1,923,431 Things to do with 1,923,431 Reader's Digest Books

It's been a while now that I have been searching for the Reader's Digest Condensed Novels... I read blog after (lucky) blog commenting how their local thrift store had them, or a friend's uncle's mom gave them a truckload and they were giving them away... yeah- lucky stories like that... My luck? The thrift stores only had the BORING brown no pattern covers, or they were junky in awful condition... Online?  Good luck finding the pattern I wanted! What to do...??! So, I stumbled upon this vintage book store and... I did what any normal person would do... I bought the entire lot from him. Compulsive? Maybe. But...

OH EM GEE. The COLORS!!! BEAUTIFUL! They could seriously compliment any room and the patterns on them are intense!

The first time I saw them being used as decoration on a blog (I CANNOT find the blog anywhere- please help! It was for her daughter's room and she put chipboard letters on the readers digest and used them as wall art!) I loved the colors she used and searched high and low for the books- no fun color luck. Until yesterday. When I hit the jackpot. You ready? It's insane how amazing all the colors/patterns are!

Now that I have 4 million books- what shall I do with them?! Here are a few ideas:

How adorable! To put velcro on the back and block off a wall with some great pattern books, like paper stitch did.

Unfortunately, the Etsy seller who created these is no longer selling any- this might force me to make my own!

OR, just keep them on your shelf! They're SO pretty you wouldn't even need to do anything with them! Kind of like Anthropologie's decorative books ($20 each? Yikes)

Emily, from Name 5 Things used her Penguin Classics to add some charm to her bookshelf- I will be using my Reader's Digests for the same effect (for a fraction of the price)!

I don't think I'll be short on books to practice with...

I have some multiples so I am willing to part with some if you like a color/pattern you like in the picture above! Lucky for you, I went overboard (as usual) and have some to sell if you'd like! I did the math and some research so $4 + shipping is fair and cheaper than most Etsy shops are offering. Just click on a picture of the book collage above to see all the pretty colors and patterns! Send me an email at: ordyandjoon@gmail.com to let me know which you'd like!