DIY Vintage Book Ring Holder
Fri, May 21, 2010
Happy Friday! I thought I’d leave you with an easy peasy DIY project for the weekend. Brittni from papernstitch sent over this DIY vintage book ring holder tutorial. Brittni made one for her own Library wedding last year, but this ring holder would look beautiful in any ceremony. I can imagine using this ring holder as a keepsake, tucking your vows in the book to reread them on your anniversary…
From Brittni, of papernstitch:
Its for a unique ceremony ring holder made from a vintage book. I made one for my own wedding, which was almost a year ago. And now that my wedding is long gone, I’d thought I’d share the idea. We wanted something different that would tie in the ceremony site with the reception (the reception was at the Downtown Library rooftop about a mile from the ceremony), and I couldn’t find anything that would work. So, I made this. It’s very easy, and will take all of ten minutes to complete. Perfect for the busy bride.
What you’ll need:
- vintage book
- ruler
- pencil
- xacto knife
- ribbon
Instructions:
Step 1: Choose a book that has special meaning to you or your relationship. Or perhaps is the color(s) of your wedding.
Step 2: Turn to almost halfway through your book (a little less than half), and draw a small two inch box center right (toward the outside of the book).
Step 3: Using a straightedge and an xacto knife, follow the guide of your box and begin slicing through along the lines. You will want to press down hard and go over each line over and over, so that you go through as many layers as possible. I would recommend cutting over each line at least six times.
Step 4: Once that is done, you can pop out the paper, revealing your hollowed out box. You may have to repeat step 3 several times to get the desired deepness for your “box”. Remember it only has to be as deep as the rings that will be going inside of it.
Step 5: Now slip a ribbon through the cut box (making sure to go through all of the pages that are cut).
Step 6: Slip the rings onto the ribbon and rest them inside your hollowed box. Close book and tie ribbon with a bow.
Thanks so much to Brittni of papernstitch for sharing this DIY with us!
Tags: DIY, vintage books
This is so cute & creative! Love it.
ah! thank you for this. adding it to my must DIY list stat.
This is so sweet. I will be giving it a try!
I have seen this before but not with a DIY. Thank you so much for sharing! Super cute idea. Love.
xoxo
Kristi
Wow love this – what a cute idea :) Especially if the book has meaning to you x
sweet diy!
What a gorgeous idea- precious!
This is a great DIY project – it’s doable, personable, and cute to boot!
I just don’t know if I want to ruin a book, especially a vintage one.
anything with books and rings, and I’m in!
Thanks for this, i love this site, but i can’t help but feel a pang inside whenever i see someone cutting up a book.
I’m having a 50′s rock and roll themed wedding! Anybody has ideas how I can personalize my ring bearer?
Thank you so much Amanda for posting my tutorial on Ruffled. I have really enjoyed reading through all the comments here as well.
-Brittni
papernstitch
Cute! I would have to do it with a book I had two copies of though lol!
such a cute idea! i actually know someone who recently got proposed to with a book like this having the ring hidden in there. :)
Thank you for sharing this. This is a neat way to keep the ring for the ceremony… I might do this project for my cousin’s wedding.
@stherjulee.com: It would have been really nice to see the engagement ring inside the book. Your comment made me think actually. I’d like to be proposed to in the same manner. Knowing how much of a bookworm I am. Oh well, I have yet to wait for the question to be popped.
what a lovely idea!! perfect for that 3 year old ring bearer
Such a creative idea! I’m bookmarking this for future reference. :]