Wreath Tutorial & GIVE-A-AWAY!!

Enter to win a Vintage Book Page wreath!

One of my favorite items to make are my vintage book page wreaths. Since November I have made well over 100 of them & have shipped them world wide. After Jennifer Forker of the Associated Press ask to interview me about my process of making them, I realized I should post a new tutorial. ( I was featured in an article that also included Marcie McGoldrick from Martha Stewart Living….yea , I about peed my pants!)


I’ve made a few changes since that first one back in August. Its faster, easier & so much more prettier too.
 

You’ll need an old book, foam or wood wreath form, glue gun, glue sticks, and small cut ribbon for the wreath to hang on.

Tie ribbon to back of wreath. If using a foam wreath, tie ribbon loop & glue to back.

Tear about half of the book pages out from the book. Fold into an “S” shape.

Glue bottom of the “S”. Then glue the bottom side of the edge & press to wreath form.

Continue around the entire back side until full.

Then flip over and start on the front. Work your way around folding and gluing the same way. When applying pages to the sides of wreath, give the bottom of the page a slight fold to make it even with the rest of the pages. You could even cut the pages slightly shorter if that’s easier for you.

When you’ve reached the center, glue the “S” fold page directly to the middle. Continue around the center until full.

Now stand back & look to see if any areas need more fullness. Add pages in all the areas that need more “fluff”. Your done! Depending on book page size, the wreath ends up about 18 -21 inches wide.
I still love making these! Finding books & ripping them apart is so much fun! I always get my books from thrift stores & the older the better. They have a nice yellowing to the pages. There’s so many fun ways to use these. Hang them , a center piece, shape them to a heart for a wedding or Valentines day! ( I’ll share those later. )

Want to win one? Just leave a comment & I’ll put you in the raffle ! I’ll announce the winner Wednesday February 16th. Good luck!!!

Lifes been a little crazy......

Life has been crazy in our house! Non stop everything since before Thanksgiving. While on vacation, my vintage book page wreath was featured in a Treasury on ETSY. Things have snow balled since then. 



On our way to the St. Louis arch.

While traveling to Texas we stopped off to spend the afternoon in St. Louis. Did the arch & had some lunch. When leaving I decided to check my email. I had a custom order request for 4 of my wreaths to be used in the window displays of Hotel Rex in San Francisco, CA. So here there we are traveling on Saturday & me figuring out how to make & ship them in the next 2 days!
Bought some supplies IL, then in OK, and made the wreaths Sunday night after getting settled in at my Father-in-Laws home in Texas.
                                      

(can you believe my step mother-in-law even had fresh flowers in our room! Sooo nice!)

I’m happy to say they were shipped the next day & I can’t wait to see the pics of the display soon!

But this is just the start of crazy. Since the start of the trip I have had a steady order of my wreaths & LITERLY have been making wreaths every moment possible to fill orders & trying to get ahead of them as well. It really is true….if you love what you do , others will take notice. It feels so great knowing that people out there love it as much as I do.

Finishing up one of Fridays order & celebrating with a well deserved  glass of wine!

As for now I’ve caught up & shipped all orders several days before expected ship date. Now I'm making a nice supply of them so each will ship the same day of order. I've had so much fun with these wreaths & have been coming up with some "new" ways to use old books too. Can't wait to show you those later!