Book-Style Invite/Card DIY

One of my best friends is getting married in a month and a half, 

and she has chosen the absolute best bachelorette party theme ever...

Lumberjack! I'm beyond excited. 

For the invitations, I found this perfect faux bois paper and matching plaid. 

It's an old Cosmo Cricket line that I found 

marked down at good old trusty Ben Franklin. 

I made this invitation book-style. It would work for any other theme 

and would also make a great card. Father's Day is coming up! 

Here's the How To for this book-style invite/card: 

For this project you will need: 

embroidery floss

embroidery needle 

mini clothespins or paper clips 

paper piercer 

glue stick 

paper trimmer 

pretty paper for the cover/back/binding 

paper for pages 

I made my invitations 5x7, so I cut the cover and back to that size. 

Then I cut a 2x5 strip of the plaid paper and folded it in half for the binding. 

I also decided to die cut little trees for the covers with the plaid paper. 

For the inside, I used Publisher and a free downloadable font  

to create the pages and had them printed at Kinkos. 

I had to remember to leave an extra margin on 

one side to accommodate the binding. 

I put my pages in order, placed the paper binding on one side, 

and used mini clothespins to hold the book together securely.

I used my paper piercer over some cardboard to pre-pierce my holes. 

This made the actual stitching MUCH easier! No needles in my fingers. 

I separated my embroidery floss into two 3-strand sections and stitched away. 

I chose an overcast stitch, but any type of stitch would do. 

The finished product looks like a little book. 

Think of all the possibilities here!