Lights, Camera, PROPS!

PROPS...I love props for the home and for my shop. 

For my online shop, I need lighting, a camera and lots of props. One can never have too many props!

So today, I had the urge to do some crafting to make some props.
I have plenty of books and thought some of them could use a makeover.

Well, first of all I need some books. 

I chose three. And I need some supplies. I dug up a few.

I have some antique love letters and postcards so I laid them out on my printer 

and copied them onto some aged looking paper.

This is what it looked like. I didn't need the whole sheet done as I'll be using a smaller book.

I decoupaged this sheet onto the cover of a small book. I did not remove the binding of any of the books I worked with as I needed them sturdy so they can stand on their own. 

For the second book, I took a piece of burlap and also decoupaged it to the outside cover and then trimmed off excess giving it a ragged edge.

The third book had a book jacket that was brown in color on the inside so I just turned it inside out. I had some old lace that I sprayed adhesive onto and placed it onto the brown book jacket.

These would look good on their own, but I wanted a bundle. 

So I played with my supplies until I found the look that I wanted.

Shabby...

Romantic...

Cottage sweet...

And a bit of farmhouse flair! And there ya have it!
If you want another version of altered books, hop on over to visit Carol at The Polka Dot Closet!

She is one of my favorite crafters and her books are pickin' cool!

My pickin' best to you all,

Cindy
Old Time Pickers Shop

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