Vintage Book Fairy House
by
Michelle
(IC: homeowner)
7 Materials
I love vintage books and I created this Fairy house using 3 books I bought at Goodwill.
I used 3 vintage books, a small picture frame (more on this below) and 3 "jar jewelry" embellishments. I removed the pages of the books (which I will use for several other crafts )
The jar jewelry embellishments were curved to fit nicely on a jar, so I had to flatten them. Then I placed them on the book where I wanted a window and traced the inside so I could cut it out. I repeated this for all 3 books and then hot glued the embellishments to the books for my windows.
I wanted to make a fairy door so I cut the top off of this picture frame (I will save the top for another project :)
I used 2 gold leaf beads (that I cut to loop off of) for hinges, 1 gold bead for the doorknob and blue popsicle sticks.
Here is my finished door. Cute huh? I just hot glued the popsicle sticks on the back of the frame and then hot glued the doorknob and hinges on the front. I hot glued the door to the green book.
I wanted "tenants" for my fairy house, so I printed out fairy silhouettes and taped them on the inside of the windows. I hot glued the books together and then to a cardboard base for stability.
I placed electric tea lights inside each of the 3 books.....
And here is the finished house
Another view.
It's place in my livingroom.
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Suggested materials:
- 3 vintage books (Goodwill)
- Jar jewelry (Walmart)
- Small picture frame (Walmart)
- Colored popsicle sticks (Walmart)
- Gold beads (eBay)
- Cardboard (on hand)
- Hot glue gun (on hand)
Published February 21st, 2017 1:24 PM
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Cat Kinney on Jun 13, 2017
Those are super adorable!! Might be time to try to start a project
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Nancy on Mar 07, 2020
This is super cute and would go well really in a child's room or nursery - really anywhere you want to add a little fantasy.
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Hi,
I love these & have all my supplies ready.
But, what is the easiest way to cut the pages out of the books please? I'm having a heck of a time
Also, if I want to use just 1 or 2 boos do you think it would work? Do I leave the books all open and just glue a cardboard bottom to them?
I'm making a Fairy to sit inside the book too. It's a gift for a friend.
Do you make Fairies and have any photos if you do? These are all a 1st for me!
Thank You Kindly!
When making the windows do you
Cut them out? Or is that part of the
Binder???