Obession: Books - Part II, Books Cost too Much

Looking for my calendar giveaway on Bird Crafts?  It's here.

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 Okay... so much to do here today.  First of all... it's time for a giveaway winner!  

Random.org chose {drumroll, please}:

Congratulations Christina from Ruby Red Studio!  Please contact Megan to claim your prize.

If you didn't win... Megan still has a great offer for you.  

Order from Preppy Prints before Sunday {5/16/10} at midnight PST and mention my blog in the Message to Seller at checkout and Megan will refund $3.50 on your order... making the cost just $10 for your own Customized Digital Invitation!  Thanks Megan!

I will have a new giveaway starting next Tuesday, so be sure to check back.  

From now on my giveaways will be starting each Tuesday and running through Sunday, with winners announced each Monday.

Whew... now on to my regularly scheduled programming.

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"Books cost too much! That's why I opened Crown Books"

Anyone else remember that commercial from the 80's, or is it just me?  Just me?  Oh.

Well Brooke and I love to swap books and then pass them on to other friends, because that guy was right... books do cost too much. 

It got me to thinking that it would be fun to have a kind of book chain, where we passed the same book around to lots of friends, and had each person write a little review inside to pass along to the next person.

First of all, it had to be a good book worth passing along... right?

I took off the original cover, and cut out some key elements that the new book cover would need.

Then I decoupaged some fun paper onto the cover, along with those key elements.

Finally, I wrote my review on the inside cover.

You may want to spray the finished product with an acrylic clear finishing spray to keep it from being too tacky {and by tacky I mean sticky, not ugly... you'll have to keep yourself from making it ugly.} 

Does it make you want to read this book more?

You should want to read it anyway... it is excellent.

I think this would make a great gift for a book lover.  

And the best part is that because you are taking off the store cover... it will no longer have the price right on the gift!