Hanging book art

It has been several months now since I have sat down and looked at blogs let alone had time to write a blog entry. My time has been filled with keeping up with my sons daily activities as well as lots of doula things. I am glad my doula business is doing well but I haven't been able to quite catch up with it yet. It feels like i am always on a prenatal visit, setting up interviews or mixing herbs for sitz baths and teas. I love what i do but it felt nice to take a break from it all and sit down and do a craft today!

I have been wanting to make this hanging book art since I saw it on pintrest months and months ago.

Source: whimsicalworldoflaurabird.blogspot.com via Sara on Pinterest

I would like to think that I have the creativity and motivation to figure this out all on my own, but for this project I relied heavily on my mom. She figured out the project, made a beautiful hanging book, and then sent me home with instructions and supplies. I simply followed her directions. I used one book for the cover and an old copy of winnie the pooh for the pages since it will be hanging in the nursery. The entire project start to finish took about 30 min. Here is a little tutorial on how to make your own:

Supplies:

Book with hard cover

Glue gun

stapler

eye hook

To begin rip all of the pages out of your book

Then gently staple both ends of the page together width wise to make a little drop shaped page

Continue these steps untill you have a large stack

Staple 6-10 pages together to form the base of your hanging piece and glue to inside of empty book cover

I then placed this on its side and began placing glue along both sides of the edge of pages and inserting where needed. I had some printed off copies of other book mobiles for inspiration.

Continue untill you have desired look

Place eye hook in middle of cover and hang!