For months I have searched for a great paper project but only now did I find the right one. While reading some of my favorite blogs, I spotted a beautiful mirror made with pages from old books.
The blog had a great tutorial, but of course I can't find it now.
Here are the steps:
1. I started by cutting out two cardboard circular shapes, one large and one medium. For the small circle, I used a phone book cover.
2. For the large circle, I rolled pages from a standard sized novel and secured it with a dab of hot glue. For the medium circle, I cut the pages in half, rolled them up, and also secured it with hot glue. 3. Before gluing the paper tubes to the cardboard, I attached a hook to the large cardboard. For this, I cut out a 6 inch piece from a wire hanger and attached it to the cardboard with glue. I ran the wire through the cardboard, made a loop, and glued it for extra support.
4. Once all the paper tubes were complete, I glued the large paper tubes to the perimeter of the large circle. The same applied to the smaller tubes and medium circle.
5. For the black trim around the mirror, I printed an image of a scalloped circle, transferred the shape to the phone book cover, and pray painted the paper with black paint before gluing the mirror.
6. Once all the parts were complete, I stacked them on top of each other and applied loads of glue. I love the end result and the simplicity of the project.
