My first fall show is coming up in a few weeks.
My booth has been an eclectic mix for the past 18 years.
Primitive holiday accents, wool candle mats and runners, reinvented purses, handmade cards, scarves fashioned from t-shirts, fabric, fleece and yarn, banners, and lots and lots of quirky jewelry.
Last year I made some book pumpkins.
I also made a few other shapes but they had been stored flat for a year so I wanted to fan the pages out.
You can see them all lined up on my old toolbox bench here.
I love the cat and have never seen one other than this one I made.
He still needs a pretty little bow for his neck and a witchy tag.
Maybe he needs a witchy little hat too...
Maybe he needs a witchy little hat too...
My snowmen are some of my favorites.
This little guy needs a homespun scarf and a felt hat.
The pumpkins I draw freehand so each one is different.
Some get a black bath for the page edges.
Some get an orange dip.
He has his bow but needs a spooky tag.
The apples are my favorites.
The perfect fall accent or teacher's gift.
There are several great things about these book shapes.
Each uses the pages from a discarded or damaged book.
I use the covers for other projects.
They store flat until the next year.
Just pinch the pages so they are flat and keep in your holiday box.
There is a trick for the best way to plump out the pages....
Several squirts of a water bottle on the pages and then some time to dry in the sun.
Repeat as necessary....
I have one of these in the Etsy shop and may be adding more this fall.
We will be linking up with these great blogs.
