After my uncle passed away this summer, my Mom found some books in his apartment that she thought I could use for various decor/craft projects.
The "
I See All - The World's First Picture Encyclopedia" has five volumes and is exactly what it sounds like, an encyclopedia of pictures rather than text. Each page is jammed with various snippets of black and white pictures of definitions, historical events, famous personalities, etc.
I looked the books up on-line and they aren't worth a lot and don't appear to be rare or overly unusual so I don't feel too bad cutting them up.
The biggest project I'm going to use them on is to wallpaper my upstairs office nook. The inspiration is from one of my favourite stores in Toronto,
Love the Design. The owner, Christine Flynn, wallpapered one of the walls in her store with pages from vintage books. I love the look and think it'll be perfect for a small space.
I'm currently going through the books and pulling pages with topics related to design and other personal interests so the images I see each day are ones I really love. With five volumes though, there are a lot of extra pages so I'm looking for a few other crafts to do. Some ideas include:
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| Table runner |
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| Wrapping paper |
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| Run the pages through a printer and add new images |
And the list of potential craft projects goes on and on and on.
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