All of us booklovers may grapple or gasp at the thought of repurposing or upcycling some old books, but you may just be in that spot – whether it’s an super old, outdated informational book or a collection of old journals and newspapers, you can turn those pages into some gorgeous decorations to showcase your love of literature!
Don’t have any books but still want to make this beautiful bouquet? No problem – pick out some favorite poems, short stories, or quotes and start printing 🙂
In this post, we’re creating a vintage bouquet – it’s perfect for a decoration, gift, or prop for any book event! And the bonus – it’s super inexpensive! All you need are some old papers and some tools – like scissors and glue – that you might already have at home. Read on to check it out!
Also, if you’re in search of some Vintage Library or Book Party ideas, check out our super-fun & easy to set up Vintage Library Party complete with personalized ideas, games, and activities to celebrate that special someone (or group of people)!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
THE SUPPLIES:
- Vintage/Antique Looking Paper AND/OR White Paper with tea/coffee for staining AND/OR Old newspaper, books, or junk journal pages
- Skewers
- (Optional) white, brown, tan colored fake flowers
THE TOOLS:
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape
STEPS
STEP 1: Prepping the Paper
If you’re pressed for time, you can purchase some junk journal pages or repurpose pages from some old books as your flower base. Otherwise, you can customize your vintage bouquet by printing out some of your favorite poems and quotes onto antique looking paper (or white paper and later distressing and coloring it). If you’re gifting this bouquet, it might be nice to add some of your giftee’s favorite poems, quotes, or excerpts as a personalized touch!
Whichever route you go, you’ll want to have sheets of paper with print on both sides to give the flowers a more full, complete look.
STEP 2: Making the Flowers
There are quite a few methods to create all different kinds of paper flowers, so if you’ve got a certain look in mind, search around! We used two simple methods to create our flowers out of our printed paper: The spiral method and the heart method. We followed the spiral method from Easy DIY Paper Flower Tutorial from blog.cardsandpockets.com and used that method on our thinner paper. For our thicker pieces of paper, we simply cut out several heart shapes and started gluing/taping them to the top of the skewer.
STEP 3: Repeat 1 & 2
Repeat steps 1 and 2 using a mix of paper shades: browns, tans, white, etc.. If you have a good mix of various shades, you’ll get a really nice ‘bouquet’.
STEP 4: Arrange Your Bouquet
Once all your flowers have been created and dried, put them all together and optionally add a few brown or white colored fake flowers (You can find fairly inexpensive ones from the Dollar Tree or Craft Stores). Add them into a pitcher or vase and you’ve got a beautiful bouquet – a perfect decoration for a booklover!
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much for checking out our party planning article. Hopefully it gave you some great ideas for your next celebration!
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Happy Creating!
