Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Christianity    3. Christianity - Christian Life - General    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Crafts / Hobbies    6. Handicraft    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Paper Crafts    9. Papercrafts    10. Religious aspects    11. Spiritual journals    12. Spiritual life    13. Christian spirituality    14. Crafts & Hobbies / Papercrafts    15. Handicrafts   

Reviews (3)

me likey colorin'
Fulfill your primal needs. I like the designs, but I was disappointed that they were printed on the backs of the pages also. I like to use markers and they tend to bleed through.

Martha Bartfeld's Mandala Designs
Martha Bartfeld's mandalas are always fun to color, and one derives a significant spiritual benefit from them, as well.I also have her spiral-bound Magic Mandalas Coloring Book and have immensely enjoyed it.Her mandalas are easy to color and challenge you to seek their deeper meaning, which is different for each person.

Beautiful mandalas
This is a book of mandalas that can be enjoyed either as they are, as a beautiful symbol/ image, or used as a coloring guide.The mandalas inspire one to awaken the higher mind through the use of them as symbols of higher consciousness.They are very beautiful and inspiring.Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Papercrafts - Adult Coloring Books    6. Handicrafts    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books   

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Beauty and The Book!!!
Absolutely Michael's best work to date and the book only he could do justice to. This book really has it all and is not only perfectly written with THE most concise instructions that one could hope for and anyone can follow ... each project becomes more exciting than the last.
Exuberant and inspiring
My book shelves are full of books on bookmaking. Many repeat the usual instructions for traditional bindings, sometimes with a little twist or inovation. However this book takes inovation a giant step forward. I have made matchbook drawers and pyramid boxes before but Michael Jacobs sent my imagination reeling. His creations are so exuberant and so inspiring but not beyond the capabilities of an average crafter. The illustrations and instructions are well laid out and easy to follow. This book is a "must have."

The Ultimate Bookmaking Book
Books Unbound: 20 Innovative Bookmaking Projects is the book Michael Jacobs has always been meant to write.
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Subjects:  1. Book design    2. Bookbinding    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. General    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Handicraft    8. Hobbies/Crafts    9. Paper Crafts    10. Papercrafts   

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Even better than the first one!
I'm repeating my review of the first book since my opinion is much the same. I will add that there is contact information for the featured artists and information about a contest for 3Demensional illustrators!Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Paper sculpture    5. Papercrafts    6. Art techniques & materials    7. Decorative arts & crafts    8. Papermaking by hand    9. Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Crafts & Hobbies - General    4. Juvenile Arts And Crafts    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Crafts & Hobbies / Papercrafts    7. STUDY AIDS - Study Aids   

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With 300 easy-to-follow color drawings
Flower Origami: Fabric Flowers From Simple Shapes by Kumiko Sudo focuses upon teaching quilters and other needlecrafters how to take a colorful scrap of ordinary fabric and manipulate it into a visually impressive three-dimensional flower as part of a decorative needlecraft project. Twenty wonderful flower designs are showcased on visually impressive quilt blocks. Impressively enhanced with 300 easy-to-follow color drawings and specific guidance on sashiko stitching and other Japanese inspired embellishment techniques, Flower Origami offers patters and directions for an impressive diversity of fashion and home accessory projects. Flower Origami is enthusiastically recommended as a unique addition to any dedicated and adventuresome needlecraft hobbyist's personal project reference collection. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applique    2. Appliquâe    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Flowers in art    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Origami    8. Paper Crafts    9. Papercrafts    10. Patterns    11. Quilting    12. Crafts & Hobbies / Papercrafts    13. Flower making   

Reviews (6)

I'm buying a second copy
This book is a very clear guide to paper engineering.It invites you to cut and assemble the examples that are given to demonstrate basic techniques.I can't bear to cut and paste my copy though.I'm buying a second one to practice on and keeping my original copy as a reference.

perfect reference
This book is a real gem for teachers interested in acquainting children with the engineering principles of pop-ups both as an appreciation of pop-ups they enjoy and introduction into making their own.Well thoughtout directions and a place to store your samples for future reference areprovided.

