I decided to share another very cheap and easy home decor project today.  I love the look of old books and I’ve been fortunate enough to find some cool ones on my thrifting excursions, but what if you can’t find any old books?  No problem.  Run (or drive) to your local thrift store and pick up a stack of hard back books.  I bought mine at Goodwill for $.97/each.  Try to find books that have yellowed pages and a bit of age to them.  Most of the books I found were from the 1980’s. Using an exacto knife, cut the bound pages from the spine and remove the cover.  Bundle the books together using twine and use for display.  (Just a tip – Don’t do this to your husband’s civil war book collection on a day you’re mad at him.) These neutral book bundles are a great way to decorate a book

This project is super simple.  Like, “embarrassing that I’m even showing you how to make them” simple, but I’m going to insult your craftiness and post a tutorial, anyway.  I love vintage costume jewelry, but I’m not about to don my rhinestone clip-ons and mink shrug for a day of furniture refinishing.  (That image made me laugh.)  But, I find it a sad thing to leave them sitting in a jewelry box.  Why not use the clips for something else?  Clip-on magnets is what came to mind.  Gather broaches, clip-ons, belt buckles, pins and any other pretty sparkly thing you can glue a magnet to.  I purchased mine from a great yard sale for a quarter each.  Buy a roll of magnet from a craft store and cut the magnet to size.  I purchased mine at AC Moore for under $1.00.  Use some super glue or Gorilla Glue to adhere the