I love craft books — but I also love book crafts. Reading a great book is wonderful, of course, but we can also find joy in transforming a superfluous book into an artful, interesting, and/or useful object. For my wedding four years ago, I cut up a brown-edged Dover copy of Jane Eyre and created Kusudama balls. It was a very time-consuming project (and I felt a little bad about destroying the book), but it saved me some money with the florist and gave a unique, romantic touch to the decor. Instructions can be found here:
This week, I came across a blog post by the publisher Quirk Books listing ideas for book crafts. Several of them look intriguing!
What do you think of book crafts? Are they worth the effort — and the emotional cost of destroying a book? Have you created anything from books? Comment below or email me at blowere@missouri.edu
Can you post a picture of what you created for your wedding? I am intrigued!
Great question, Shelly! When I wrote this post, I looked for my wedding photo CD and couldn't find it. I really need to be more organized! I'll dig it up eventually. But in the meantime, I do know where one of the Kusudama balls is. Look for it in an upcoming post 🙂