Christmas in July 2019 - Day Six

[PamelaG]

The second of our specialty upcycle categories - book pages.

 

[Lana]

Have never used but grandma use make make angels and carolers out of old Reader Digest books.

 

[Miss JoDee]

Not just book pages but the whole book. There are so many ideas
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AR9hx9L0TqH-7t9QPJKBgcFNltnsZIj9H1RusHdcXgzonHLXWJe2F3w/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AR9hx9L0TqH-7t9QPJKBgcFNltnsZIj9H1RusHdcXgzonHLXWJe2F3w/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AR9hx9L0TqH-7t9QPJKBgcFNltnsZIj9H1RusHdcXgzonHLXWJe2F3w/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AcmPr_8t8ppfkeQgI_ndyLOtk8BzD4oUjQu9Wyl60MKnzeEP6K0Xnh4/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/25262447894967915/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/8866530502222148/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/22729173099650085/

 

[luludou]

Thanks for the links MissJoDee! I love the books with the elve names!

 

[halimer]

As a former librarian the idea of mutilating a book is still anathema to me - but there are many good ideas out there for ones I no longer need.

I'm thinking about it.....

 

[GrammaDeb]

Such cute ideas! When I was a child we made Christmas trees out of Readers Digests, spray painted green and decorated.

 

[Miss JoDee]

As a former librarian the idea of mutilating a book is still anathema to me

I understand. I think about all those green Funk and Wangalls we had growing up and people are giving away or in the thrift store that could be stacked in tree form.

 

[Ahorsesoul]

Jody, What a good idea for those! I'm keep my eyes open for the next Library Book sale.

 

[Miss JoDee]

Jody, What a good idea for those! I'm keep my eyes open for the next Library Book sale.

Check FaceBook Marketplace or Craigslist lots of people give them away. Ideas:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/214906213446993182/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/366973069606280516/

 

[PamelaG]

As a former librarian the idea of mutilating a book is still anathema to me - but there are many good ideas out there for ones I no longer need.

I'm thinking about it.....

My friend works in a school library and she had the cutest decorations out of stacked books - white books for snowmen with black books for hats and added some construction paper buttons, green books for elves, red books for Santa, etc. So cute.

 

[PamelaG]

I understand. I think about all those green Funk and Wangalls we had growing up and people are giving away or in the thrift store that could be stacked in tree form.

Oh my goodness, the days of the Encyclopedia Britannica! Somewhere there are grandpas telling their grandchildren they used to be door to door encyclopedia salesmen.

 

[PamelaG]

Oh my goodness, the days of the Encyclopedia Britannica! Somewhere there are grandpas telling their grandchildren they used to be door to door encyclopedia salesmen.

Update: Did a little Googling and it looks like the salesmen didn't make cold calls, they followed up on calls that came into the office. A little different than the Fuller Brush man.

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

Jody, love the white wrapped books with reindeer names. Simple but effective.
Also like the "log" Christmas card holder, so pretty.

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

I understand. I think about all those green Funk and Wangalls we had growing up and people are giving away or in the thrift store that could be stacked in tree form.

We had the same encyclopaedia here. I think I remember mum buying one every week until we had the complete set. I might have to ask her.

 

[Holiday_Mom]

I've seen books wrapped in color coordinated decorative paper on book shelves. I have also seen children's picture book pages either color copied or taken from the book and framed. My weakness is children's holiday picture books. I use them to decorate a room.

 

[PamelaG]

I've seen books wrapped in color coordinated decorative paper on book shelves. I have also seen children's picture book pages either color copied or taken from the book and framed. My weakness is children's holiday picture books. I use them to decorate a room.

I LOVE children's holiday books. I always head straight to the children's section when Barnes and Noble puts out their holiday books. I should have been a librarian.

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

I too have a small range of kids holiday books. Not too many but am drawn to them when I see them at the shops. There is something wonderful about kids books.

 

[AuntJamelle]

I love the idea of feeding book pages through a printer and putting a design/image on them in black ink - so pretty!

https://pin.it/ndzhmp7zzcskss

The above link shows general examples but you could use Christmas themed ones too!

 

[Myron's Mom]

We always made trees from the readers digest when I was a kid.
I have all my children’s books from when I was a kid but not too many Christmas books. Not sure why that is.
I love the old Ideals magazine/ books. I have just a few ( some are Christmas), that I’m not sure where they came from.
I do remember the Fuller brush man lol. Was always so much fun to shop with my mom.