I've never even seen these trees. How lovely! It's Jan 2023 now. This is when I plan arts and crafts activities for the year. We have a cute little retirement cottage with no room for arts and crafts. I gather all my activities and do them on my shaded patio in spring and summer. I'll soon be making a trip to Salvation Army and pick up some books for trees!
This brought back memories from my childhood of making book trees out of Reader’s Digests and painting them. We also glued macaroni on them and my mom spray painted the trees.
Wow 😮 fantastic 🎄🦋🧚🏻♂️🧚♀️ great ideas ,I loved it.i have my book 📚 ,good for children 👶 I will try it .thank you so much for sharing your beautiful paper Christmas 🎄,.🦋🙏
Oh my gosh, Linda! You just took me back about 40 years! When I was in 3rd grade we used Readers Digests to make Christmas trees and angels! After folding the pages, our teacher sprayed them (I don't think she trusted 3rd graders with this part) the colors that we requested. My mom saved my sister's and my projects for years and years. Thanks for sharing this idea; it brought back fond memories.
I went to a book folding class at my library about a year ago and made a piece that said JOY. I can't wait to pull that out for my Christmas decor. I also folded a Christmas tree, made a heart for my adult daughter for St. Valentine's Day, and a sailboat for my mom's birthday. These all had patterns found on Etsy. I am so glad I took advantage of that class since they can't have it this year. It really is a relaxing craft and a nice way to repurpose old books. Thank you for sharing 💗
I remember making poinsettia with the old punch cards (I forget what you call them) but mom would bring home a box of them and we would make wreaths and poinsettia flowers spray paint or she would have glue and glitter and let us have fun for the holidays. So much fun and memories. Thank you for reminding me of those memories
Thanks for sharing this idea.....like most we made trees with old books when we were childern, but I love the idea of clipping and shreading... looks very natural and I think better...
I love this tree! I took an actual workshop at my local library on book folding crafts. There are endless patterns for creating nearly anything by folding book pages. I really like the rustic organic look of yours!
Thank you I just watched you New England Christmas and asked about your tree. It is really great. You might put it in the window to let the sun yellow it. It'll yellow with age anyway.
Great project. TYFS. If you have some heavy gauge floral wire you could make wreaths or smaller ornaments in any shape you desire and hot glue some cinnamon sticks or star anise around. You could also tie strips of fabric around the wire or wrap the wire with fabric or yarn. Thrift or recycle an old plaid shirt or sweater or use some ribbon you have.Stay safe and healthy everyone ❤️Happy Holidays
Thanks for this great share, Linda! I have some old books and I hate to throw them away, this is a great alternative and also makes a unique Tree! Have a happy day, friend!
Saw this in your video when you created your lovely pine cone tree and had to see how you managed to get such a lovely effect on a folded book page tree. I think it is gorgeous and will try to do one too. Always looking for new ideas. Thank you.
Love your videos! Have always been intrigued with New England! An added bonus are the gorgeous sunsets you include! Happy holidays from Subscribed in SC!!!
I absolutely loved this, you have a beautiful gift of decorating and making us laugh , the dog tree topper caught me off guard, and I really needed a laugh today. again thank you Linda and god bless.
I have a Bathroom Book of Great Literature we have read and cannot donate (it was in the bathroom). So I will do what you did with this book (500+ pages). I started 3 days ago. I used scissors, pinking shears, a rotary cutter, and sandpaper. Not as leafy or as gorgeous as the two you made for sure! I went to bed at 5:20 am this morning and my floor is not carpet and is covered in the tiniest of scraps from the paper. I painted the sycamore balls with Craftsmart classic gilding, and I am going to hotglue the sycamore balls on the book. This morning, the day after Thanksgiving, I took a small magazine and did the same process with scissors (no rotary cutter, sandpaper or pinking shears!) and was finished in 30 minutes instead of days! I was not so proud of my 500+ page book. It felt like 1000 pages, and it does not look as beautiful as your books at all. Maybe I will make one more with 200 pages. . . .
I too made one of these as a young girl. Mine was spray painted gold and had a wooden angels head and wings for Christmas. My mother kept that thing for at least 20 years. Lol. I like yours better. 😄
Many thanks for sharing your book tree project! I love how they turned out, and want to add to my 2020 Christmas decor projects. (I have a few discarded books which will come in handy.)
