Holiday Reminder

Please drive safe, Paige reminds me texting and driving can be dangerous!

Table Runner

Condisering the dining room was one of the first rooms I started with when we purchased our home, you would think after living in our home for 7 months it would be finished right? Oh ye of too much faith! Im trying, really I am. But life has a funny way of getting in the way.  I was however able to finish a project to make my table purdy, which was then promptly covered over by stuff from another project. That's besides the point though, the point is Im slowly getting closer, I can put a check mark next to one of my 10,482 projects on my list of things to do. Ya! 

If I haven't mentioned it before in my dining room my plan is to use old letters and books, news clippings and things to give it a slightly vintage feel. I happened to fall in love with this old book at an antique store one day and thought of a wonderful way to use it. 

I purchased some basic contact paper from Walmart, the color or pattern wont matter, I actually grabbed this particular pattern because it was the cheapest at only $2 a roll

For those of you book lovers you may want to avert your eyes, a lovely book was harmed in the process. But in all fairness it was already falling out of its binding and I do have a plan for the rest of the book that was not used for this project.  

May you rest in peace.

Should we have a moment of silence?

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Ok, I started out by cutting and measuring my contact paper. Or I guess I should say measuring and cutting...

The measurements are totally up to you, if you want a fat table runner or an extra long one its up to you, and of course the dimensions of your table play a factor as well.  Once you figure out the size you want just cut the contact paper, lay it right side down and remove the paper backing.  Take your lovely pages you ripped out and start laying them down on the sticky side of your paper. I wanted mine to look a little half-hazard and random.  I started from the two ends and started working my way in, layering and pressing the pages down to the paper for a firm hold. 

I was thinking as I made this that it would look great with song book pages or even old books with pictures. This is my "Finished" project. I say it with quotation marks because for now it is done as far as Im concerned. To make this a longer lasting and more usable craft project I plan on covering the top with a sheet of clear contact paper.  This way I will be able to wipe it clean whenever life's little messes end up all over it.  I was having a hard time finding clear contact paper at the time of this project so its been sidelined for the moment.

Time spent on this project: about 15 minutes