On the heels of Apartment Therapy Chicago's post on 8 Ways To Label Your Bookshelves, this board game inspired idea stuck out to us this weekend. Thrifty, fun and 100% customizable...
Look! Books Labeled With Scrabble Pieces
... this diy project could be a simple solution to labeling your shelves with a bit of spunk. You can find Scrabble games by the dozens at thrift stores (and could probably find more by placing an add on Craigslist for old sets).
Each tile was glued to the tray, so pieces didn't go flying if it was knocked. What other games would lend themselves to something similar?
(Images: Sarah Rae Trover)
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Love this idea!
view katiescrapbooklady's profile
Right-click... and saved! So cool!
view tropicalcyclone's profile
So so great!
view Chelseabees's profile
Oh my goodness. So cute. I can't think of other games that would be quite as good. Boggle? But that would be clunkier.
Emily
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Really cool, It would be great if Scrabble sold individual tiles.
view funstraw's profile
This is why I should google before I post. Ebay has really cool collections of Scrabble tiles. Right now you can buy 20 tile holders for $17, or 286 tiles for $10. There are also rare maroon and blue tiles. I foresee lots of projects.
view funstraw's profile
And you can buy directly from Hasbro. Geez I should focus on the google better. Last post I promise.
view funstraw's profile
Hey, that might be a better use for my scrabble game that's just gathering dust. I usually can't come up with more than "dog" in a game anyway!
view nehalem04's profile
I've seen artwork labelled with Scrabble tiles too. So cute!
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Here in Toronto, Balfour Books uses Scrabble tiles for its section headings: http://stylenorth.ca/blog/2009/02/specialty-bookstores-fading-fast/
view ChrisToronto's profile
excellent----triple word score!
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