I think these are beautiful in their own unique way, so rustic; yet elegant!😍 I love the tattered look! Now... Off to the Goodwill for a book haul!😊 Blessings, Vancouver, Washington State🌲
Awesome tree, it gorgeous.. I was one that made my tree from Readers Digest. But this puts a whole new spin on a book tree and absolutely I'm going to try your way, thanks..
Love this, I have to say, this video was so satisfying to watch, the transformation, amazing! I love the look of the paper trees with the plates, it’s as if they go together. Well done! 👍🎄⛄️🛷❄️❤️
Very nice!! Crafting is all about trial and error! I have had of my most successful craft's by doing something, thinking there's no way this is going to look good and in the end l have love how it turned out. 🙂🍁
That’s the part that I’m on is fluffing and I used a book that was over 300 pages.. my hand is so sore.. lol.. but I was just cutting the fold. I actually folded the that bottom tip up under the flap.. but it will take me long time ( hoping my hands hold up) thank you I love it..
Thank you so much for providing the name of the music in this video. It is, indeed, the tune I asked you about after an earlier video. I hope you will continue to provide the music names, as I seem to share your taste!
Hello Linda, I watch all your videos and enjoy every one of them. Please let me know what brand of watch you wear. I would love to have one. Thanks Julia
Hi Linda, I started making a tree last night from a book of about 128 pages. I had no problems with the first two steps of folding and trimming the tabs at the bottom, and cutting off the page folds, but I can't get the tree to fluff up like yours. I was quite rough with it (maybe the paper in mine is a bit stiffer?) and at the end sprayed it with water. It has since dried and looks the same. It looks ok but I'm wondering if maybe you made the cuts you made to the pages were a bit differently? Is there a way you could post either a short video or just a series of photos showing how you cut those pages? You could just use a folded piece of paper instead of making another tree. I am going to teach this project to a group of middle school Girl Scouts this weekend and want my protype to be perfect. Plus, I just want a beautiful tree for myself!
I've never even seen these trees. How lovely! It's Jan 2023 now. This is when I plan arts and crafts activities for the year. We have a cute little retirement cottage with no room for arts and crafts. I gather all my activities and do them on my shaded patio in spring and summer. I'll soon be making a trip to Salvation Army and pick up some books for trees!
Fantastic! Enjoy the fun!
Me either! They are so cool! Gonna have to try it bcuz I have tons of books that I was going to throw out.
Love the warning!! ! So neat, thanks for sharing, yours is much more beautiful than the usual book tree.🤩🤩🤩
This brought back memories from my childhood of making book trees out of Reader’s Digests and painting them. We also glued macaroni on them and my mom spray painted the trees.
Wow 😮 fantastic 🎄🦋🧚🏻♂️🧚♀️ great ideas ,I loved it.i have my book 📚 ,good for children 👶 I will try it .thank you so much for sharing your beautiful paper Christmas 🎄,.🦋🙏
I can't say it enough how much I LOVE your videos!
The paper trees go perfect with the beautiful plate🦋
What a cute idea. I will be making these for the girls in my book club.
Love this idea! A few years back I used a book and made a wreath! I am going to try this. It's a great idea,
Well that certainly is different. Pretty.
Oh my gosh, Linda! You just took me back about 40 years! When I was in 3rd grade we used Readers Digests to make Christmas trees and angels! After folding the pages, our teacher sprayed them (I don't think she trusted 3rd graders with this part) the colors that we requested. My mom saved my sister's and my projects for years and years. Thanks for sharing this idea; it brought back fond memories.
I love the really shaggy tree. It is fabulous.
Oh my! You really took that book tree to another level!! It’s really beautiful!! ❤️. THANK YOU!!❤️❤️
You are so welcome! It was a fun project to do
Our village library always puts up book trees like this for the holidays! So glad to know how to make them myself.
That is the coolest tree ever! I just bought an old paperback today and the pages are already tea stained...Can't wait to get started! ThanQ🎄🎄🎄
This was beautiful. I watch it with my Mom it remind it her when she was a little girl . My Mom and I have a project. Thank you Linda.
Wow amazing ideal, I love how this tree came out. I love it’s❤️❤️❤️
I made book trees as a young girl and the book tree had to be painted for the Christmas Holiday. Thank you for sharing your project details.
We made these and the Angels for our Church Christmas Bazaar . Such fond memories .
Great idea I’ll be making mine tonight while I watch TV. Thank you
Имеет место быть!!! Необычно,но красиво!!! Спасибо
That is so creative I have to try that thanks again have a good night God bless.
