This
week for the Trash to Treasure project I decided to do yet another
method of making books. I love how worn and used these turn out
looking. So play that fact up and make some of yours look really old
and used.
I
just painted the covers on mine. Partly because I wanted to keep the
video short and the prep for the video short. And partly because I
wanted to leave it open for you to use your imagination in making
covers. Instead of just painting a solid color you could paint (or
draw) designs, you could use pretty paper, you could find pictures of
covers of real books and use those. The options are endless.
I
have been playing with this technique for a week or two and I found
any where from two to four layers of cardboard work just fine. By
four layers I mean like in the video where I folded the two pieces of
cardboard to make 4 layers. Just folding a single piece of cardboard
(two layers) gives you a thinner book, the 4 layers a thicker book. I
also made some that had the one piece folded plus a single layer in
the middle. That makes a nice size too.
I
love how these books look like the pages are all spread out and bent
up. I hate it when real books look that way but in mini I love it.
Remember books come in a lot of sizes so make you mini books in different sizes, it makes you scene look more real and more interesting.
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