Today we have a guest post (and guest giveaway!) from Deb Lacy of the fabulous Mystery Playground blog. Deb has great posts (I’m particularly fond of her speakeasy-themed ones). If you’re looking for vintage mystery covers, speakeasies around the nation, reviews, or just an all-around good time, I highly recommend checking it out.
I love books of all kinds so a few crafty friends and set out to make little book earrings. They are pretty easy to make and all of the directions are below. They make a great activity for a book club (if your book club is crafty) or fun and different holiday gifts. But if you don’t want to make them yourself, I’m giving away the pair at left to one lucky winner!
What you need:
1) Miniature books (I got mine from Hobby Lobby online)
2) Glue
3) Gold marker
4) Print outs of pulp covers (you can use the Mystery Playground Pinterest board for mystery covers, just shrink them to 25% when you print them in color.
5) Earring hooks. You need two hooks for each book earring for a total of four per pair. (You need one to glue inside the book to attach it and one for the actual earring.)
6) Wire cutters
7) Scissors to cut out the book covers from the Pinterest page
Step One:
Print your color covers from Pinterest and then cut them out. I used my pulp fiction cover Pinterest board and printed them out at 25% of normal size. Some of the covers weren’t the right size, so we just used the ones that were.
Step Two:
Glue the book covers onto the little books.
Step Three:
Take the gold marker and cover the page ends of the books so it looks like an old book with gold leaf.
Step Four:
Snip an earring hook with wire cutters and glue it into the book.
Step Five:
Assemble the earrings: this just involves connecting the earring hook in the book. I like to add a few beads using a wire wrapping technique.
And your book earrings are all done.
But, as I said, just in case you’re too busy to do these yourself, Deb’s kindly agreed to give a pair to one lucky winner! The perfect thing to wear to your next book night or conference!
I want to make a pair of earrings, but winning them would be even better. Eager to wear them.
These have to be my favorite so far. Deb is very crafty.
Okay so, would Deb Lacy please stop being so smart and talented? Not that I’m jealous. . .
Right, I know? She’s annoying me with her awesome now. Make her stop.
You guys are too funny!
I love book earrings and have had several pairs. I always get comments on them.
I love miniatures and these are adorable. Have no book earrings so these would be wonderful to own. Not so sure I’d have the patience to make them but I do love to bead. I don’t have a personal computer or a color printer so I’d have to go somewhere else to make them up, but thanks for the directions. This might be a good project for our crafts class.
So cute! For me!!!
Very cool. 🙂
Thanks everyone! Just stopped by to say hi!.
These are pretty sweet!!
These are great! If I had time I would make several pair for my Bookclub.
For me.
I do like them, but they might have to be for a friend. 😉 (After I told her about them, that is.) Not sure I’d make them. I crochet some, even knit a bit, but I don’t know about glue. 😉
Very cute! I love earrings but : with all these allergies my ears just explode. [Hahahah TMI. It’s because it’s 2 AM. That’s my excuse.]
WOULD LIKE TO WIN FOR MY SISTER. I WEAR CLIPS MYSELF! THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY!
The earrings are great. My DIL would love them! Thanks.
LOVE the earrings! Thanks for the giveaway!