So, I was inspired by the book spine Christmas trees that I've seen on Pinterest and in bloggie land. My imagination meandered about with book spines as a creative muse.....how about a flag?
The background is foam board decoupaged with antique book pages from a bible dated in the 1840's!
This bible was filled with family records of baptisms, births, weddings....it was so sad to see it at a flea market with no one to honor its history. I bought it, and have created a few projects from it including this cross.
The edges of the cross are decoupaged with pages from the 1840's bible.
But back to the book spine flag.....
I had no idea that white/beige book spines were so difficult to find! I ended up using tan/kaki book spines for some of the white stripes....check out some of the titles on the blue part...."Fathers of the Constitution," ...."American Government,".....quite appropriate! The "stars" are rhinestone buttons -- so fun!!
Then, of course, I had to bling it up a bit! The silver beading between the stripes and around the flag are from a vintage beaded gown....Then I added rhinestones on the sides! Aaahhh! I LOVE IT!!! The rhinestones are from vintage necklaces.....so pretty!
Well.....then what? Crystals and chains and keys, OH MY!! I added three swags of chandelier crystals, chains, and a vintage key at the bottom. How cool is that? Not your every day kind of flag, but it's so very interesting to look at.....(oh, my, I just ended a sentence in a preposition...)
Next post I'll share some patriotic banners I've made with vintage patriotic book covers!
Thanks for visiting this little corner of bloggieland!
Hugs, Catherine
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