I found these large frames at a garage sale for $10. They were probably a quite impressive pair of wall decor back in 1992 (they were silver background, 1/4" spacers with a p and puffy paint-esqe Indian inpired feathers. They had to be destroyed. First things first, ripped open the backside, pulled all the silver crap off the foam backing and spray paint the frames ivory.
Now for the fun part! Mix 1:1 Elmer's glue and water:
Rip a bunch of pages out of an old book. I think I actually got this one for free at a rummage sale (the guy threw it in with a few other odds and ends I was getting). It was published in 1938 so the pages were nice and yellowed around the outsides. (Relax, I looked it up on Amazon to make sure it wasn't actually worth anything.)
"Paint" a layer of glue mixture on the backing and then quickly place the pages on the glue before it dries. Then brush on a layer of glue mix on top of that. Make sure you get it in between overlapping pages otherwise they won't lay nicely.
Allow to dry overnight. Then coat with a second layer of glue mix. Be sure to look for any loose spots. When dry trim the excess off the edges.
Once completely dry (best to wait overnight again) pick out a great wall decal set from the store or make your own with your Cricut. I bought mine from Menards for $19.99 as I really liked the set. It's best to choose a black set as the colored sets are kind of see-through and that will prob ruin the effect of the image.
I cut them all out and arranged them on the backing so I could play with the space I had to arrange them.
Then, peeled, sticked (ha, I know it's supposed to be stuck), put back in the frames! Since I ripped out the staples that originaly held the back in place, I used flat top thumb tacks inserted at a 45* angle to snuggly hold it in place.
