Make Dust Jackets for Your Vintage Books

I love to decorate with vintage books,  and the bigger the better...lol!    Sometimes the cover on an older book is damaged or just plain boring,    so I decided to cover a few of mine with a pretty dust cover.

The vintage book that I am making a dust cover for today is a Dictionary that is about  5" thick   ( Putting a dust cover on your books will really help to keep them clean and prolong their life.)

I made my dust cover from some left over wallpaper.    I used the pattern that I remembered from covering my books in school,  but there are lots of good tutorials on the internet that you could also use.
  Anyone remember back in the day   .....the teacher would hand out pre-made covers to put on your book....you would fold on the dotted lines.... use scotch tape to hold it all together.....write your name on the cover.....doodle your boyfriends name.....

I found this pretty package of goodies at HL.     The roses, butterflies, heart, and tag are all on sticky tape and can be placed wherever you want them......these pieces give  the book cover a 3D look.     All the Paper Studio is half price this week,  so it was only $1.25.  
 I sprayed the back of my paper with glue and carefully laid it on the top of my pink striped book cover.

I displayed my new book on the serving station that H made from a broken head/foot board

I added a few more pink accessories to the vignette.....

This is my Jim Shore Easter basket that you may remember from a "bundle" that I bought at the auction last summer.

I did a post yesterday showing you the sideboard after H completed it.     I have now Pennyfied it with some pink.....ahhhhh....much better!

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