Call Me Martha

So before I get carried away in excitement over how this turned out, let me assure you I did not come up with this idea on my own. I'm a serial copy cat. I LOVE Pottery Barn, but I don't posses the natural ability to just whip it all together and have a magazine home. Sooo, I spend hours browsing through PB catalogues and any decorating blog I can find to figure out ways to have a Pottery Barn home on a "Target" budget.

My first "I have to try it" find was a Book Wreath inspired by thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com!

Wreath: $2.00 - Goodwill
Books: $2.50 each - Goodwill (turns out I only needed one)
Ribbon: already had in my gift wrapping stash

Instructions - spray paint the edges of the book to give the pages an antiqued look. Roll the pages or curl them in any manner, just don't crease the pages. Hot glue the suckers down and......

TA DA!!! It's a book wreath! I LOVE this idea and I'm very pleasantly surprised that it turned out as well as it did. It's currently hanging in my foyer from the coat rack (the only place I could find to store it) but will find a new home over the master bed as soon as the walls are painted! And speaking of paint, I've found a delicious green that I just can't wait to splash all over my walls.

Just another view without the flash....