😂😂😂😂love the warning!
So cool, but it takes patience I don't have. Thanks for the demo!
You’re so creative and prolific, I’m full of admiration. 🤩
We use to made them when in the 60s in boys scouts . Enjoyed the video brought back good memories
I really like the trees, especially after you have cut and fluffed them. I remember my grandmother making them.
The trees turned out beautiful and matched your plate. I love the sunsets 🌅 and music you add to your videos always calming to watch thank you 🌞
I remember this also with Readers Digest. You have a creative spirit without limiting yourself to strict parameters.
I went to a book folding class at my library about a year ago and made a piece that said JOY. I can't wait to pull that out for my Christmas decor. I also folded a Christmas tree, made a heart for my adult daughter for St. Valentine's Day, and a sailboat for my mom's birthday. These all had patterns found on Etsy. I am so glad I took advantage of that class since they can't have it this year. It really is a relaxing craft and a nice way to repurpose old books. Thank you for sharing 💗
Loved the video Linda. Thank you. Love your creativity and your home is very beautiful. You are an inspiration. 💗
I realized we did do this as children but completely forgot about it ! Love this and will have fun doing this as well again !
These are absolutely beautiful!
I remember making poinsettia with the old punch cards (I forget what you call them) but mom would bring home a box of them and we would make wreaths and poinsettia flowers spray paint or she would have glue and glitter and let us have fun for the holidays. So much fun and memories. Thank you for reminding me of those memories
Had a giggle with this one, personally i like the dog as a topper! Keep posting your wonderful and witty videos.
So cute, love the paper trees!!
It's taking our childhood book trees into adulthood! Definitely going to make a few of these!
Thanks Linda......I love this tutorial
Those are so adorable. 👏💚🌲❤
Thanks for sharing what you learned along the way with both your books. They're both beautiful!
Lovely and very pretty, especially with the color of the pretty plate behind. Thank you Linda, so inspiring👍
Loving the Christmas Trees, great projects.
I like the earthy colors and the textures.
TUFS
I love love this tree!
Love this! It would be a perfect Christmas decoration in my library! Going to try it for sure.
Love this!!!! Thank you!!!!💖👵🦋🎄
Thank you for showing us what you have done! I might have to try this!
Thanks for sharing this idea.....like most we made trees with old books when we were childern, but I love the idea of clipping and shreading... looks very natural and I think better...
Fun and clever.
I absolutely loved the tutorial! Thank you so much!
Thanks Linda ! I just finished my paper tree ! Just figuring out what to top it with ! Then tomorrow make a little smaller one !
Wonderful!!!!! Have fun!
Can’t wait to try this, thanks for sharing!
So clever.
Thank you Linda, your videos are so interesting, I will be making a few of those book trees.. catching up on all your videos.
Very clever.
This tree is so cool. I really like it😊
Just beautiful Linda, nice job! 📖🎄
Great idea
Cool!!!
You are so creative...I love your style and your videos..Dee
Can't wait to try it! Thank you for sharing it . Your trees are beautiful.
I just came across your channel and I love the rugged look! Thank you! Merry Christmas ❤
I love this tree! I took an actual workshop at my local library on book folding crafts. There are endless patterns for creating nearly anything by folding book pages. I really like the rustic organic look of yours!
Thank you I just watched you New England Christmas and asked about your tree. It is really great. You might put it in the window to let the sun yellow it. It'll yellow with age anyway.
Amazing, That reminded me I made a christmas tree last Christmas out of a book. I will get to see it again very soon. xx
Love it! Thank you for sharing and inspiration!
Great project. TYFS. If you have some heavy gauge floral wire you could make wreaths or smaller ornaments in any shape you desire and hot glue some cinnamon sticks or star anise around. You could also tie strips of fabric around the wire or wrap the wire with fabric or yarn. Thrift or recycle an old plaid shirt or sweater or use some ribbon you have.Stay safe and healthy everyone ❤️Happy Holidays
Gotta try it!!
Thanks for this great share, Linda! I have some old books and I hate to throw them away, this is a great alternative and also makes a unique Tree! Have a happy day, friend!
Fabulous ‼️
Saw this in your video when you created your lovely pine cone tree and had to see how you managed to get such a lovely effect on a folded book page tree. I think it is gorgeous and will try to do one too. Always looking for new ideas. Thank you.
