Vintage Look Book Covers

Remember making book covers in school out of paper bags?  They are still very versatile.  

Here I have taken book covers and Mod Podged them to become accents in your decor or props for Halloween.  Idea was taken from the potions lab set decor in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Supplies:

Scissors

tape

brown craft paper or a paper bag

book for guide to cover

drawing paper

Mod Podge

rope 

glue

Mocha glaze

You first unroll your craft paper and cut to fit with 3-4 inches extra top and bottom.

Here you will fold the paper to exactly fit the vertical exterior cover of the book.

Fold in the cover to make the tabs.  You may or may not use tape, the fold in the tab would hold it in place.

Here is a finished book cover.

Now, I am taping a rope and cutting it the width of the book to give it a mock leather binding.

I just glued it right on the edge of the book cover with regular school glue.

 

Next, I took a sheet of paper from a drawing pad and crumpled it up.

 

 I covered the book cover with Mod Podge and I am applying the paper and I will then cover the paper with Mod Podge.

 

 

The rope has to be worked with when you apply the paper and Mod Podge.  The paper around the rope will tear and I applied a second layer of paper to get the coverage I wanted.   I let the Mod Podge dry on the book cover. 

And the final step was to lay out the book cover and apply a glaze that gave it the aged and worn appearance.  I used Valspar Mocha Glaze, any craft glaze will do.

 

The finished product is the look of an aged book for your shelf.  

I will link to these sites, please go over and see all of the great ideas in decorating there.

White Wednesday at Faded Charm

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Show and Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design