The next time you scratch your head for ideas on what to get for mom's birthday, your sister's new baby, or Father's Day, you'll be glad to have this innovative guide on your bookshelf. With more than 120 distinctive craft projects to pick from, you can create a one-of-kind gift with simple items you have around the house-a needle and thread, paper and paint, leaves and flowers, a glue gun-plus a little imagination. Complete, straightforward instructions make this a charming and usable guide to be cherished for years to come. Even the not-so-artistic will get the itch to create a fun, practical and personal handmade gift-in under 30 minutes.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not All That Inspiring,
By CaseyAnnJo (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gifts for the Family (Hardcover)
I was interested in this book and decided to check it out from the library before purchasing, BOY, am I glad I decided to do that!! I'm not a super experienced crafter, but I am getting more and more interested in it and testing out new projects and always looking for a little inspiration and motivation. Hardly anything in this book was inspiring to me.
Many of the projects had pictures that used outdated fabrics or other materials that were just a "turnoff". Yes, some of the ideas were good, but had images that made me think "Gee, that looks like something my mom would have made in 1982." This also made it difficult to imagine giving any of these items as gifts. I will probably take a couple of these ideas and use more modern materials with them, but if you're not someone that can look at an image and see it with your own twist on it, this may not be the book for you. All in all, artwork aside, these are mostly simple crafts that have been seen over and over, but that can be good for a beginning crafter or someone that just needs a simple project for a quick gift (as the book is marketed for just that). Pretty simple directions with several alternate ideas (there aren't really 120 DIFFERENT techniques/ideas, probably about 1/4 of that with three alternates to each idea). If you are able to, browse this book in person before purchasing to see if it is really what you are looking for. It could be exactly what you need or you could end up quite disappointed, like I did.
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Neat Crafting Ideas,
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This review is from: Gifts for the Family (Hardcover)
Some ideas are old but it is still a good basic crafting book that I would nave no troble recommending.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lackluster,
By Kat "Kat" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This book gives good directions. I used a couple of ideas, then donated it to local library.
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