Paper Wreath Perfect Place

Ain't she purdy? I think so. I know this has been done so many times in Blogland, but I am just now getting the chance to make one!! So here goes...
I cannot find my first couple of pics. I bought a wreath from the dollar tree, an OLD encyclopedia {letter B} and gathered my acrylic brown paint. I painted the exposed sides of the book, let it dry, and then ripped the pages out. I got out my glue gun and sticks {used a million of them}, rolled my pages and glued em down!! That easy. Okay, not that easy. I did burn myself about 30 times...no kidding. :(

This is eventually gonna be the back. Roll the paper and then hot glue it down. Done. Ha! Complete a row before moving on. They will get uneven if you don't...trust me, I know!!

{a little out of order, but here are my pages torn from the book...to let you in on a secret, I did eventually run out of paper!! Yikes. I had to go STEAL a book from my son to finish out the project. Luckily I found one of his books that he has already read and if fit with the color scheme of the other book.}

Keep going...roll or scrunch, glue, and go again. :)

Now flip the thing over. If it won't lay down, put a book on it for a little while. Now start the next layer. Roll, scrunch AND fold a tab over. Put the glue on the tab and stick it on {pictures below}.

Here you can see the folded over tabs. It really is easy and fast.

Start a new layer. It will stick out farther, but won't look weird when the wreath is finished..no worries!

Here she is taking shape!! You can see lots of holes which you will fill in a different way than making tabs.

See that space above? Now you JUST roll the paper and put hot glue over the bottom of the piece. You just stick it in the holes. It will attach to the other paper instead of the Styrofoam.

So then I decided why not burn the edges...okay, not really. I totally stole this part of the idea from another blogger {themillersground.wordpress.com}. Um, hey...it actually catches FIRE!! HA!! It was all under control, but scary for about.a.second!! I do like the detail of the burn on the end of some of the pages.

I'm not gonna hang her outside, but the best light was cascading across our front door...so I hung her there for a few pictures.!! {BTW- forgot to take a pic of how you hang her. I used ribbon and straight pins. It is totally covered so however you want to hang it will be fine!}

I am totally giddy with how pretty it turned out. I would LOVE to leave it on the front door, but I really don't think it would hold up to the elements!! Teehee!! I struggled on where to put her until...I.went.potty!! I was in the kids bathroom and realized that the color palette matched the wreath perfectly!! Whoohoo!

She is big, but I think she is perfect in here...with all the other lovelies!!

Years ago I bought the shower curtain you will see below {just a tiny picture of it...stupid me}. I was searching for decoration to go with it. I ended up in my parents barn and saw these O.L.D Highlights magazines!! They were falling apart, but I didn't care. I looked through them, picked out my favorite pages and framed them!! I am pretty proud of the bathroom! Do you remember Highlights? I loved them so much, and I am glad that I get to see these each time I am in this room.

I am SUPER DUPER thrilled with it. I just realized it brings a little girlie-ness to the bathroom. It was a bit boyish before. I hope you enjoy her purdiness online and if you visit!! Oh, and if you do visit, feel free to pick off any hot glue strings you might see inside OR hanging off of this little beauty!!! ;)