Book Bracelet DIY

Not long ago I posted a beautiful book page bracelet on my FB page by the artists Lyske Gais and Lia Duinker. People went a NUTSO-BANANAS asking how to make one, so I did a little research and came up with a way to make something very similar.  FYI, Lyske and Lia's bracelet is bound like a real book which probably took them weeks and weeks to complete.  My version is a little less time consuming to create but it still took a while!  My suggestion is to hunker down in front of a good movie or two while you're preparing.  As always, have fun, be creative, make stuff!  

xoxo, Mark

You'll need tons and tons of tiny pages.....Did I say tons?  I meant TONS!

Don't forget to make your favorite book cover for the ends!

Not that's a big ass book bracelet!

See how it's put together here!

Stuff You'll Need

Leather

Scissors

Velcro

E-6000 Glue

Copied and reduced book covers

Cereal box cardboard

Clothespins

Book pages

Ruler

White glue

Cut a long strip of leather that is 1 1/4" wide and 1" longer than your wrist measurement

Mark 1" at the end of the strip

Cut at least 500 mini book pages that are 1 1/4" x 2" 

*You will be folding the 2" pages in half creating a 1 1/4" x 1" book

Fold 10 pages at a time to get the crease

Line them up one by one and hold them together with a clothespin

*You'll need as many of these as it takes to circle your wrist

Add E-6000 glue to the folds and glue them on the rough side of the leather

Keep pages upright with a wood block on each side so the dry properly

Keep glueing book pages along the entire strip except for the 1" at the end

Cut a 1" x 1 1/4" piece of cardboard

Glue your book cover to it to create a mini hardcover for the bracelet

Glue the covers to each end with more E-6000

Add Velcro on the 1" overlap to close the bracelet once it's filled with book pages.

Julie rocking her book bracelet!

The original by Lyske and Lia.....Just beautiful!