Book pages easter eggs

My sister saw my book pages wreath and said she was thinking about doing a book pages easter egg wreath.  the next day I saw this post!  Crazy!  Anyway I loved them, and I made about 35 eggs.  They turned out great!  I used some more dictionary pages left over from my book wreath and it created this stripe down the center, kind of funny.  Maybe I'll  used some music pages next time.

So what to do?  I already have a spring wreath for the season, so what should I do with all these eggs?  I can leave them like this as a centerpiece, or make them into a wreath, or I was also thinking about making a chain of eggs...  Any ideas?

Book pages wreath

I've been loving all the new craft blogs I've discovered and started following.  What great ideas and inspiration.  I have no idea who started this!  But it's all over the place!  So easy too, especially since I had everything I needed at my fingertips!


Book?  Check.  I had this old dictionary lying around.  Really with the internet who needs a dictionary?  AnywayI used my black stamp ink pad I blacked the outside edges. 

Hanger?  Check.  This was actually a surprise because I hate these wire hangers and thought I threw them all away.  I'll have to remember to hang onto a few because I have a few other craft projects that need wire hangers.


I was looking at the many different wreaths.  Folded paper, accordion style paper and rolled paper.  I decided I liked the rolled style the best.  So I start by rolling each page...


Then I fold up the bottom.  One to keep the point from getting in the way on the other side, but also to thicken up the base of the roll to keep it secure on the wire and keep the pages from sliding around on the wire wreath.


Stick the hanger though the papers.  I actually used a paperclip to start a hole, but a thumb tack would work well too.  I have a blister on the tip of my pointer finger from pushing the paperclip through the 6 layers of paper!


Slide  it around to the other side.  Keep going until...


You get back around to the other side.  Re-hook the hanger closed and then I bent down the hook so it didn't stick out above the paper rolls.


Finally hang it on the wall!  Back to my same old same old problem.  My lack of space in our half of my in-law's basement!  But I found an empty wall.  It's not the best place, simply because I can't see the wall, it's around the corner from the main living room, but it's up.  Someday I'll once again have my own space and can find a great place for it.  Most walls have low hanging vents from the heating system and I didn't want to risk hanging it low enough for my kids to destroy it.  It would take them less than a second I think!  Luckily I still have about half the dictionary left, so I can either make a gift for someone or fix mine if my kids find a way to reach it!  Anyway, I LOVE it!

Yearly Ornaments

Every year growing up my mom got us each a new ornament.  So when I got married I had 20+ ornaments to start my own tree.  So when I had kids we continued the tradition.  The first few years we bought them.  Then one year we were living in Japan for Christmas.  I not only didn't have a tree, but no where to look for ornaments.  Since I had gotten into origami while living in Japan I started looking around for a good design.  I decided to us 'Stiffy' to stiffen some fabric and use that instead of paper.  I found 30 different prints that I LOVED and got them.  Then I found this star origami instructions and fell in love.  I ended up folding about 60 stars and mailed 40 away to family members. 

Then I got into Crocheting and thread crocheting!  I found these great books on crochet snowflakes and made about 90 of them.  I did give quite a few away again.  I got them all done in one year, but didn't get around to stiffening them.  So the next year I got around to soaking them in 'Stiffy' and pinning them out to dry. 

I decided to stick with my star theme (there were some 5 pointed snowflakes...  it counts).  And found some inspiration in some wired ornaments.  I have to say I liked these when they were first done, but the next year when I pulled them out they were flattened and just not what I had envisioned when I planned them.  I think someday I'll try again with MUCH thicker wire for the outline and then wrap it tight instead of lose. 

I would love to get into ceramics more.  I'd love to throw vases and do glass blowing too!  Someday...  Anyway this was actually a craft through a church craft day (Super Saturday for those in the "know").  They were also a bit more expensive and time consuming so I only did 5 of these (one for each kid and one for my husband and I to share).  I'd love to go back and make more of these some day to add to the balance of my tree. 

Last year we were in the middle of yet another move as well as fixing our house to get it on the market so I didn't have time to make one, but I fell in LOVE with THESE and decided to buy them in honor of TX (where we were living at the time, I also have an AZ ornament from our years there).  And finally this year I decided to try my hand at Mod Podge for the first time!  Each side of these star's are different!  They were fun to make and turned out GREAT!  I used my Dremel to drill the holes.  I LOVE getting to use my dremel!

So now I'm already looking for inspiration for next year!  Any suggestions or ideas, remember it needs to have a STAR somewhere in the design!  I'm thinking of glass etching, or felt???  Help!!