See this Anthropologie painting? It’s to blame for my vintage-paper-crafts-craze lately. I pinned it on Pinterest some time ago, hoping that with time I will build up the creative force to go in this direction.
I’m the kind of gal who likes to sleep on things. I started to arbitrarily collect photos and tutorials from around the net with ideas of how to recycle vintage/old paper. I noticed you can do a lot of things with pages from old books: Decoupage, handmade tags, envelopes, scrap-booking, garlands, and so many other ideas.
In a previous post, I spoke about “Recycling, upcycling vintage books”. It was about sketching illustrations while using vintage paper as your canvas.
Here are a few ways to re-use an old book in so many other different ways…
Envelopes look so chic when they are obviously from some old book.
Source: sherlonkahkai.tumblr.com via Karboojeh on Pinterest
Tags: Who would have thought? They look so romantic.
Source: 1bellehistoire.canalblog.com via Karboojeh on Pinterest
Butterflies: Can be used as mobiles and garlands, and in scrapbooking.
Source: elfenpulver.blogspot.com via Karboojeh on Pinterest
The idea (above) is so cool. Cardboard boxes can look much prettier when decoupaged with old pages from an old book. Add a little bit of lace and you got yourself a romantic storage unit that can really add a touch of beauty to your craft room.
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More romance… with this recycled vintage-looking envelope, using old pages from a book.
P.S. If you have a recycling idea that you’d like to share, please post the link to your project in the comments box :)
Take care,
Karboojeh
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The Source of the first pic in this post is: anthropologie.com via Karboojeh on Pinterest
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Oooh, cool! I’ve been making glass luminaria with book pages and glass jars, and I was looking for things to do with the leftover pages. Great ideas!
Thanks :) … I like the idea of decoupaging glass jars with book pages… sounds so cool!
I really like this idea! I’m going to reblog– hopefully that is okay. Cheers!
Of course it is :) Glad you liked my post!
I want to make something w/ this just haven’t decided what.
Well, I took a cardboard box and decoupaged it with old book pages, a bit of burlap, some rope, and a chalkboard sign – I’ll try to share it on the blog soon hopefully… maybe you can start with something small first… like a small packaging box!
Good idea…