Buttons aren't just for buttonholes anymore! With this one-of-a-kind button book, crafty girls can create more than 20 stylish accessories including Button Barrettes and Bobbies, Hip Ribbon Button Belts, Crazy Coasters, and much more. Step-by-step instructions, easy-to-follow diagrams, and full-color photographs make it a cinch to create everything from fashion projects to home decor!
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Gr. 4-7. From the gender-specific title to the cover's chic, pink-and-green color scheme, this book makes no bones about its likely audience, and the accessories, jewelry, and other projects certainly play to many girls' weaknesses for things cute and pretty. Although most of the 23 ideas are gratifyingly simple, Bruder often suggests ways to further streamline the basic procedures if time (or patience) is short--for example, buying a grosgrain cinch belt to embellish with buttons rather than making a belt from scratch. The absence of sufficient illustrations, especially for instructions involving specialized jewelry-making equipment (chain-nosed pliers, crimp beads), will frustrate novices, but examinations of the professionally styled, close-up photos of the finished products should help avoid false starts. Template patterns conclude, and the covered spiral binding allows the book to lay flat while crafters' hands are busy discovering "the beauty and bounty of the button." Jennifer Mattson
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Mikyla Bruder is a Northern California based writer and editor. She is the author of Bead Girl and The Star Wars Party Book , both published by Chronicle Books.
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This review is from: Button Girl: More Than 20 Cute-as-a-Button Projects (Spiral-bound)
I bought this as a birthday gift for my daughter's "turning 10" friend. We added a boxful of buttons, some ribbon, barrettes and a small paper maiche box so she could do some of the projects right away. It was a big hit! All of the party guests were intrigued by this interesting gift. The book itself has projects from easy to medium; nothing too difficult. Some of the projects include: button embellished sneakers and trinket boxes, button jewelry, a ribbon belt, hair accessories, etc. Nice photos and easy instructions. Any "crafty" young girl or pre-teen would enjoy it.
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They keep your blouse on, your shorts up, and your coat closed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fabric pen, shank buttons, craft glue, pinking shears New!
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They keep your blouse on, your shorts up, and your coat closed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fabric pen, shank buttons, craft glue, pinking shears New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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