Book Page Christmas Tree Tutorial!

Hello! My name is Stephanie and I blog over at www.homespunstephanie.blogspot.com.

I am new to this world of blogging but have been a "blog stalker" for quite some time and decided that enough was enough and it was time to jump in with both feet!! 

I have followed Edie since I began "blog stalking" and was so over the moon when she selected me to be a guest blogger for her annual: 12 days of {Handmade} Christmas!

Grab a cup of coffee and gather all of your old books

so you can get busy creating your very own Book Page Christmas Tree!!

Book Page Christmas Tree How-To

Supplies Needed For Project:

4 inch clay pots 

Florist's foam

Wooden Skewers

Sheet Moss

Old Book

Paint

Sanding Block

Hot Glue Gun

Step 1:  Paint your clay pots with your desired color. 
I found the colors "Cool Blue and Leafy Green" by DecoArt look the best once sanded. Painting does not have to be perfect since you will be sanding the pots down a bit 
once they are all dried.

Step 2:  Once pots are completely dry use a sanding block 

to rub some of the paint off to give them an aged or chippy look.

Step 3:  Using an old book cut out square pieces of paper starting from 4 1/2 inches and decreasing the size by 1/2 at a time. You will need more 4 1/2 and 4 inch squares so cut plenty of these sizes.

Step 4:  Place florist foam inside of the clay pot-you may have to trim around the edges so it fits snug in the pot.  Once florist foam is secured stick a skewer in the middle.

Step 5:  Using a hot glue gun cover the florist foam 

with moss-this is messy!!

Step 6: Start pushing the squares of  book pages onto the skewer.  Begin with the biggest squares at the bottom and continue moving up the skewer to the smallest squares 
at the top. As you are adding your book pages 
to the skewer it will begin to look like a tree!

Completed Project:

Enjoy!!

Stephanie 
@ www.homespunstephanie.blogspot.com