Customer Reviews

Home, Paper, Scissors: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home

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With beautiful photography, easy-to-follow directions, and materials specifically selected to be accessible and found around the home, Home, Paper, Scissors is a great paper crafting manual. Many of the projects are simple and inviting enough to share with my young children, while others, though more challenging, result in stunning and sophisticated finished pieces that belie their common materials composition.

As a paper crafter myself, one of the aspects I like best about Zapata's book is the invitation to vary the materials and design of so many of the projects. Because most of the ideas are so beautifully basic, they can easily be added to or tweaked to create different looks and more complicated designs. Zapata, herself, offers many suggestions and tips for customizing the projects, allowing for different aesthetics and uses.

Fans of Zapata's blog, A Little Hut, will appreciate the stripped down, modern style of these projects, as well as Zapata's clear and pleasant descriptions. It's beautiful as a coffee table book, accessible as a crafting guide, and inspiring as an artist's portfolio. I highly recommend this book.

I'm not a huge paper crafter, but this projects are inspiring! And the instructions are clear with helpful tips on how to complete the projects. I would order this book again in a heartbeat!

This book is a great addition to anyone's craft book library! Not only are the projects beautiful and the instructions easy to follow, but they are all great jumping off points to let your paper crafting creativity fly! Buy it! You won't be sorry.

I have to disagree with the negative reviews - this book is gorgeous and inspiring. It's beautifully presented, the photography is lovely and the projects are fantastic. I made two of the items for Christmas presents and they were HUGE hits! One of them (a mobile) did take me longer to make than the timeframe given but worked out perfectly. The instructions are comprehensive and clear, and the author is super-helpful - I sent a question (about another project from her website) and received a response almost immediately!

I love paper, I love this book. I can't wait to get started on a couple of the projects in it!

This book was okay. Didn't care for all of the crafts. Only liked a select few. However, the photos were good and the instructions were understandable.

Great book filled with fun projects that are clearly explained and easy to follow. I'm planning on using a number of the projects for my upcoming wedding.

As an artist, I was hoping for technique on paper cutting, and found this book
disappointing. Most of the examples were handicrafts at their simplest. The kinds
of things we used to do in brownie scouts.
First grade teachers might find it useful for class projects.

I was sad that trees were actually wasted on this book, which trickled down somehow from the superfluity of crafty blogland.