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Well read flowers

I am really loving all of the projects made out of books. I am also in love with all of the cute flowers made out of fabric/felt. I wanted to do something to combine the two and this is what I came up with:



They are super easy to make. All you need are book pages (I used newspaper that I sprayed with Archival mist), adhesive (I used hot glue), scissors, and something to embellish the middle.

First I drew the shape on to the paper and cut out 2 pieces.



Then I kind of pinched (both flower shapes) the paper and made creases so that the finished flower would have a little texture:



Then I hot glued the 2 shapes together and finished it off with a button:



This project cost me absolutely nada. I had everything just sitting around!

I'll be linking this up to all of my favorite linky parties...check out the linky party tab above to see all of them!!



24 comments:

2sisters said...

How cute! I have been looking for other projects to use my book and music pages on. Now I have another one!
teri

Kaysi said...

Those are too cute! What a good idea. I'm going to have to try some of these, thanks!

Maggie said...

What a cute idea! They would look wonderful embellishing a black frame.

Sandra said...

What a simple project and so cute...just think of the paper possibilities. Come say hi.

Expressions by Heather said...

Simple, but cute!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family link party, and adding this to the page! Don’t forget to stop back next week to see which links from this week are featured, and to add your new links!

Unknown said...

LOVE these! What a great idea!

Joyeful said...

I love newspaper art!! And these flowers are just gorgeous!!

michelle@somedaycrafts said...

Those are really fun! I like them alot!

Sonja @ Craft-Werk said...

simple but sweet. I like it!

Fawnda@Fireflies and Jellybeans said...

very fun! I love book page crafts!

Lori said...

Another great idea!! I'm kinda getting into the whole book ideas as well. Might have to try something like this...

Thanks for joining "Get you Craft on Thurs."... I hope you join me next week!

Lori

Holly Lefevre said...

Cute, craft, and clever. Such a great idea.
Holly @ 504 Main

EMBELLISH said...

Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!!

Andy Porter said...

These would look fantastic on a gift wrapped present! Great idea!

Sumo @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff said...

Love these! I featured them on my blog!

http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com

Sonia said...

Fabulous! Nice way to recycle old newspapers too! I made paper flowers too, for a craft and made a note tree..the intent there was to get rid of a horrendous old novel I had!!

the thrifty ba said...

im putting this on the top of a gift box! im going to be doing it RIGHT NOW! she is going to be so geeked!

Tracy's Trinkets and Treasures said...

What a cute idea!

Becky@Beyond The Picket Fence said...

I love these--thanks so much for sharing, I am going to feature them!

Jen said...

I am featuring you at my Penny Pinching Party tomorrow so come over and grab an "I Was Featured" button if you like. I love these flowers and I especially love that they look relatively easy to do and they are something my kids could do with me.

Anonymous said...

This is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen done with a newspaper! Thanks so much for linking up. :)

Unknown said...

oh, how I love these... love them! I'll be saving my newspaper this sunday... :)
and thanks for linking up to our friday fun find party! hopefully we'll see you next week...

InMyOwnStyle said...

Hi Stephie- You are so creative. Working with newspaper is always fun, but I never have seen this. I especially like how you pleated each cutout before gluing together, that little detail makes the flower pop and so cute.
Diane

Wendy said...

Loving these! I'll have to give them a go with my teen class..

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