Book Page Canvas {tutorial} and Fabric Pom Necklace

Well, I have been nuts over Pinterest lately (who hasn't?) and I wanted to actually make a few things I had seen on there! So, first was the book page canvas, which is everywhere so I decided to just make my own tute on that...

Supplies:

Pre-stretched canvas in size of your choosing (Michaels or Hobby Lobby)

Book with nice thick pages and good-looking typography (Dollar Tree)

Spray Adhesive Modge Podge & chip brush

X-acto knife

Metal ruler with cork back

cutting mat

ok, so the last three are really not necessary if you have a pair of scissors, but I am so anal about cutting straight lines I can't help myself. Plus, I already own all of this stuff. No need to purchase just for this project!

Step 1: Tear out a bunch of pages one at a time and trim off rough edges and white spaces.

 

I chose this book at Dollar Tree because there were a few places in it with different fonts and I knew that I wanted to make some sort of collage with it.

Step 2:

Start to place your pages on the canvas, folding the edges over to cover the staples on the side. Move pages around every which way and then cut smaller pieces to fill in gaps and just add to the overall aesthetic of the collage.

Step 3:

Modge Podge the heck out of it! Use it to tack everything down, then brush a thin coat over it so that all the edges and corners lay flat.

For the necklace, I found it via Pinterest at littlemissmomma.com and you can find the tute here.

As usual I modified it a little and made my pom in the center large then had it get gradually smaller. I like it and I think I'll wear it this week! Some fun little thrifty tips for you:

I found the chain at Wal-Mart for $3 and I should be able to make 3 necklaces with it.

I used a flour sack from Dollar Tree for the white cotton fabric on mine and used less than half!

Oh and this book page canvas will definately be part of my Christmas decor! I think I'm going to skip Thanksgiving decorating (we are going to be out of town anyways) and go straight for the Christmas stuff as soon as Halloween is officially over tomorrow night! Ha! Stay tuned for all of my fun projects!

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