Book Purse

Hello creative friends!

Today I'm showing you a gift I made for a friend.
My friend, Danielle, loves reading and has an area in her

home that is her personal library.
Her favorite book is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
I decided to make her a purse from her favorite book.
I don't know if she will ever use it as a purse, but it would look

great in her library.

I carefully removed the pages of the book and they

can still be read, so I may put a new cover on them.

The actual book cover was just plain, so I decided to

use the dust cover.  I cut the dust cover to size and 

used some strong glue to adhere it to the book cover.

I did the same with the back of the dust cover.

I kept the spine of the book as the bottom of

the purse with no dust cover on it.
I could have attached some type of feet to the spine,

but didn't think of it at the time.

This is what the purse will look like if she chooses

to use it as a purse.

For the inside I found some fabric that matched nicely

with the book and dust cover and lined the inside with it.

The sides are gusseted, so there is room to open

the purse and the sides easily fit back inside the purse

when it is closed.

Here is a look down into the purse when it is open.

I purchased the chain handle and the "loops" they are

running through from Temu along with the magnet that

I used to hold it closed.  It's hard to see, but I made a little

closure that is attached to the left side in this picture, it 

goes across and holds the purse closed on the other side

with a magnet.
If you are interested in doing a project like this,

here is a link to the tutorial I basically followed.

There are others out there, but Nik the Booksmith is one

of my favorite You Tubers and I found it easy to follow.
I did make some changes, only because I needed to 

with the supplies I had, but her tutorial is a good one.

On the other hand, if you are interested in purchasing

a book purse, I have a friend that makes and sells them.
Check out 
BeeZ Vintage Book Purses.
Kathleen does an amazing job with her craft and

they are far better than anything I could ever do.

Danielle absolute loved her book purse and she 

showed it to everyone that came to the event we were

hosting when I gave it to her.

I enjoyed making it and I know she will enjoy having

it, whether she wears it or just displays it.

Thanks for stopping by today.
I hope you were inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

Until then,

think outside the box and try something new.