I've been doing some housekeeping on my book collection. I've recycled maybe 100 to 150 books in the last couple weeks. Many of those were hardcovers, which I had to disassemble in order to recycle the pages. (Around here, the covers aren't recyclable.)

This morning I came across something I bookmarked a while ago. I think the next few large-but-useless books I come across, I'll set aside for this project:

http://how2dostuff.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-to-make-secret-hollow-book.html

If it's a good book I've got extra copies of it'll find a home eventually.

Even if it's a horrid book that nobody's likely to want it'd just go to the recycling, I wouldn't want it filling up my shelves or reminding itself to me as a purse.

Well then, you won't want to read my next post.

http://www.hgtv.com/handmade/how-to-make-a-hardcover-book-purse/index.h

more examples of book purses: http://makeitandtakeit.com/sale.html

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/04/09/book-sculptures/

http://jenngreenleaf.suite101.com/book-sculpture-basics-a69965

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/bittersweet-art-of-cutting-up-books.html

http://www.mikestilkey.com/#book-sculptures/6

(more on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Stilkey/154134077982947?sk=wall & http://www.facebook.com/broniasawyer?sk=wall )

http://imsovintage.blogspot.com/2011/08/repurposing-old-books.html

http://imsovintage.blogspot.com/2011/04/vintage-book-picture-frames.html