Here's a little tip for saving money on some unique artwork. I love thrift stores. I love sifting through and finding things I deem valuable or interesting or pretty in a junky setting. It's not for everyone but it is definitely a hobby of mine. I especially love to find old books. I knew I wanted to change our boys' room from an airplane theme to more of an outdoors theme when I took the crib down and our youngest officially moved into his "big bed". I probably change the "theme" of their rooms entirely too often, I admit. Anyway. I was on the lookout for some good pictures for their room and also for another room in our home. I ended up using this book for the boys' room and here is my technique.
First of all, this hardback 9x13 book was 25¢ so I knew that even if I totally messed it up, it wasn't too much of an investment! I scanned through it in the store and decided I liked several of the photos in it. Even at just a quarter, there is no reason to buy something unless you are fairly sure you'll use it.
I disassembled the book with my exacto I knife, taking care to be gentle and not rip pages.
Once I got the cover off, it looked like this:
I cut off the strings that bound the book and was left with single sheets of paper -- just what I was looking for.
Most of the pages I did not need to keep, so I went through and tossed out the pages I didn't plan to use for anything. I like to keep things I think I will need and find great satisfaction in discarding things that I know I will not use.
I just replaced the airplane photos that were already in these frames. The plane photos also came from a book--this was a different room, when I was pregnant with our middle son, so about 5 years ago. I moved these photos into a different room when the two youngest joined rooms. TMI...
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