Love your videos! Have always been intrigued with New England! An added bonus are the gorgeous sunsets you include! Happy holidays from Subscribed in SC!!!
Love it !
So lovely!
Thank you! 😊
I absolutely loved this, you have a beautiful gift of decorating and making us laugh , the dog tree topper caught me off guard, and I really needed a laugh today. again thank you Linda and god bless.
I have a Bathroom Book of Great Literature we have read and cannot donate (it was in the bathroom). So I will do what you did with this book (500+ pages). I started 3 days ago. I used scissors, pinking shears, a rotary cutter, and sandpaper. Not as leafy or as gorgeous as the two you made for sure! I went to bed at 5:20 am this morning and my floor is not carpet and is covered in the tiniest of scraps from the paper. I painted the sycamore balls with Craftsmart classic gilding, and I am going to hotglue the sycamore balls on the book. This morning, the day after Thanksgiving, I took a small magazine and did the same process with scissors (no rotary cutter, sandpaper or pinking shears!) and was finished in 30 minutes instead of days! I was not so proud of my 500+ page book. It felt like 1000 pages, and it does not look as beautiful as your books at all. Maybe I will make one more with 200 pages. . . .
I posted on Twitter. @Fairchar1.
Love your version!! I have made the folded pages before but you have taken it to the next level. I am definitely going to try it!!
I too made one of these as a young girl. Mine was spray painted gold and had a wooden angels head and wings for Christmas. My mother kept that thing for at least 20 years. Lol. I like yours better. 😄
Love it! 💚🖤💚
Many thanks for sharing your book tree project! I love how they turned out, and want to add to my 2020 Christmas decor projects. (I have a few discarded books which will come in handy.)
From Uk ❤️
Love this!
Thank you!
I think these are beautiful in their own unique way, so rustic; yet elegant!😍 I love the tattered look!
Now... Off to the Goodwill for a book haul!😊
Blessings,
Vancouver, Washington State🌲
Thank you so much !!!
I love that ❤️
Love this
thank you, it was fun!
Awesome tree, it gorgeous.. I was one that made my tree from Readers Digest. But this puts a whole new spin on a book tree and absolutely I'm going to try your way, thanks..
This is do pretty...
Love this, I have to say, this video was so satisfying to watch, the transformation, amazing! I love the look of the paper trees with the plates, it’s as if they go together. Well done!
👍🎄⛄️🛷❄️❤️
Loving this. I think I may try it.and I will not paint mjne. I know some like the painted ones
Cool.....👍🏻
New sub…absolutely beautiful tree!!
We used Sears catalogs to make door stops! 😀
I think I would add some snow and maybe a pearl or two.
Very nice!!
Crafting is all about trial and error!
I have had of my most successful craft's by doing something, thinking there's no way this is going to look good and in the end l have love how it turned out.
🙂🍁
You did a great job!!✨
Nice
What a cute idea! I’ve never seen this before......do you have any more ideas?
That’s the part that I’m on is fluffing and I used a book that was over 300 pages.. my hand is so sore.. lol.. but I was just cutting the fold. I actually folded the that bottom tip up under the flap.. but it will take me long time ( hoping my hands hold up) thank you I love it..
I'm so glad you had fun with it!
Thank you so much for providing the name of the music in this video. It is, indeed, the tune I asked you about after an earlier video. I hope you will continue to provide the music names, as I seem to share your taste!
Wonderful! Sometimes when I go back to find questions I can't find them. I'm glad you got your answer! :-)
Got the tag.
Hello Linda, I watch all your videos and enjoy every one of them. Please let me know what brand of watch you wear. I would love to have one. Thanks Julia
Hi Linda, I started making a tree last night from a book of about 128 pages. I had no problems with the first two steps of folding and trimming the tabs at the bottom, and cutting off the page folds, but I can't get the tree to fluff up like yours. I was quite rough with it (maybe the paper in mine is a bit stiffer?) and at the end sprayed it with water. It has since dried and looks the same. It looks ok but I'm wondering if maybe you made the cuts you made to the pages were a bit differently? Is there a way you could post either a short video or just a series of photos showing how you cut those pages? You could just use a folded piece of paper instead of making another tree. I am going to teach this project to a group of middle school Girl Scouts this weekend and want my protype to be perfect. Plus, I just want a beautiful tree for myself!
They look beautiful! I love the pine cone tree. Did you make that?