How to make a book antique

Vintage books is a precious material of the past, causing the desire to discover centuries-old secrets. Passing the test of time, they turn into expensive things. However, you can cheat time itself and make a book under the old. And believe me, it's not so hard.

You will need

• - PVA glue;
• unnecessary book;
• - stain;
• - a container of water;
• brush;
• - paint gold or copper-colored;
• - a blank sheet of paper;
• Wallpaper or fabric for the cover;
• - old photos.

Instruction

1. Bust out the old books, notebooks with hard cover, books. Turn on your imagination. Set yourself some capacity with the presence of water. Will wet our hands and crease each sheet, as if making it a harmonica. Divide "book" into 2 equal parts and begin to knead with the end to the middle. In the same way one should do with the second part. Allow to dry paper, leave it for a day alone.
2. Dilute PVA glue with water, but not too liquid that it would be possible to glue pages. Start building a "sculpture" out of leaves, gluing them together. Give the owner a view of ancient manuscripts. No need to rush. You need to give the book again to dry.
3. Take the stain and dilute it with water to a suitable color and brush carefully paint the sides and leaves on top, like costarica them. Then as it all dries, apply with a brush paint gold or copper color. It will all depend on your imagination what the cover and color sheets.
4. Use a clean sheet, which corresponds to the format of the book. Fold it in half and glue in the middle so it has turned out crumpled. Then this leaf can be done decoupage, glue old photos. The cover can be made of Wallpaper, fabric, heavy paper. It all depends on your ingenuity.