I bought a lovely bookcase quite some time ago simply because I liked the look of it even though it wasn't modern, the usual style I worked in for the Newport.  When I started the Heritage project, it found a new home.  But, I've made only a handful of books and those are in Baxter Pointe Villa.  For the Heritage, I wanted a mix of antique and newer books - a collection built over time.  I printed and cut 130 book covers with the plan to fill them with balsa wood inserts.

There ended up being a few duplicates in the 130 since there were a few books I wanted to be sure I made (I liked the covers) so I made duplicates in case I messed up my first attempt.  As you can see, I made it through 30 of them today.  :D  Yes, there is one duplicate in there - a two volume set.  Ha ha!

A few came from Carrie at A Lavender Dilly but most are just found online images.  If I can't find a full image of the spine and back for a cover I especially like, I sometimes make up the spine and back in PhotoShop.  I like my books to be complete, even if the backs don't show in most settings.  I also paint my edges in an array of yellows and tans for variety in case I use any for tabletop displays.

I have lined my past book covers with heavier drawing paper, but this is harder to work with.  So, for the sake of ease and time involved, I used only the paper printout over the balsa for this grouping.

Here are two shelves of the bookcase with my 30 books in place.

I won't need the remaining 100 covers I cut out to fill up the bookcase, but I want books to place around the house so I'll make up the rest (minus the duplicates) which is probably closer to 85-90 more books.  Good thing I like the tedium of it all.  :D