Aren’t old books beautiful!  A vintage book has an appeal that a new book just wouldn’t understand!  I love decorating with vintage books…either as is, or by using pieces of them to create a DIY project.

Sometimes an old book will be in such bad shape that only pieces can be salvaged.  Even so, there are plenty of uses for its pieces!  That was the case with a really old, beautiful book recently.  The cover had incredible character, but it was separated from the book.  Even though it couldn’t be displayed as an entire book, I knew I had to come up with a use for the beautiful, vintage cover of the piece.

My thought was to cut the cover into strips and make the strips into bookmarks!  The bookmarks would have the lovely character of the book’s cover and I would still have the old pages of the book for future projects…lovely, old, worn, faded, vintage pages!

Converting the cover into bookmarks was an easy DIY.  First, I carefully cut long pieces with a craft knife fitted with a new blade.  Next, I wanted to add a ribbon to the top.  Rather than just punch a hole in the top of each strip, I used a grommet tool (you can find one for a few bucks in any craft shop) to add a grommet and make the finished product a little more dignified!  I figured a book as old as this one deserved a little dignity!

I added a ribbon I purchased at the craft store.  Choosing the ribbon was the most time consuming part of the project!  I needed to find just the perfect ribbon!  And, I think I did!

A very easy project as well as a very satisfying one!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you are having a great week!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie