her ideal bookshelf

A while back my sister gave me a super fun book called My Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount and Thessaly La Force. In this book the authors asked famous chefs, fashion designers, actors, writers etc. to list their favorite books and explain why they love them. These mini interviews are accompanied by playful illustrations of what each person's bookshelf would look like. So neat!!

Of course this got me thinking about my sister's ideal bookshelf because she LOVES books. I was curious... what would be on her bookshelf because she has read SO many books. Could she pick ten?? So, I asked her and after a few days she emailed me a list.

Well, I have known my sister my entire life and yet, I was seriously surprised by her list. Half of the books I never would have guessed!!! Amazing that people can surprise you after 28 years!

Then, I started thinking about Christmas. Wasn't my sister deserving of her own ideal bookshelf?? So I went online and saw that you could custom order an Ideal Bookshelf and I got very, very excited! What an awesome gift right???!!! Then I saw that they were over $100. I mean I love my sister but I am way too practical to spend upwards of $20 on something so frivolous.

This (of course) got me scheming...I could DIY the crap out of this project. So, I did!! Thanks to my husband's abundant art supplies (watercolors mostly) I made my sister her own ideal bookshelf.

I think it came out okay and she loved it!! She said she was going to put it in her library. Which is a real honor considering she has a personal (hand written) note from Kevin Bacon in there. I kid but seriously, the idea that she would hang up this silly little painting is pretty cool.

Pretty neat if I do say so myself. Thanks for looking. Love, Ms. Kate