I think it’s safe to say that I am not alone in my love of the classic Penguin book covers. Long ago I posted about blowing up the covers to place in the guest room here. Well, I couldn’t choose just one so I started brainstorming on how to use multiple covers. I found these fun postcards on Amazon for $16.50 and the idea was born. I would make a collage out of my favorite covers.
Here’s how you do it …
Materials:
- Buy the postcards here for $16.50
- Mod Podge glue
- Paint brush or foam brush
- 31 x 23 frame in black or silver
- 31 x 23 piece of matte board (Honestly I used the cardboard from the back of the frame, but I am frugal like that)
Directions:
1.) Pick your favorite covers.
2.) Lay them out on the floor in the order you’d like to see them. I goofed the first time and laid them out on the frame. I got too excited … this is typical. Learn from that mistake, and lay them out next to the frame.
3.) Once you get your look, you can lay the matte next to it, and paint Mod Podge on the back of the top corner card. Then you place that card in the top corner of the cardboard and hold it down.
4.) Continue to pick up one card at a time and glue them own until you’re finished. Make sure you align the photos as you go across or the picture won’t be straight.
5.) If your cards go over the end of the matte board, all you have to do is cut them down once they are glued. And you’re done.
*The guest room is nowhere near done, but I did manage to get the shades up. Stay tuned!
