5 Old Books & 200 Chapters Christmas Tree

Here is a Picture. 

A typical picture of my son and my 10 year old ward (whose mom is deployed) who are horsing around. Right behind my son "z" you could see half a pug. That's MA-kytah. Right next to MA-kytah is a Lightstring Tree. You know - the kind you put outside in your lawn during Christmas. Well........we don't have a yard as we live in an apartment so I am so thrilled to share with you what I did with this Lawn Lightstring Tree.

Do you wanna see?

Let's start at the bottom

Can you see what I used?

If you guessed pages from a book then you are correct

We are working our way up the tree which is pretty much how I was able to get those pages on by starting at the bottom.

Here we go.........up, up, up

To the top.  Isn't this grapevine star fabulous?  It was a thrift shop find at the Red Cross store in a town called Kusel, Germany.  Oh how I love thrifting.

And now a full view of the Lightstring Tree

My 10 year old ward and I worked on this tree together.  She called it the

5 Old Books & 200 Chapters Christmas Tree.

She is amazing because she counted every page we put on the tree and it came out to exactly 200 Chapters.  Not sure how many pages.  I guess at her age it's all about how many chapters she reads.

If you would like for me to show you how I put this tree together I would be happy to blog a tutorial.  Just leave a comment and let me know.

In the meantime take a look at the wooden Christmas tree from a previous post.

As soon as I finish the last crochet ornament I'm going to share this tree in my next blog.

 Oh - BTW

I love pugs and these little stuffed door stoppers sit nicely beneath our

5 Old Books & 200 Chapters Christmas Tree

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Tah-Tah For Now.

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Six Hundred Circles (Old Book Page Crafts)

I was blessed with a big box of old books.  There must have been at least fifty books consisting of both hard cover and paper back.  Before my book blessing I must say that I was really getting into doing things with old book pages.  I began with little paper bags.

Then I went on to doing paper roses after watching a YouTube video on how to make a Novel Wreath by Marzipan. 
And I made the wreath (after many many many attempts).

Ohhh what a beautiful wreath this became.

I just had to make more. 

Then I came across this wonderful blogger in Blog Land Ann @ Make The Best of Things.  She took wax paper and cut them into circles and made a light cover.  It replicates the capiz lamps that I remember seeing in homes in the 1970's.  I love the sound of a capiz lamp when the wind causes the circles to brush up against each other.  Oh so serene.

Anyway, I live on an Army Post and Army housing is..........well Army housing (smiling cheek to cheek here).  We have a pretty huge apartment and the lighting is adequate; however, fluorescent is just not my glow.  It makes my home feel so military, so classroom-y, or so office-y.

See how the light emits everywhere?  

So.......with Ann's tutorial - I took my big box of old books, a sewing machine, scissors, glue and I made me Ann's gorgeous strings of faux capiz but instead of using wax paper I used old book pages - at least Six Hundred Circles (and some).

I just love how the light is subtle when it emits through the paper yet spot lights the center of the dining table.

During the day it is just a masterpiece in my opinion (wink wink).

Sigh.............thank you Ann - this was so much fun to make.

Speaking of fun.........I made more book page paper roses and took this drabby, unattractive white clock

 and an old book from the big box of books

and made this:

Isn't the cast iron pug door stopper cute?

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I have been visiting lots of thrift shops in the little German towns around where I live.  I am so excited about what I have been finding and those bloggy blogs will be posted in the days to come.

In the meantime I joined my first blog party at Coastal Charm
who is hosting

And I'm a couple of days late in posting this Nifty Thrifty post on my book page chandalier, wreaths, and clock.  Sighing..........working the late shift is getting to me.


The second party I joined is happening at

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and I am having a lovely time visiting all the wonderful participants.

 The third party I joined is happening at

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