Book Desecration Swap

As I mentioned back in January, Taryn used some pages that had fallen out of her original copy of Nine Stories to create an awesome table for me. I loved the idea of book craftiness, and so when I saw NPW's wreath made out of book pages (here's a more formal tutorial on Living with Lindsay for staunch rule followers, like me), I knew I had to make one for Taryn.

I had bought the supplies back in March and then they sat idle in a closet. A few weeks ago, I decided to hunker down with all of my supplies, a glass of wine, and the movie The Blind Side. As I pulled out the styrofoam ring I had bought, I thought, "Oh crap, that is big!" I ended up buying a 14" wreath, and when I consulted the Living with Lindsay site, I saw that she said to use a 10" wreath. What a difference 4 inches makes. I guessed I would need more wine and that I would be up a while. I ended up getting about halfway through when the end credits of The Blind Side were rolling and I ran out of book pages. Whoopsie. I ended up needing to buy another book the next day and finished everything up. Thankfully, unlike in NPW's case, no Franny digits were harmed in the making of the wreath.

The finished product is quite large and quite lovely! The picture really does not do the size justice. It's really big, people.

I'm really happy with the end product, and, more importantly, I finally got to give it to Taryn this past weekend, and she really seemed to love it. And everyone who saw it in passing seemed to love it as well. It's a great, inexpensive gift to make for a bibliophile...or for whatever is Latin for a person who hates books but loves wreaths.

Fran