(I have a little store on an Australian handmade craft site called Madeit.
You can find me here by the way:
www.madeit.com.au/alittlemusthave
Anyway, I wanted to show you how you can reuse the yellowing slightly aged paper from vintage books no longer wanted.
I guess I have a bit of an artist in me because I do occasionally love to draw.
I also love to reuse, as you have probably guessed!
So I decided to draw these drawings on vintage paper. They are made to be framed and look gorgeous when they are.
A cute bird.
Vintage lady portraits
Another project idea I have made with old books is folded pages. Ive only done a few of these, but they are a nice talking piece in my home.
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Well I hope I have given someone, some new inspiration for their Upcycling adventures. Paper is great to work with and if you can't draw, why not put a page through the printer and print a picture you like. Easy as that.
Insects like butterfly's are a great idea and look fantastic in a library nook or on a desk.
Have fun that's the main thing.Happy Upcycling
Wow, you are really creative, I love those books. They're like sculptures!
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ReplyDeleteI have another one with the word DREAM sitting on my working desk but I haven't taken a photo of it yet, but it's definetely my favourite.
People do a double take and then go, "Wow does that say Dream?"
I'll try to get a photo up of it soon. Cheers
Sonya
this is an awesome idea! i have re-used old, falling apart books from my local library by piecing apart the binding and filling them with handmade paper to make journals. i like this, because now i can use the old pages too!
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I love that idea! One day I would love to make an art journal as well.
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