Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Dr. Seuss book cover purse

I made a Cat in the Hat bunting for my daughter's play room a couple of weeks ago. If you missed the project, go here. Today while cleaning my craft room, I came across the cover to the Cat in the Hat book used for the bunting.

All the pages had been cut out.

I almost threw it away, almost. The more I looked at it, the more I started thinking I could use it to make a purse. Yes, a purse.

This project was absolutely a "make my rules up as I go" project because I had a very vague vision of what I was trying to accomplish. I started by hot gluing triangle felt pieces to the sides of the book cover.

I glued two purse straps to the inside cover (one on each side).

I covered the inside with two pieces of felt.

The torn pages were exposed so I glued a strip of felt in the middle.

The inside was done and looked pretty!

I added some felt flowers to the front and a small pocket to the back. My entire project was finished in less than 30 minutes!!




Too bad I'm a grown up and have too much stuff in my purse to trade it in for this fun little bag!

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11 comments:

Amanda Lee said...

I love this! And it's also one of my very favorite books, ever! The embellishments are awesome -- love the little pocket and the flowers.
~Amanda

Unknown said...

Great idea! My daughter would definitely use this on her "shopping" around the house expeditions, and with a toddler I'm sure it won't be too long before we have a book "accidently" missing pages. Nice to know I'll be able to recycle!

Stuff by Ash said...

Love it! The flowers are such a perfect touch.

Tina said...

It came out so cute! One of a kind, you know no one else will have one of these!

Jessica Stoker said...

Great idea and SOOOO cute.

Susie B said...

That is a FANTASTIC idea! Thanks for sharing!

Terri @ A Creative Princess said...

This is so cute!!! I'm your newest follower and featured this on my blog today.
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Esther Asbury said...

Neat idea! Thanks for sharing

Rachel said...

Great use for a "broken" book!
Very unique!
Stopping by from : OMTWI Auditions
~Rachel from http://cookscleansplayswithpaper.blogspot.com/2011/02/start-of-something-more-beautiful.html

Angie Holden said...

Very cute idea!! Thanks for auditioning for OMTWI!!

Kathryn said...

Adorable!