Make & Do: 25 Amazing Projects to Beautify Your Life

Beci Orpin’s latest book, Make & Do, is filled with inspirational projects for making the perfect craft from different materials such as paper, fabric, wood, and found objects. Make & Do is filled with inspiration and crafty ideas, with a focus on creating items from different raw materials, such as fabric, paper, and wood. Each chapter is dedicated to one of these mediums, along with a chapter for repurposing existing objects—no more will your Ikea furniture look the same as everybody else’s! Try your hand at papier-mâché taxidermy, wow your friends with customized tote bags, or enhance your wardrobe with pretty bespoke collars and brooches. Beci’s ideas are beautiful and endless, inspiring you to get creative and see everyday materials and objects in a whole new light.

Beci Orpin developed a love for art and drawing at a young age. She has a degree in textile design and has been working freelance and exhibiting her artwork both locally and internationally. She creates homewares and stationery-based products under her own name and regularly designs clothes and products for Gorman and Urban Outfitters. This is Beci’s third book.