Hi Crafters
I like to read, and have revisited reading regularly since lockdown. Most of my books are from Charity shops, and I then recycle them, I also look out for books that I can use specifically for recycling with craft projects and music score books are particularly good should you find any in your local Charity shops.
Today I would like to share a recent make.
This is made using 2 pages from a paperback book
A vintage Christmas picture
Lace
Cut 2 pages to 3” wide (these pages were approximately 10” tall)
Score every cm, or half inch, whichever you like to use, and fold back and forth to concertina the pages
Join the 2 pages together. It gives a neat finish if you glue a mountain fold over a mountain fold to secure the pages together. Then join the 2 outer edges in the same way. I use Pritt Stick for this stage.
With your hot glue gun press the folds gently into the middle, place hot glue in the centre and hold until secure
Decorate the centre adding a piece of rope or string to the back of your decoration to hang the item when finished.
Imagine these decorating the Christmas tree or mantel
You can make them all sizes and decorate with any centres, old buttons, small paper doilies etc.
Dee
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