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A book was harmed in the making of this project...

One of the first projects I wanted to make this year was a book wreath.  I saw the tutorial on the jones design company blog (which has some other wonderful projects and tutorials to peruse).  

Now let me just make a disclaimer: I am a huge lover of books.  I have an addiction to books.  So when I'm thinking about destroying a book, it's not a great feeling.  BUT - there are some BAD books out there.  I call them twaddle.  And I don't mind getting rid of those.  I someday dream of the day where we live in a twaddle free world. Sigh... 

So I looked through all my books and found one that I've never read or will ever read.  I think I got it at a garage sale because it was old and looked cool.  And the color of the pages was perfect for the look I wanted.  Once you've picked your book, all you need is a hot glue gun (I ended using 3 or 4 long sticks of glue), a styrofoam wreath form (I found a 12" at Michael's), and a movie or TV show to watch while you mindlessly roll pages and glue.   

Here's a close-up of the wreath.  You can see that it's basically just layers and layers of folded and rolled up book pages.  Now that I've done one, I know that next time I will choose a book that is a bit longer so that I have the problem of too many pages, instead of not enough.  My wreath could have definitely used more layers.  But I ran out of pages!  I'm happy with it, though.  And you better believe I'll be making more!  Just think how cute it'd be on your front door for a book shower or book club party. 

One project down, and more to come!  This blogging thing isn't so hard, I guess...

I'm having some technical difficulties over here...my computer will not let me upload any of the wonderful pictures I have from Christmas.  Like the table my mom set for our Christmas dinner, the Epiphany cake we made at school (like the one last year), a picture of the beautiful calendar I gave students as an Epiphany gift, the snow day(s), and so much more!  Ugh.  It's frustrating.  I feel like before I can just move onto current stuff, I need to cover the past!  Oh well.

So I'm just going to move on!  I have given myself the challenge of making SOMETHING (ANYTHING!) every month.  It's what I love to do and I don't know why I don't do it more.  I've already made something I want to share, and more are on the horizon.  So I will definitely be sharing those soon. 

Thanks for sticking with me.