101 Crafts Under $10: Easy-to-Make Ideas for Gifts and Home - Softcover

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9781573890243: 101 Crafts Under $10: Easy-to-Make Ideas for Gifts and Home

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573890243 ISBN 13: 9781573890243

Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books, 2000

Gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, and graduation day. 101 easy and inspiring ways to say thank you from the heart, with homemade presents that cost less than $10. Try frames for treasured photos; personalize paper and cards; make creative candles; and construct ingenious toys.

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Review:

Handmade gifts are of course so much more personal than store-bought items, and they're usually much less expensive. Crafters will find a bounty of gift-making ideas here, ranging from candles and pillows to nature crafts and kitchen items. Most projects range from easy to intermediate, and all are shown in color photos; the directions are adequate, though not exceptional. The "Under $10" promise is occasionally a bit misleading, since a number of the pieces utilize found items that the author assumes we've already got stashed away (lace doilies, wooden boxes, a kitchen stool), but some yard-sale foraging and creative recycling should yield any of these projects for minimal investment. Nothing is truly outstanding but the items are generally attractive. Styles tend toward country, though several projects (silvery distressed-finished frames, decorative-paper portfolio, jute-textured pillow, and velvet scarf) have a more sophisticated look. There's also a chapter devoted to kids' crafts. --Amy Handy

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