I attended a “Blind Date with a Book” event last month, and one of the activities was learning how to make paper roses out of book pages. I had a book fall apart on me years ago and I kept the pages. Finally had something to do with them!
I used water colors to paint front and back, then folded, cut, assembled.
I should have taken some in-progess pics but didn’t think of it. Here’s a practice one
Its so pretty and was perfectly colored for the Sunshine & Rainbows swap. I love it when you can see the text from book pages on projects. It’s so a nostalgic feeling for me.
@wendiek Everyone brought at least one gently used book they loved, wrapped it, wrote a genre and brief synopsis, some just had ? for a true mystery.
The hostess had snacks, cupcakes, cookies, etc. Sparkling cider, wine, lemonaid, tea (she went all out). Then there was a meet n greet, most were her friends/family/coworkers but some were strangers.
Everyone got a raffle ticket per book to enter a raffle drawing. She had 2 raffle baskets with a book, a candle, a coffee mug, a bookmark, a “what to read next?” Jar which included suggestions like “purple cover” “starts with an S” type suggestions (reach in, grab a piece of paper, do what it says). I won one of the baskets.
As for the books: everyone got to pick one book per book they brought. But some used the opportunity to get rid of lots of books so those who wanted more books could get more. Then we took turns unwrapping like Xmas and sharing.
Oooh that sounds and looks so wonderful and fun! What a great idea!
I am going to suggest a smaller version of this to a few co-workers of mine to do with the kids they teach. I teach the kindergarden, so they don’t read themselves yet
@EclecticDreamer thanks for answering and posting pics! I am glad I asked, really fun!
This is beautiful! I especially love how you did the leaves and how they look like they have “folds” on them.
Thank you for sharing the information about the " blind date with a book" event! That sounds like so much fun! I might suggest a version of it for the programming department at my library
Cool as a cucumber, this project is featured this week! 
