I have recently been spending an excessive amount of my free
time on Pinterest, make sure to be following me, I pin all my projects onto my “all
the little details” board! My link is off to the right side of my blog. During
that excessive amount of time I saw a lot of wreaths; spring wreaths, Valentine
wreaths, wreaths GALORE! I fell in love with the look of wreaths made of book
pages and decided to give it a try and share with you all.
What You’ll Need:
- scissors
- wreath ring (you can find these at almost any craft store)
- hot glue sticks
- glue gun
- and of course a book
First things first hot glue pages onto your wreath (if your wreath ring is wire like mine) as shown,
this gives you a surface to hot glue all your book page flowers to. You can measure
this step but I just glued the whole page on and then used my scissors to cut
off the excess.
How to Make a Book Page Flower:
Step One: Cut a circle or oval out of your book page, I
recommend varying the sizes so your flower design can change and look more
natural and less uniform.
Step Two: Cut a spiral design within your circle or oval (It
was tricky to capture the design, you can actually see my spiral shape better
in step three.)
Step Three: Add a strip of hot glue about one to two inches
long, go ahead and start rolling. Be careful as this can get hot but I was able to
create mine without any burns.
Step Four: Continue gluing all the way down your flower
until its done, and that’s it! Just go ahead and start sticking them onto your wreath.
*I recommend starting with your bigger flowers and work your way onto the smaller ones. After gluing them all the way around the ring I went back in with my littler flowers and used them to fill in any gaps or thinner areas.
*I recommend starting with your bigger flowers and work your way onto the smaller ones. After gluing them all the way around the ring I went back in with my littler flowers and used them to fill in any gaps or thinner areas.
I couldn’t believe how easy this was to make. The first
three or four flowers looked a little rough but practice really does make
perfect. After finally mastering the book page flower I turned on Netflix and
enjoyed a couple episodes of my favorite show while doing the rest!
Total Project Time: 2 Hours
Feel free to email me any questions you may have or comment
below!