Baby boomers feeling nostalgic, hipsters longing for the handmade, and anyone interested in going retro can stop right here! This is the definitive guide to the fun and quirky world of retro crafts, written by a diva of the style. It’s jam-packed with history and wonderful images from vintage pamphlets, collections, and flea market hunts. Everything memorable is included, from the ridiculous to the sublime, along with the lowdown on collecting, Junking 101, and creating a crafting group. Forty retro-inspired projects run the gamut from glitter frames and matchbox purses to bottlecap men and teacup ladies, plus lovable Plastic Flower Pixies; the Sparkling Sputnik and its desk-top compadre, the Beauty Orb; and the unforgettable Reinbeer. Variations and creative suggestions will keep readers inspired.
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Perfect Bedtime Reading,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Retro Crafts: Collecting, Displaying & Making Crafts of the Past (Paperback)
Our foremothers had the same helpless inability to throw things away that we have today, only they didn't have recycling bins. This book shows what they made with tin cans, matchsticks and the like: craft items, some beautiful and some really, really ugly. Suzie Millions has been collecting these thingies for a lifetime -- she has an artist's eye for the good stuff and the really good bad stuff. This book shows you things you never knew existed, and what's worse, how to make them. As an added bonus we get photos of her amazing house, which gives new meaning to the word clutter.
My highest recommendation! A funny, soothing, yet oddly practical book.
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Read for pleasure as well as projects,
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Suzie Millions is a high artisan with an abiding love of the crafted, kitschy, handmade and heartfelt, and her brand new book, The Complete Book of Retro Crafts, embodies all those things. More like an artist's journal than those typical craft books that are simply lists of projects and tools, Retro Crafts is enriched with anecdotes from Millions' life and home, as well as tips and steps for making her projects your own.
This is a book to be read for pleasure as well as worked from. Both hip and genuine. I loved it.
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Fantastic book!,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Retro Crafts: Collecting, Displaying & Making Crafts of the Past (Paperback)
Great book... super informative for craft making and a great read as well! Excellent pics for ease of projects and all the retro pictures can really bring back some pleasant memories! A great buy for yourself or a gift...highly reccomend!
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