Faux books. Adding to my stash!?!?

What the heck am I thinking?

Awhile back, I think I mentioned that I had cleaned out the bookshelves  in my bedroom (got down to one). Many went to our building's library and some to the Put and Take. Some were so old that there was no place to put them so I tore off the covers, put the pages in recycling and used the covers to make faux books.

Thank you, Dick Tabor, for giving me this idea.

Here are some of the book covers...

This is the edge of one of the covers:

And here I have put my ruler about 1/2" from the edge:

I've used my utility knife to cut that off:

Then I used my Easy-Cutter to clip off the edge of that piece:

And used the Easy-Cutter to clip off 5/8" to  3/4" pieces from the remaining strip.

This is a collection of the "books" I cut:

And now here are some of them on a bookshelf!

Being the avid reader that I am,  I want LOTS of books in my scenes.  This "trick" from Dick enables me to have lots of faux books in shelves.

I can still have some of my own printable books  plus some others from Barbara Brear in South Africa and some from LeeAnn Borgia.

I love my books!