things i made
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Crafty Things//A Refinished Table
I finally did it. I refinished my kitchen table and covered it in book pages. It isn’t perfect and if I did it again there are things I would change but, all in all, I am very happy with it. My table had a very damaged surface so something had to be done with it. I thought about just painting it but then I came across a tutorial online with gorgeous photos of a table covered in pages. I fell in love. I have quite a few books that have fallen apart and I have been using them for various crafts. I won’t deliberately destroy a book but ones that…
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Paper Roses
I don’t like crafts that require you to destroy a book. It just feels wrong. No matter how boring or unnecessary a book may be I can’t rip it apart. However, if a book falls apart on its own it is fair game. I bought this copy of a Georgette Heyer novel online and each page fell out as I turned it. While that was irritating, it did give me the chance to try making paper roses. I had seen them on Etsy and loved them but didn’t want to spend money on them because I am…frugal. You can find tutorials for basically everything these days so, after a bit…
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Being Crafty
My daughter likes doing crafts. I am not so good at them. However, in my ongoing efforts to be a good mom, I have been trying a few different things lately. My daughter throws ideas out right and left and I grab onto the ones that seem vaguely doable. We have had some abysmal failures and some results that have potential. Since I am proud of my efforts, if not the results, I am going to show you what I have been up to lately. I mentioned a little while ago that I bought a typewriter. I decided I wanted to type some of my favorite bookish quotes and display them.…
