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Lives up to it's title, March 5, 2010
This review is from: Delight in the Details: 40+ Techniques for Charming Embellishments and Accents (Paperback)
Her style is towards the very ornate and elegant. The projects and ideas in this book are just gorgeous and impressive while being very simple to make, do and adapt.
It's a lovely book printed in full color throughout, and it's very inspiring.
The first chapter is about making a nice place to create in. Her studio is gorgeous and her ideas for organizing supplies is inspiring and lovely. From crystal dishes and spoons filled with glitter to old cupcake tins with natural weathering to keep beads in, there are some wonderful ideas for making your work space beautiful and functional.
The first few projects deal with sparkle and shine, detailing several ways to add sparkle to projects. Detailing how add glitter edging, completely covering things in glitter, adding subtle touches to patterned paper, using mica, wire and other embellishments. My favorite projects in that chapter are the shiny alphas which put me in mind of holiday decorator accents and the wire spray of flowers made with beads and wire.
The next chapter is paint and ink, with instructions for using chalks, waxes, and alcohol based permanent inks. This chapter is full of ideas that I'd never thought of. I've used waxes to refinish vintage frames for hanging in my house but never thought of them for smaller frames for paper crafts. The crackle paint distressed letters are lovely. My favorite in this chapter though hands down is the texture paste design which creates an embossed image that's accented with glitter and crystals.
Pattern and Texture come next, also full of wonderful ideas. My favorite in that chapter are the crepe paper rosettes and the miniature banner which I really plan on using very soon. The ruffle edging project would be amazing in a bridal card or a baby shower project.
The last chapter, Vintage Finds is full of ideas for little trinkets, old buttons and things of that nature. The button bouquet would be a lovely dimensional accent to a scrapbook cover or a box using buttons from favorite clothes. The vintage paper leaves are a nice idea for old books.
The whole book is amazing, cover to cover, with ample examples of what can be done with the basic techniques.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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The real deal, February 3, 2010
This review is from: Delight in the Details: 40+ Techniques for Charming Embellishments and Accents (Paperback)
No precut/preassembled stickers, no premade embellishments. YOU make the beauty with your own hands and Lisa helps you with step-by-step instructions. Her book contains techniques that you can use in scrapbooking, card making and decorations for the home. Lisa's the real deal when it comes to 'hand-made'.
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it IS ...pure delight!, February 7, 2010
This review is from: Delight in the Details: 40+ Techniques for Charming Embellishments and Accents (Paperback)
This book is pure eye candy.
The projects are over the top cool...but with Lisa's clear instructions & great photos...you can easily follow along & make these projects.
It's loaded with inspiration and I know I'll refer to it often.
If you LOVE Lisa's style...shabby, chic, vintage & BEAUTIFUL...this is a MUST HAVE purchase.
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