Monday, July 15, 2013

Musing Monday...First, Get a Book and a Knife..


Monday=Musing
And a stop over at  Should Be Reading to check out this weeks other Musings!


Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!

• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!


I have a little craft project, of a bookish nature, to present to you.
OK, I warn you that this post may cause some of you actual physical pain.
Nausea.
I know it did when the idea was first presented to me.

But then I got over it.
Pretty much.
 

The Niece texted me last week and asked if I had a few books I could give her to deface.
Yes, that is the word she used and it is accurate.
Deface.
But see what you will get above?

Just a few books standing up, you say?

No, in fact, it is a clever storage device, perfect to hide, as the Niece needed to do, a router and all those nasty, ugly wires and blinking lights on a bookshelf.
Look, she even cut out a little door for the wires...cute.
Of course, you could use it to hide all sorts of other things on a bookshelf too.
And your cat might enjoy trying to get in there.

 
Yes, OK, it does require the destruction of a few books.
It also requires an Exacto knife and a hot glue gun.
Which does still make me a little weak.
And I do not mean the glue gun or the exacto knife.

But, if you have the stomach for it, for a more detailed explanation, HERE is the web site with some nice pics and step-by-step instructions.
You might notice, if you look closely that the Niece added some pieces between the books at the top to make it even a little more sturdy. And the little 'doorway'.
Love those hot glue guns!!

14 comments:

  1. This is a neat idea. Especially if you find some good cheap books at the library sales or the thrift store!! Love it
    Angie
    Angela's Anxious Life

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    1. true, yes, it is easy to get some very cheap books...don't use the good ones. but it is still rather painful to me. ;-)

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  2. It is a great idea, I love it. I would make sure not to use any good books though! Have a happy day!

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  3. That is a great way to camouflage an unsightly router. I'm glad ours is hidden in a closet so I won't have to deface any books.

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  4. very clever! i thought as i began to read that Niece was going to do/make a collage .. what do they call them when you take an old book and add to/collage the existing pages ... Altered Books .. thats what its called .. check out http://theartofthebook.blogspot.com/2007/05/cbas-study-group-alice-baltermans.html

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  5. What a wonderful idea for those books that are falling apart! I have pinned this post!

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  6. What a neat idea. I think I could handle "defacing" a few old books for a good purpose.

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  7. It is a clever idea. Perhaps if the book also had a little damage, was spilled on or missing pages, then I would feel better about 're-purposing' it.

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  8. That's a cool way to hide the ugly wires. Nice.

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  9. A neat idea and there are always books you don't like or want. I mused on Street Teams. Come over and check it out. Click here to go to Mixed Book Bag

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  10. It's an original idea. But I think I don't have the stomach to do that to my own books. I would have to get some old books.

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