Published May 25, 2023, 5:20 p.m. by Arrik Motley
If you love books, then you'll love this hardcover book diy by Kelly Barlow Creations. For just $5, you can transform a boring book into a work of art. This is a great way to add some personality to your bookshelf or home office.
To get started, all you need is a hardcover book, some paint, and some creativity. First, decide on the design you want to create. You can go for a solid color, or get more creative with patterns and designs. Once you've decided on the look you're going for, it's time to start painting.
If you're not confident in your painting skills, don't worry - there are plenty of tutorials online that can help you out. Once you've finished painting, you'll need to let the book dry completely before moving on to the next step.
Now it's time to add some embellishments. This is where you can really let your personality shine through. Kelly Barlow Creations used some cute washi tape and stickers to decorate her book, but you can use anything you like. Get creative and have fun with it!
Once you're happy with your book, it's time to put it on display. This diy is a great way to add some personality to your home, and it's sure to impress your friends and family.
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oh my word I am so stinkin excited about
this DIY because this DIY the outcome I
feel is amazing and I love it and it was
a DIY that I just could not wait to
bring to you and this DIY is a using two
of these hardcover books that you can
get at the Dollar Tree for just a dollar
I will tell you that I did get some
inspiration for this DIY from Cricut but
I knew that I could put my own twist on
it and I knew I could do it using items
that you could get from the Dollar Tree
I can't wait to show you this so let's
not waste any more time and let's jump
into it for this DIY you're gonna need
two hardcover books
if you've got some on hand already that
you want to repurpose perfect I didn't
have any that I wanted to use and so the
Dollar Tree seemed like a perfect option
because they've got tons of books
they're only a dollar and I don't have
any emotional attachment to them if
you're hardcover book has one of these
paper covers on it go ahead and remove
it because we don't need it for this
next step I will be using Waverly's
chalk paint in the color of ink and this
is a matte chalk paint this next step of
the DIY is completely optional it's one
that you don't have to do I'm painting
the cover of my book because I seriously
scoured the Dollar Tree looking for a
black hardcover book and I couldn't find
it so I decided since I had some Waverly
chalk paint on hand that putting a quick
coat of paint on it was no big deal
this needs to suit my decor style if
you're doing this in the decor style
where you don't need to paint the book
or Dollar Tree has a book and a color
that you need then it is a win win and
this is definitely a step that you don't
need to take I will tell you though that
when you are doing this DIY you want to
books that are identical in size and so
that was another reason that I went the
route of the Dollar Tree because I knew
that I could get two identical books for
a dollar and so it would add to the
character I suppose if you went with two
different size books and if you wanted
to that you wanted to repurpose at home
it may not make a difference but I
personally wanted two of the same size
because this is a decor piece that is
going in my entryway of my house
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for this next step this is an
alternative if you don't have a cricket
go to Google Image Search click up here
in the corner where it says image and
you're gonna do a search for the letter
H and you're gonna pull up a letter H
template that you can print there are so
many different fonts to pick from so you
choose the one that you like
I personally am gonna go with just a
plain letter H and when you click on it
it pulls it up and all you have to do is
a right click on this and print it then
cut it out and you've got yourself a
template and if you've got a cricket you
can easily just cut one out using Cricut
design space I printed out all of the
letters to the word hope' using google
image search I printed it out on
cardstock I'm only using brown cardstock
because I figured for video purposes it
would be easier for you to see versus
using white paper you can print this out
on copy paper I do it on something that
you don't mind throwing out because at
the end these templates probably aren't
gonna be worth a lot and usable again
and so I'm gonna cut out all four of my
letters now I'm gonna take a piece of
scrap cardboard if you don't have a
piece of scrap cardboard from say an
Amazon Prime box Dollar Tree has their
trifold display boards that are a dollar
when I don't have any boxes on hand I
like to pick up a couple of these
trifold display boards because I use
cardboard and quite a bit of my DIYs and
for a dollar
it really isn't much to pay
you're gonna take and trace all of your
letters on a piece of cardboard
once you've got your letter traced on
your cardboard you're gonna want to cut
your letter out I found that using a
razor it's a lot easier to cut through
cardboard than it is to use scissors
whatever you're comfortable with do it
if you use a razor I find that when you
use a ruler and you place the ruler up
against your letter and use it as a
guide when you're cutting your razor
won't veer off and cut and you'll get
nice clean edges and again using this
black chalk paint by Waverly I'm gonna
give my letters a coating on the
backside I'm not real worried about the
side that's white if you're using pure
cardboard from say a prime box and
you've got the two beige sides I'd only
worry about the backside of the H
because that's all that's gonna show if
there's lettering on both sides then you
are gonna want to paint both sides but
because I'm using Dollar Tree trifold
display board and it has that white side
to it I'm just gonna do the backside
where it's beige don't put too much
paint on it because then your cardboard
will work if you just put a nice light
coat just to cover up that beige
cardboard that's all you need we're not
looking for perfection
so we've got our cardboard letters
painted and we've got our original
template from Google Image Search we're
gonna set that aside for now because
that's not a template that we need now
