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Hello Sweet Friends,

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I wanted to share this really EASY makeover project with you; a Valentine’s Day mini book stack. Even if you don’t really decorate for Valentine’s Day, this is a SUPER cute decor piece that could easily be adapted to use for everyday decor.

This past fall, the local Walmart had a Dollar Shop area near the entry, with cute little inexpensive fall decor pieces priced from $1 to $5. Later, I bought a handful of items on clearance including two mini fall book stacks. I think I ended up paying around $1.50 for each book stack, so it was CHEAP. Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to get creative with one of the book stacks and make a Valentine decor piece with it.

Follow along for instructions on exactly how I transformed this little fall book stack into super CUTE Valentine decor.

Supply list

  • Mini book stack
  • paper with printed words
  • Mod Podge
  • white and brown paint
  • Valentine embellishments
  • glue gun

The first step for this project was to remove the fall decor from the book stack. Then I gave it a couple coats of off-white paint, letting dry in between coats. I used chalk paint, but any white acrylic paint would work.

Choosing the words I wanted to use on the book stack wasn’t too difficult. There are quite a few sweet little valentine phrases I could have used, but in the end I decided to use “love sweet love.” I printed them onto regular printer paper using the font Courier at 55 pt. Then cut them to fit the book stack.

Using Mod Podge, I applied them onto the book stack. Then topped it with another coat of Mod Podge.

I used some of the off-white paint to help blend the white of the paper to the book stack. And also smudged some brown paint in various places on the book stack to make it look aged.

The final step was to add an embellishment onto the book stack. I just used some ribbon and other items I had in my craft stash and glued them on the top.

Didn’t this little project turn out so very CUTE? I am just so PLEASED with it!

Valentine’s Day mini book stack
Valentine’s Day mini book stack

I hope I’ve inspired you to get creative with book stacks. A book stack can be made for any season, holiday, or just for everyday decor. I just LOVE how you can pop a little book stack into any vignette and it just adds a little bit of uniqueness!

Until next time…..

Happy Crafting!

Pamela