Crafty, crafty

Hot glue is just as miraculous as duct tape. What can't be fixed with a glue gun? Well, mine's been hot today. I have a long summer-project list - things I'd love to do, but never have any time during the school year - and I made some progress on it this morning. First, a wreath.

I saw a clever cookbook-page wreath in a fancypants kitchen shop in Marin.
 

When I picked it up, I saw the price tag: $120.  What! Surely I can make my own, I thought. I found this page for assistance, a $3 styrofoam wreath, a $1 thrift-shop reproduction of a 1909 Sears Roebuck catalog (nicely yellowed), a few hot-glue sticks, a scrap of ribbon, and a pin.