Hey everyone!  It’s the first Wednesday, which means time for a DIY challenge!  This month we decided to do a DIY book challenge.  The rules were very simple, decorate 3 books anyway you want.  I am so excited to be hosting this challenege with this group of talented DIYers.  I have listed all of my friend’s links at the bottom of my page so all you have to do is click to head over to their projects.

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I have shared tutorials on painted books (PAINTED BOOKS) and burlap book covers (BURLAP BOOK COVERS) with you already.  I love using books for décor pieces, I am all about this challenge.  I am ready to share my challenge with three books.  In fact, I am doing 3 book décor sets to share with you!  How about that?

Here is my tutorial and the items I am going to use.

• paper back books – I wanted mine to all be the same size
• ribbon or material cut into ribbon strips
• paint and stencil brush
• letter stencil
• hot glue gun and glue sticks
• scissors
• twine
• emblishments

Taking the cover off of the book, nothing hard about this part.

I took a Dollar Tree sanding sponge and sanded the spine of each of my books.

I did this to all of my books.

The first set I am painting all three spines, one top page and  one bottom page.  I am using Folkart Beachcombers Beige.

Letting those dry.  Taking another set of books and dry brushing some Waverly elephant chalk paint.

The last set of books I am leaving as is.

I don’t have a cricut or stamps so I am going to stencil my lettering on the spines.  Doing one letter at a time trying to make sure each are even.  I tried but some of my letters are not. 🙁

Here are the phases I choose for each set of books.

• HAPPINESS IS HOMEMADE.  Isn’t this phrase perfect for me?  Using white chalk paint
• TODAY TOMORROW ALWAYS.  Using elephant chalk paint
• ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.  Using elephant chalk paint

I sanded lightly after the paint dried on all the wording.  I added hot glue to the middle and

bottom book to keep them together.

Time to decorate my books.

For the set I gave to my son.  I used two different material ripping it into a ribbon.  Adding a thin ribbon with embellishments tied to the ends.

For the set I am giving to my daughter. I used a piece of lace, placed that around the books and ripped another strip of material, placed that on top of the lace.  Added a thin silver wire ribbon.

On the set I made for myself I used a knit lace, ribbon and twine with heart button embellishments.

My letters are not even or as clear as I would like.  I would suggest to use a stamp, vinyl wording or even buy premade lettering.  Both of my kids love their sets and don’t see all the errors I do.  Oh they do now because I pointed them all out. 🙂

I styled my son’s stacked books in his office.  It is adorable!  I am styling it with my DIY lantern.  If you missed that tutorial you can check that out here DIY BRUSH LANTERN.

I will share how we styled my daughter’s when we get her living room all completed.  If you missed our process of giving her living room a makeover on a budget you can check that out here LIVINGROOM MAKEOVER ON A BUDGET.

For my set I don’t know yet where I want it.  It could go on my hutch, on a shelf in my corner cabinet or in our bedroom.  Decisions….Decisions.

Or I can put it here.

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Now be sure to check out my friend’s Decorative books!