Children's Book Page Ornament Craft - DIY Tutorial

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  I am so happy you are here and that you are interested in these sweet and simple Child DIY ornaments.I thought I would type this up and share it encase your not local and you missed my Children's Ornament Workshop at +Books on Broad here in +Camden SC. I want to invite you to follow my blog on one of the sign ups over in the right hand column.  I hope you and your kids have a fantastic time making them. Enjoy! 

Supplies:

• an old book you can tear pages from

• dollar Store gift tags

• glue

• twine

• Optional: Plastic glittered ornaments

Step 1: Tear two pages from an old book and fold each of the pages in an accordion fold short length

Step 2: Glue the last flap of the accordion fold to the last flap on the other page to make one long accordion folded piece of paper.

Step 3: Gather up the paper to be held in one hand and fold in half to find the center.

Step 4: Tie a 12" string around the center. and glue the string inside the connection between the two ends of the accordion fold. Glue other side to create a circle.

Step 5: Glue a decorative Christmas tag on the front and on the back glue a piece of paper with your child's name and year written on it in their own handwriting.

NOTE: to make the larger one in the photo use 4 pages and accordion fold them the long way glue them edge to edge like in step 2 and continue through step 5 possibly adding the plastic glittered ornament under your gift tag.

Thank you all for joining me and if you make this wonderful holiday ornament for yourself or with your children please share with me in the comments below.

2014 Book Page Holiday Creations:

• Poinsettia Book Page Ornament for your Christmas Tree
• Child Book Page Ornament Tutorial 
• Glass Book Page Square Shaker Ornament 
• Book Page Snowman
• Angel Wing Christmas Tree Ornament
• Table Top Christmas Trees
• Golden Star Book Page Christmas Tree Ornament

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Upcycling Wine Bottles Creating Centerpieces

Upcycling is all the rage these days for many reasons, it brings a whole new meaning to "One man's trash is another man's treasure." You can save money on supplies and decor. Help the landfill issues and reduce you carbon footprint. No matter what your reason to reduce, recycle or reuse if you are going to make something beautiful from junk then you need to have the proper adhesives. Check out these center pieces I created from wine bottles for a local fundraiser event.

To read more about these projects and a tutorial please click on this link...

Upcycling Wine Bottles - Decorating on a Dollar with Helmar

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Decorating on a Dollar with Core'dinations and Helmar

Core'dinations Cardstock, Helmar, Holidays and Decorating on a Dollar with Grace 

Good Morning Everyone I wanted to share this project post I did for the Helmar blog yesterday.

 Homemade ornaments are all the rage and today I am going to show you how Core'dinations Cardstock and Helmar make it look amazing! So, are you ready to pull out the craft supplies and get ready for the holidays? This would be a great low cost gift idea too! Lets call this one a Decorating on a Dollar project.

Step 1: Take 1 12x12 sheet of Core'dinations Cardstock and cut it into twelve 1" wide strips. Then cut those strips into 2" long pieces. You should have a lot of 1"x 2" pieces of Core'dinations Cardstock...

You can find the rest of this tutorial on Helmar's blog. 

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Wedding invitations

Hello everyone,

Today I am sharing with you a little project close to my heart. My sister's wedding invitations. These beauties are held together by none other then Helmar Acid Free Glue. I love this adhesive because it is made to have flexibility to it once it is dry.


This made it the perfect choice to use on this project where adhesive had to be used in the folded areas of this invitation. There is no puckering, no waves in the paper... yet all of this was adhered with a liquid adhesive! Impressive... I sure think so.


Helmar Acid Free Glue is in my top three go to adhesives. I chose it because I make so any unique items that sometimes require some flexibility. Here is a fun fact: This glue was originally created as a book binding glue. It is meant to withstand abuse and time.
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