I saw over at The Precious Little Things In Life that she redid her bookcase. I have an upcoming project that involves a complete overhaul of my bookcase, so I was extremely interested in her redo.
She did a great felt wreath that I love and I'm waiting for that tutorial because it looks so pretty on her bookcase. She also did a scroll monogram that looked amazing, so I thought I could try that out.
I got a letter at Hobby Lobby, for under $1. Those letters are so cheap, I might buy a dozen of them for some massive letter project. Or maybe not. At any rate, I got my spray paint out and went to work, making the whole thing white.
I suppose it didn't need to be white, but I will use any excuse to break out the spray paint.
Then, I found a book... since I'm cutting the pages out of the book, I didn't want it to be one that we loved, but I wanted it to be one with beautiful language. My favorite book is "The Great Gatsby" (have you read it? It's amazing... go read it, now.) but I was certainly not going to cut up my favorite book. My grandmother gave me a copy of Oliver Twist and I read it years ago... so when I saw it on the shelf, I grabbed it for the sacrifice. I apparently did not remember how depressing it is.
Can you read that page? Do you see the words 'filthy', 'bad-smelling', 'broken-down', 'dirty', and 'ugly grin'? Good grief. I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I wanted nice words on my monogram, so I cut pages that had happy imagery and left the depressing stuff on the cutting room floor.
I cut the pages in half and wrapped them around a bamboo skewer. The blogger I got the idea from wrapped them up with only her hands, but my hands kept making them into squares... so I used the skewer.
I made sure that the words I wanted were on the opposite side of the seam and hot glued to keep the scroll together. Next, I started gluing the scrolls to the monogram, with the pretty words facing me. I didn't cut them before gluing, although that might have been a better way to go.
Once I had filled my letter and trimmed the sides, up onto the bookcase it went. This project was so easy and it really looks great up there!

I love it! And it looks fabulous on the bookshelf right where it belongs!
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PS- Thanks for doing the great interview!!
Looks great!
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Jennifer
This makes me laugh. It *is* easier to use books we don't like for projects that involve tearing them up! For one of my book birdhouses...I used a math book!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I hadn't read this post yet for some reason, but I love the idea. Will use a happier book (funny post title!).
ReplyDeleteI love this! I just read this post (how did I miss this?) and I love this idea, but with a happier book! Excellent title BTW.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I hadn't read this post yet for some reason, but I love the idea. Will use a happier book (funny post title!).
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