the 4 hours that it DID take. But I had some time in the afternoon while the kids were playing. So basically it's a wreath made out of book pages. Preferably a book that you don't love:)



Supplies:
Wreath
Glue gun and glue
Books you don't want anymore
Paint optional
Time on your hands- not really optional:)

You tear out each page and glue it on the wreath. You can see Lindsay's tutorial on the link above. I did mine a little different- I fanned my pages. I also wanted my ends antiqued so I took a sponge and a brown stamp pad and antiqued almost 400 pages one at a time, before I glued. A teensy bit anal I suppose. I've also seen someone do it with a lighter so that the edges actually got burned. That's not such a good idea for me. My luck I would probably catch fire to the kitchen table. I also used a grapevine wreath instead of foamie one because I wanted a larger size. It was a little more difficult to work with, but it worked nonetheless.


(note: I shot this pic in manual. gasp!)

All in all, this project cost me $1. For the wreath. The rest of the stuff I already had. Now truly, you can't beat home decor that costs a buck! See what I mean by getting your craft on????