I'm gonna take my cardboard and I'm
gonna pick two colors of card stock that
I like that are gonna suit my decor
needs and so for this DIY I've chosen
again this craft Brown and a darker
Brown I'm gonna trace my H in my P with
the Kraft Brown and the O in the e with
the darker Brown making it every other
letter
now the reason tracing the cardboard and
making a new template versus using the
original template that we printed out
using Google Image Search is because
that original template is just a bit
smaller than the cardboard H and we need
this new H to be the same size if not a
hair bigger than the cardboard age I'm
gonna do this to all four of my letters
alternating the color cardstock that I'm
using
so we've now got our new letters that we
just traced out using the cardboard and
our painted cardboard these are the two
letters that you're going to need to
finish this DIY now we're going to take
the book and we're gonna find the midway
point the halfway point of our book and
you're gonna want to give these pages a
nice good crease down the middle push in
pretty good to keep it open to these
pages now you're gonna take your letters
and you're gonna place them right on the
bottom of the page where the last
sentences of the page you don't want to
go to the very bottom of the page you
just want to go where the last of the
wording is and you're gonna trace your
letter on the bottom parts of the Aged
you don't need to trace them you want to
leave those two bottom lines of the H
blank because we don't want a pencil
mark you're just gonna trace the top
half now for the page next to it you're
gonna take another one of your letters
so in my case it's the letter O in hope
and you're gonna line it up on that
bottom sentence again of the page and
you're gonna trace it and you can see
that I've alternated my letters my H was
the Kraft Brown and now the O is this
darker Brown now for this next step
you're gonna want to use a self-healing
cutting mat and if you don't have one of
those you can use a cutting board you're
gonna place it on the page and back of
your letter that you just traced
now using either an exacto knife or a
razor you're gonna want to cut out your
letters tracing the pencil mark that you
made but you don't want to cut out along
that bottom edge of each letter at the
bottom of the page which would be the
bottom edges of my age and the bottom
part of my oh you're just gonna cut out
the top half detaching it from the page
but it'll still be attached at the
bottom of the letter for each book that
you have you can put two letters in each
book one letter on one page one letter
on the other and when you're doing a
letter like the letter O
there is no flat edge to it so on that
bottom edge of the O at the bottom of
the paper that bottom sentence there
you're really gonna want to make sure
and not cut all the way across you want
to leave it so it's still attached to
the page
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for this next step I will be using a
spray adhesive and this is one by scotch
this was a three dollar can that I got
at Joanne's for a dollar fifty using a
50% off coupon I'm gonna take a paper
towel and I'm gonna place a paper towel
in between the two letters of this book
which is the H in the O and I'm gonna
turn the page then taking my spray
adhesive I'm gonna give the back of this
letter and this page a light coat of
spray adhesive then you're gonna flip
your page back over and it's gonna
adhere to the page in back of it and so
you want to smooth out this page but
you're gonna want to move quickly
because you need to peel up your H off
of that back page quickly and because
this is a repositionable glue you can do
that pretty easily if you're using an
advanced tape glider it's gonna be even
easier for you then you're gonna take
your cardboard letter H and because
there's spray adhesive on the back of
this age still you're gonna place this
cardboard H in back of your book letter
H adhering it this is giving it
stability because we want these letters
to stand up and the cardboard is gonna
make your letter stand up isn't that
awesome
now we're gonna take our second template
not the original Google template this
get template we're gonna spray some
spring adhesive on it and we're gonna
place it right and back on the bottom of
the page you're gonna want to take some
hot glue and place it on this bottom
edge here of your letters and this is
gonna help keep them in place and it's
also gonna stop them from leaning
forward or backwards this is what you
should be left with tell me this is not
so stinkin cool you're gonna repeat this
process for every letter in every book I
think when doing this DIY I like to try
and stick with words that have an even
amount of letters because I think it
just makes it easier but you know if you
end up picking a word that has an odd
number of letters then maybe just start
off your book with a heart or end your
word with a heart it's pretty simple fix
all this needs is a couple of finishing
touches and can you guess what those are
yes my twine flowers these are such a
quick easy and budget-friendly flower to
make if you haven't seen my tutorial on
how I make these flowers and my twine
bows only that is the description box
below I feel like this is the perfect
finishing touch for this DIY
I gotta say this goes in my top five
favorite DIYs that I've ever done the
outcome of this is absolutely gorgeous
is it quick and easy no it is easy it's
just a bit time-consuming but it is well
worth the time that you put into it
because the outcome is so unique this is
one of those DIYs that is so
budget-friendly
it's gonna cost you under five dollars
to make and would make an amazing gift
to give as well you could put somebody's
name on this and gift it and they would
love it you could put the seasons you
name it endless possibilities this is an
amazing piece of decor it is unusual
it's something very different and what I
love is that it is so inexpensive so
much of friendly and nobody would know
that you made this especially made it
using Dollar Tree items this looks like
a piece that you would find in a
high-dollar store this is an amazing
gift to give and really it doesn't take
all that much time it takes a couple of
hours to do and the outcome you see a I
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big day happy crafting on a budget can't
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