Making a Plain Book Pretty
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Shoppe No. 5
5 Materials
$6
5 Hours
Easy
Every month I participate in a group blog hop and the criteria is to take a pin we have pinned and duplicate it. I really liked the pins that showed painted books so that was my project. Except I ended up putting my spin on it.
I do love books and felt anxious about this project. But I rummaged through my books and found some that were worn and others that I would never read. And the best part is the books weren’t damaged, I just painted the covers.
I already had white paint mixed with Poppie’s Furniture Paint Powder, which gives the piece a chalk-like finish. I started painting. Now the pin I was duplicating showed book covers that had a design so they were painted and sanded to show the design. Mine are very plain. That’s OK I have a plan.
To give make the books pretty I decided to use a stencil and fill in the design with a gold paint pen. With another book, I painted it. Then I used a crackle medium, painted over it and then used gold wax to fill in the cracks.
Some books were sanded lightly. All of them were waxed. I just played around and had fun with it. Give it a try and you will be hooked. And no books will be harmed in the making of this project.
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