I came across this tutorial and loved the quirky wreath style and thought it would be a perfect Christmas decoration for our house.
I would have loved to use the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because in my mind that would have been perfection, however I couldn't find it in the particular op shop I was looking in on the day I decided that I wanted to do it....and well we all know I am nothing if not headstrong and impatient at times...and this was one of those times *ahem* character flaw, moving right along... I did come across a copy of Pride and Prejudice and in my version of logic it was ok to buy it only to rip it to pieces because I already own it and have read it a few times. Problem solved. If you are not as pedantic as me when it comes to literature you could always use any book you don't like the look of, but personally I wanted to be sure I wasn't investing a lot of time into hanging tripe on my wall.
I'll be honest, I did squirm a bit when ripping out the first few pages, it just seemed so wrong. I suppose the fact that I majored in English literature didn't help either, but after I got over the initial uneasyness it was actually quite relaxing to rip a book to shreds. You should try it sometime, it had almost a cathartic effect.
I burned myself countless times with the glue gun, I even have a blister to prove it, but don't let that deter you from giving it a go. I just don't have any idea what I'm doing but jumped in and did it anyway...hmm impatience seems to be a theme, should probably work on that.
I would have loved to use the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because in my mind that would have been perfection, however I couldn't find it in the particular op shop I was looking in on the day I decided that I wanted to do it....and well we all know I am nothing if not headstrong and impatient at times...and this was one of those times *ahem* character flaw, moving right along... I did come across a copy of Pride and Prejudice and in my version of logic it was ok to buy it only to rip it to pieces because I already own it and have read it a few times. Problem solved. If you are not as pedantic as me when it comes to literature you could always use any book you don't like the look of, but personally I wanted to be sure I wasn't investing a lot of time into hanging tripe on my wall.
I'll be honest, I did squirm a bit when ripping out the first few pages, it just seemed so wrong. I suppose the fact that I majored in English literature didn't help either, but after I got over the initial uneasyness it was actually quite relaxing to rip a book to shreds. You should try it sometime, it had almost a cathartic effect.
I ran out of glue so will need to buy some more before it is totally finished but here it is so far:
I burned myself countless times with the glue gun, I even have a blister to prove it, but don't let that deter you from giving it a go. I just don't have any idea what I'm doing but jumped in and did it anyway...hmm impatience seems to be a theme, should probably work on that.
Happy Christmas :)
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