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Some of you noticed the Accordion Music Paper Wreath on the doors to my office when it was featured.  My apologies for taking so long to get a post out about it.

This is the easiest and most fun project that could be done in a million ways.

Here is what you will need:

1.  A Cereal Box {you will use this for stability only so it can be any cardboard}

2. Hot Glue/Hot Glue Gun

3. Music Pages/Book Pages/Pretty Paper/Grocery Bags…your choice {this time I will use an old Atlas}

4. An adornment for the center of your wreath {I used a chipboard covered with music paper for the two on my office door but you can use anything…flowers, broach, photo, etc. and this time I will use scrap fabric circles}

5. Something to hang it with {I used a partial bead board piece for my office and this time I will use Blue Ribbon}

6. You may want glitter, ribbon, etc.

STEP 1:

Accordion fold your paper.  You can fold several pages at the same time to save time on this step, then separate and re-press the folds.  Do it as thick as you would like.  The more pages used, the thicker and substantial the wreath circle.  I took out the staples from the Atlas and folded the full 2-page spreads.  I used 10 qty 2-page Atlas spreads for the outer wreath…folding about 1-1 1/2 inch folds.

STEP 2:

Glue the Accordions together in a row.

Glue to ends together to make a circle.

  Flatten your circle and glue to the cardboard {I use TONS of glue on the wording side of the cereal box so the wording side gets covered}

STEP 3:

Repeat for a smaller circle.  To make a smaller circle, I made the accordions like in Step 1 but then cut them in half, then glued the halves together before making the circle.

Glue the smaller circle on cardboard too.

 Glue this on top of the big circle.

STEP 4:

Glue your adornment to the middle.  This time I took 4 pieces of leftover fabric circles and folded them in half, then half again…gluing all the way to themselves and each other.  Eventually they made a cool flower-like adornment. Then I glued the heck out of it onto the wreath.

STEP 5:

Attach it all to your hanging choice.  I just glued the Blue Ribbon on the Cereal Box on the back.

I have some books laying around that my hubby and kids are in the middle of reading.  While selling the house, why not make ‘em pretty!!?!!

It is easiest to use heavy-duty Wrap paper or even backs of grocery bags.

First I traced the actual size of the book on the inside of the pretty paper, making sure to “roll” the book to include the spine space.

When I cut it out, I cut an extra few inches to the width to be able to fold into the covers.  We are basically creating a dust-cover for the books.  Once you place the book in the middle of the paper, just tuck inside.

This is a great way to spice up any space, hide things and can be used for giving books as gifts too.

You could add stickers to the spine with the name of the book, you can add a ribbon to a stack or nothing at all.

Fun decor, simple and easy-peasy!!