Handmade Birthdays: 101 Gift, Cake & Card Ideas for Ages 1 to 101 (Better Homes & Gardens) [Paperback]

Better Homes and Gardens Books (Author), Carol Dahlstrom (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Better Homes & Gardens | Publication Date: January 15, 2003

Handmade items are often more cherished than costly baubles. And birthdays are a great time to share gifts from the heart. This is the birthday book for crafters of all skill levels.

101 handmade projects include something with appeal for ages 1 through 101:

Personalized presents

Simple how-to instructions

Intriguing presentation ideas

With ideas to please wide-ranging interests:

Clever themed birthday cakes

Paper-art invitations and greeting cards

Handmade favors and gifts

Creative ways to make birthdays even more memorable:

26 birthday cake recipes

30 paper-art cards

51 easy gift ideas

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens (January 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696214369
• ISBN-13: 978-0696214363
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,375,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classy cards, cakes and gifts, March 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Handmade Birthdays: 101 Gift, Cake & Card Ideas for Ages 1 to 101 (Better Homes & Gardens) (Paperback)

This isn't a book for kids parties or cards. This has projects for the ladies you love and also men. Imaginative cards, and I love the mosiac look of a cake with hard candy on top. I think the painted desk accessories would be more for a teenager. The cupcakes decorated with rolled gumdrops (bees etc OR fruits) are my favorite! A little bit of everything: from card to cake making to a smattering of gifts. Fun book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for cards, eats, and gifts., January 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Handmade Birthdays: 101 Gift, Cake & Card Ideas for Ages 1 to 101 (Better Homes & Gardens) (Paperback)

Better Homes and Gardens has added another great book to their standard of excellence. The book is divided into 3 sections. The first part introduces some very artistic cards with some wonderfully fun and decorative ideas and detailed instructions, supply list, and envelope ideas. At the end of this section are patterns of envelopes on graph paper, making them easier to duplicate. Second, cakes which are beautiful, fun, and not as difficult as you might think. Again with recipe, directions and display ideas. The last section contains creative gift ideas with full instructions. This book has color photos on quality paper. I do alot of rubber stamping and found this book full of new and cleaver ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little book., December 12, 2004

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George Elliott (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handmade Birthdays: 101 Gift, Cake & Card Ideas for Ages 1 to 101 (Better Homes & Gardens) (Paperback)

As a Sunday school teacher, who is always looking for new ideas, this book was a welcomed edition to my library. The cards and gifts were inexpensive, easy, and beautiful to make. Also, the price of this book made this a great value. The only minor flaw that I found with this book was in the cake decorating chapter, where I felt that the measurements of how to cut the cake was not detailed enough. Other cake decorating books have a diagram of how to cut the cake according to inches. This book did not. However, I feel that this is still an excellent purchase. I love looking through it for new tips. The book's cover is very pretty as well.