Customer Reviews

Vintage Christmas Crafts

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was so disappointed by this book. There are a lot of pretty pictures but hardly any actual craft projects. It's more of a display of the author's and her mother's private Christmas decoration collection. The book gave me one or two ideas but all in all was not worth the money. I regret buying this book.

This book has nice pictures, which might inspire you with some new ideas for arranging your Christmas items, or give you some ideas for things to purchase. But the majority of objects shown are uncredited, so you might have difficulty with even that. There are only a handful of actual projects to make, and these are certainly not the most attractive objects pictured. Not worth buying, in my opinion.

I was anticipating this book to be full of vintage Xmas like the title says but instead most of the items are new! Except for the final chapter by Debbie Dusenberry and her store Curious Sofa. This was a chapter worth buying the book for. Great photography, ideas and display from her. She should have had more chapters or maybe a book of her own.

I was hoping to find some new Christmas crafts to use for decorating this year. I was a bit dissapointed to see that most of the crafts were ones that I've already seen in some older books. I was hoping to get some new ideas. The way the decorations were set up in the book inspired me, though. The rooms looked like an old-fashioned Christmas from my childhood.

I enjoyed looking through this book. Of particular interest to me were the adorable holiday houses. They have about 8 different templates and a lot of photos of them all decorated and displayed quite nicely. Since I ran across them in this book, I have seen more examples of them online, and they are very pretty. I'm planning on making some myself. There aren't many other projects however, hence the loss of a star.

This a holiday book in the "folly" tradition. There are an assortment of styles that you can easily implement to make your home a fairyland. I was thrilled that there is a pattern and instructions for one of her "dolls." I got one for this Christmas and I am enchanted. They are more beautiful than presented on most websites. Something new to collect!

I have been a LONG time fan of her mother Jo Packham from the 1970's and still have books she published back then.

You will not be disappointed. I am going to buy "Ruby and Begonia's Christmas" based on what I have seen in this book.

I saw this book on line and read all the reviews. I went ahead and purchased (such a good price through Amazon). I was pleasantly surprised to find it filled with many inspirational ideas for crafts as well as decorating ideas for my home. I also loved the vintage Christmas houses and the book has instructions/patterns that are very easy to follow.

I had seen the book in the book store. I bought it for a friend. I liked it so well I bought one for myself. Got it cheaper through Amazon.