December 7, 2011

Bookpage wreath tutorial

Today we are decorating our tree and are making ALL of the ornaments!!  I'm not sure where our tub of ornaments is located and I decided for once we could go back to basics and make decorating the tree truly special.  My girls are still going crazy making new ornaments and I'm enjoying every minute.

One thing we are putting on our tree are small bookpage wreaths and cones made out of old unwanted books.  These are SUPER simple and can be decorated in soooo many ways.

First, tear a page out of your book and decide how big you want your cones to be in the end.  If you want small cones just cut your paper in half or even quarters for tiny cones.  Then just take your cone like I have below and twist it into your desired shape and then glue or hot glue the edge.



























Once your cones are made you can use any shape of thick cardboard as a backer for your wreath.  I cut a 3 inch circle out of poster board and put a dot in the center of the circle for my mini wreaths.  This is the time to glue a ribbon hanger between your backer and the cones to make everything seamless!



I then started placing cones on the circle at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock and then fill in so everything stays fairly even.  After you have your first layer you can glue on another layer of smaller cones or decorate it however you want!!

Here is the finished product 



I used the back cover of the book for my rectangle wreath's base instead of cutting one out of poster board.





Thanks for stopping by and if you would like one of the mini wreaths below go  HERE for details on how to win one!!!!  I can't wait to giveaway one of my mini bookpage wreaths!!




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14 comments:

  1. Cute little wreaths! and what fun to make all the ornaments for your tree!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a great week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  2. Love the splash of color...so pretty. I'm a new follower too. Stop by and enter to win my Heirloom ornament...only 1 day left to enter. Warm wishes

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  3. wow, those are really neat! thanks for a good, detailed tute too. Usually my blond self is going, huh? haha!

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  4. Thank you ladies!! These are so fun to make and really make the tree look sweet :)

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  5. I love how these look. Perfect for a book lover!

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  6. What cute book page ornaments! Thanks for sharing the how to. Visiting from Frugal Friday & I'm a new follower.

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  7. These are really cute. Love the flowers on the last one :)

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  8. I really love your version of the book page wreaths! Found you at the linky party....

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  9. Thank you for all the sweet comments :)

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  10. Wow, these are so beautiful. You must have a ton of patience! Thank you for sharing. I am your newest follower and I look forward to reading more of your posts! I would appreciate it if you took a moment to stop over at my blog and followed me back. Thank you! http://milliemorganmedia.blogspot.com

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  11. Beautiful project; I love your top header with the desk/chair and birds--so pretty.

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  13. Mandie your daughter is a cutie :) Thanks for hosting a linky party!!!

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  14. Lol, that was supposed to say Kathy, thanks for hosting a linky party ;)

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