DIY Old Book Crafts – No 3 – Printed INSPIRE Garland

Here is a fun craft to do with old books:  Print INSPIRE directly onto the pages 😀    INSTRUCTIONS: Trim your pages to the precise same width, cutting with a ruler and a blade is useful to ensure precision. FLAGS: Measure the size of the page precisely, mine are 130mmx210mm. Create a custom setting for…

DIY Old Book Crafts – No 2 – Embroidered CREATE Garland

Take a look at my second craft with old books: CREATE Embroidered Garland  INSTRUCTIONS: Cut out, paint & glitter your bookpages (how to do it HERE). Trim your pages to the same width. Measure the width of your pages and put a pencil mark in the middle, at the bottom edge. Cut the pages into triangles,…

DIY Old Book Crafts – No 1 – Heart Garland

During the summer vacation I have enjoyed working with old books. The paper texture is great and I love to upcycle 🙂 I went to the thrift store, bought a bag of old books for 50 kroner (approx $8 for 10 old books). They were not vintage or antique, but I picked the oldest books…

Vintage Love Song Borders or Tape

Did you miss me lately? I have not been away from crafting, but I have had to choose easy projects... Lets see, I have crocheted an Olympic hat for my youngest, made some darling ornaments with some scraps and my new edge-punches, crafted a wire crown and started crafting my first feather tree (made the…

Walter Crane Seahorse Printable Wraps & Tags

Did I mention how much I love Seahorses? Well, I do! I wish I could scuba dive so I could find them and watch them myself, but since I can't, I will at least enjoy them in art! And share the wonderful art of Seahorses with as many people as possible 🙂 So here are…

Vintage Christmas Village – DAY 10 & 11 – free printables

More Shabby Chic Cottages and Snow Cherubs today, and printables for another Christmas Tree, this one with gorgeous vintage lace 😀 You don't have to make a whole village for these to be adorable! Make one set of Christmas Cottage with Snow Cherub, choose your favorite Christmas Tree to match, and display in a cloche…