Book Page Flower Frame

Today is National Book Day. Yes, I have a calendar that I keep with every random day on it.
Raise your hand if you still read.
No, celebrity gossip on TMZ does not count as reading.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
So I have a lot of books laying around my house.
Some are good. Other's crap.
Before you judge me for cutting up another book, take a look at your book collection. You know you have some serious crap books that you want to cut up.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Let's get started.
Xx

What you need:

(1) Crap book
Hot Glue
Scissors
Picture Frame
Pencil

Using a sharp blade, cut out a handful of pages of your book. Draw a 4" x 4" spiral on one of your book pages and close off the end. I used a sharpie in my picture above so you could see it clearly, but you should do this with a pencil so you don't …

Using a sharp blade, cut out a handful of pages of your book. Draw a 4" x 4" spiral on one of your book pages and close off the end. I used a sharpie in my picture above so you could see it clearly, but you should do this with a pencil so you don't have black marker showing through on every flower you make. 

Cut out your spiral.

Cut out your spiral.

It should look like a mini slinky.

It should look like a mini slinky.

Now start rolling from the end down to the middle of the spiral just like you see above.

Now start rolling from the end down to the middle of the spiral just like you see above.

Now you should you have a little rose. Dab a little hot glue at the base so it all sticks together.

Now you should you have a little rose. Dab a little hot glue at the base so it all sticks together.

And then one by one, glue them to your picture frame.

And then one by one, glue them to your picture frame.

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