Learn how to create a beautiful and unique DIY wood-stacked book decor that adds a charming touch to any room. This step-by-step guide will show you how to create this craft using simple materials and techniques.
Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well. This week, I worked on creating a simple stacked wood book decoration. I've been inspired to make these for a while now. I saw a few projects where people were using the Dollar Tree wood box. I decided I wanted my stacked books to be slightly bigger than the Dollar Tree ones, so I checked out some wooden shadow boxes at Michael's. I'll share the step-by-step process I used to make this project.
Video tutorial
Materials
3 wood shadow boxes (These boxes were $1 each)
Wood beads
Twine
Black paint
White paint
Greenery
Wood filler
Hot glue
Gold lettering
Sponge brush/Paintbrush
Creating your stacked wooden books
Start by taking any twine and screws out of your box. This only applies if you have purchased the wooden shadow boxes from Michaels. The back of each box had two screws in it, and also stapled twine. I went ahead and pressed the two staples completely down after removing the twine, and I filled the screw holes in with just a little wood filler.
Begin by applying black paint to the top of your first wooden shadow box. I recommend using about three coats of paint for a solid finish.
Once you have finished painting the first box, take your hot glue and apply it to the next box.
You won’t need to paint the tops of the other two boxes since they will be stacked. Make sure to flip the boxes over so that the open sides of each shadow box are facing down.
Apply glue to the closed side of each box. Then, glue the boxes together and stack them on top of one another. Once your boxes are stacked, apply black paint around all four sides.
Allow the black paint to dry completely. Next, take some white paint and add a line of paint between the spaces on the front side of each block. This will create a shadow effect.
Take your gold letters and apply them to the front of your boxes. I went with the words love, joy, and peace. If you have any gold heart stickers, you can apply those as well. It is completely optional, but I also applied a gold love sticker on the top of my book stack.
Now you are ready to create your bead design. Take some twine and string a few beads onto your twine. You can go with any pattern that you choose.
I found that if you apply just a small amount of clear adhesive on the very end of your twine, it makes it easy to string the beads down the twine.
Once you have around ten beads, you can tie off the end. I tied a knot at the very end and cut off any extra twine.
Next, take your greenery and cut a small section off. Set it aside with your bead design.
You can now apply white paint to all three sides of your books. I did this because I wanted my wood-stacked books to appear to have pages. Applying the black paint first and the white after helps give the books a shadow effect.
Take some extra twine and wrap it around your stacked books. I used two sections of twine that I cut and tied around my books.
All that is left is to insert your greenery through the twine on top and add your beads. I tied my beads through the top of the twine next to my greenery.
That is it, your stacked wood books are complete! I hope that you have enjoyed this simple DIY project. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! I love hearing from all of you. Thank you so much for stopping by!!
What a lovely DIY, Steph! And I love the twist of using press on decals for the lettering! Thank you for sharing at Tuesday Turn About... I'll be featuring you at this week's party!
These look great Stephanie, I love stacked books and use them in decor often. I have never made some from wood though. Too cute! Thank you for sharing.
Great idea. It turned out beautifully! Visiting from Unlimited Link Party 134. (I'd love to have you post this at my linkup as well, if you'd like: https://lifetalesbooks.blogspot.com/p/calling-fellow-bloggers.html)
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I love this idea, how clever!
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Hi Jennifer, aw thank you so much! I'll be sure to stop by! :)
DeleteWhat a lovely DIY, Steph! And I love the twist of using press on decals for the lettering! Thank you for sharing at Tuesday Turn About... I'll be featuring you at this week's party!
ReplyDeleteJulie, thank you so much.I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed this project. Thank you so much for the feature.
DeleteThese look great Stephanie, I love stacked books and use them in decor often. I have never made some from wood though. Too cute! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you. There was a time I was having such a fun time creating these wooden stacked books using the wooden crates from Dollar Tree.
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ReplyDeleteThese are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteGreat idea. It turned out beautifully! Visiting from Unlimited Link Party 134. (I'd love to have you post this at my linkup as well, if you'd like: https://lifetalesbooks.blogspot.com/p/calling-fellow-bloggers.html)
ReplyDeleteJennifer, thank you so much. Yes, I will join your linkup as well. Thank you for visiting. :)
DeleteStephanie, CONGRATS! Your post is FEATURED at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 135!
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DeleteThese are super cute! They came out great. Thanks so much for sharing at the Home Imagined link party. XO- MaryJo
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ReplyDeleteTarahlynn, thank you very much. Excited to be featured at your party. 😊
DeleteHappy New Year Creative Friend! This is just brilliant and I'm featuring when my first party of the year opens. LOVE these!
ReplyDeleteCarol, Happy New Year, friend. Aw, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It was such a fun project. Can't wait to join your party later.
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