Do you have any old hardcover books that you no longer want? Maybe you have bought something like this from from a library book sale or yard sale, read it, and don’t want to keep it. If you do, I might have an environmentally friendly and perhaps chic option besides sending them to Goodwill: you can make yourself a purse! The link is from today’s How To list link of the day through iGoogle. If you make the purse as suggested and recycle the pages, you’ve got helped keep a book out of a landfill and have a permanent reminder of your reading experience.
I actually have some fun fabric hanging around and I’m planning on making one at some point this month. When I do, I’ll post my results. If you get a chance to make one yourself, send me a picture and I’ll post it with a link to your blog (if you have one). If I get enough entries, I just might make a contest out of it.
Okay, time out. Seriously??? This sounds awesome. I’m going to have to go and hunt for a good hard cover to do this with. Crazy.
I am going to try this. I might even do it while I’m in Las Vegas next week. If you want to wait until after I’ve made my attempt, that would be fine. I know I have plenty of old hardcovers that I could care less about. And since I love to do crafty things, this is right up my alley.
I’m definitely going to wait until you do it so you can point me to the difficult parts and tell me how to get around them. I also have a very crafty quilting book-loving friend in my office. I sent her to your post and I think she’s going to try it as well. I figure she can be my close-by trouble shooter.
Very clever. I don’t think I’m crafty enough to pull this one off. I’d love to see pictures though if you do one.