I saw this tutorial for bookends and I immediately thought of scrapbook paper. The colors in this kit were so gorgeous, so I decided to give it a try. This project is so simple you won’t believe it.

Supplies:
2 Concrete Bricks (Home Depot has these for 35 cents.)
Kraft Wrapping Paper
Patterned Paper
Sewing Machine (optional)
Adhesive

1. Wrap the bricks with the kraft much like you would a present. Make sharp creases on all of the edges. See…

2. Cut 14 1 inch x 12 inch strips or enough to cover the height of the brick with a little room left over. I then sewed mine together with a zig zag stitch on my machine – that’s optional.

3. Adhere strips around wrapped brick (they will most likely not meet in the back.) Make sharp creases at the corners.

4. At this point you could embellish the front with words, alphabets or other embellishments. I’m a simple gal so I left them plain.

Install on a shelf – beautiful! If you make them, please link me up I’d love to see!

and we wanted to share a special promotion we have for may. purchase any add-on during the may reveal and you will receive this sweet mini kit add-on {shown above} with your purchase. and i should note, that 7gypsies victoria book cover is one of my favorites ever! one mini kit per person while supplies last {although i’m pretty sure we have enough for everyone}.

consider this our sweet vintage way of saying thank you for all of your support over the last 9 months. we feel very blessed here at kenner road to have so many amazing customers {from 16 different countries!!} and so many amazing admirers.

and speaking of admiring… how about a few more sneaks from the design team to get your heart beating until our reveal newsletter goes out tonight. and if you don’t get the newsletter i highly suggest you sign up here. we have more promotions in the works for future releases and some of them will only be available to newsletter subscribers.

see ya tomorrow ;)

xo

happy new year everyone!

i am so excited to announce that we are adding another member to our creative team this month, jessi lute! her artwork is beautiful and her commitment to living a green lifestyle is so inspiring. her beautiful face and artwork will be added to our gallery with the kit reveal on the 14th but you can get to know her better by visiting her blog too!

welcome jessi!! i’m so happy you’ve joined our team!!

xo – kl