letter "wreath"

I have seen book page wreaths popping up everywhere and I have to say I LOVE THEM. Back in the fall I made my own take on them by cutting the book pages into the shape of leaves.

I loved it, but wanted something more for year-round. I wanted to try something a little bit different. So I came up with the idea to mod podge book pages onto chipboard scrapbookng letters (which have been sitting in my craft area for like 4 years!) Then put the together in a wreath of sorts. I just used foam board for the wreath form. I traced around a couple of sizes of plates and cut it out with my exacto knife the spray painted it a nice dark brown.

Then I traced and cut and traced and cut and traced and cut..... you get the idea. That part took forever! And I Mod Podged all those little letters with book pages.

Then randomly glued them all around my wreath form. Is there anything hot glue can't do?

I just used a scrap of fabric to hang it on the wall.

All in all, I haven't decided if I love it yet. But it is filling a previously blank spot in my office. I'll live with it for a couple of weeks and then decide for sure. I do know that it didn't really satisfy my want for one of these...

You can find the tutorial for this at Living With Lindsay

http://livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html