Upcycled Book Wreath

This week, I tackled my ever-growing stack of books. I don't know about you, but I adore old books, but then the problem comes into view, what should I do with all of them.  For this first post, I decided to show you all how I made a rolled paper book wreath.

I first started with a cardboard cutout  that was about 4" thick and 24" in diameter.  Then, I inked the edges of two books (one moss green and one cocoa) with the covers removed.

 

 Don't worry if you don't fully ink the book all the way around the three sides. (don't ink the spine)

Start rolling the book pages with the spine of the page as the narrow part of the cone. This is the part you will glue onto the wreath.  To make gluing easier, I folded 'tabs' out of the bottom 1" or so. 

 Pick a spot and start gluing! If you are using two different books, be sure to mix the pages so the wreath doesn't look like you ran out of one 1/2 way through!

 Hang and done!