The book that sent me down the paper engineering road.
I found this book 10 years ago in a used-book store. Looked interesting, bought it, and the rest is history. Since then I've purchased every book I can find on this subject, including Mark's latest (Paper Engineering WithElastic Bands). I make my own greeting cards using Mark's first book as aguide. The recipients never fail to tell me the card is a"keeper!" I then branched out and made a book for my 4-year oldniece. The other books in this category have given me inspiration butMark's books are my primary reference. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Graphic Arts - General    4. Interactive & activity books & packs    5. Paper crafts    6. Paper engineering, paper models   

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Found it interesting and helpful
This book has a lot of useful information and even websites to review for additional help. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    2. Marketing    3. Small Business - General    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Papercrafts    6. Minor Arts    7. Entrepreneurship    8. Selling    9. Crafts & Hobbies    10. Paper Crafts    11. Hobbies/Crafts    12. Equipment and supplies    13. Scrapbooks   

Reviews (5)

GREAT IDEAS
This book is full of ideas for anyone to try. The directions are easy to follow and the techniques shown look beautiful. A good book for those who are new to scrapbooking and need inspiration or looking for something different. I am so glad that I bought it.

not what I expected...BETTER !!!!
I'm not really into 3D scrapbooks because I thought that it would take up too much space in my albums. But I bought this book because I figured I could make gifts and the reviews were great. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that most of the pages don't really protrude too much and are all very usable in my scrapbooks. Plus, you can tweak some of the ideas if you'd like more of a 2D page. All the layout ideas are beautiful, innovative and attainable. I've been scrapping for 5 years and I think these ideas are for beginners and "pros" alike. I don't have alot of time to scrap but these layouts are beautiful and fairly easy and quick to do. I also really liked that each page is a different layout idea and there are instructions for each layout. I actually bought this book before I realized that you can watch Sandi Genovese on Scrapbooking ( on DIYnetwork ). So it was a pleasant surprise to see a "familiar face". I hope this was helpful to you and HAPPY SCRAPPIN'.
Sandi Genovese's Three-Dimensional Scrapbooks: Techniques for Building Texture and Style into Your Pages
This is an execellent book. It has a lot of techniques for adding texture without a lot of bulk on your scrapbook pages.
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Subjects:  1. Assemblage (Art)    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Papercrafts    6. Photograph albums    7. Scrapbooks    8. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    9. Decorative arts & crafts    10. Handicrafts   

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Great for teaching children
I recently purchased this book and have found it to be a terrific resource for teaching children how to make beautiful books.The instructions and diagrams are easy to follow and very clear. My favourite is the T.V. book. The children in my class had a blast making these books.

Good Reference
Good ideas for books to make with kids, and also some basic ideas to further explore in more complex books.

Great Book for Kids
I used several ideas in this book to teach an afterschool bookmaking class for K-3rd graders.The books are eye-catching and pretty simple to make, although I did a bit of prep work for the kids.
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Subjects:  1. Carving    2. Children's 9-12 - Crafts / Hobbies    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Crafts & Hobbies - General    6. Crafts for Children    7. Design    8. Handicraft    9. Hobbies/Crafts    10. Juvenile Arts And Crafts    11. Juvenile literature    12. Papercrafts    13. Toy and movable books    14. COMPUTERS - GRAPHICS &DESIGN TPB    15. Crafts & Hobbies / Crafts for Children   

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great easy crafts for kids
The book is absolutely great! My son enjoyed it ver much, made all the projects in just a few days, and now he almost finished with the second copy. The projects are easy, with complexity increasing gradually with each page. The resulting toys are very nice, and some of them are very unusual. I am very glad we bought this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Crafts & Hobbies - General    4. Crafts for Children    5. Education / Teaching    6. Juvenile Arts And Crafts    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Papercrafts    9. Preschool & Kindergarten   

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I Can't Wait "Til Christmas...
I can't wait until Christmas because Danny Seo's book has given me many new ideas as to how to give and/or wrap gifts that are pretty, fun, and environmentally friendly.
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Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Environmentalism    5. General    6. Handicraft    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Paper Crafts    9. Recycling (Waste, etc.)    10. Crafts & Hobbies / General    11. Handicrafts   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Greeting cards    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Paper Crafts    7. Papercrafts   

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LOVE THIS BOOK
Very glad I purchased this book ... filled with great ideas.Very well photographed projects.Just an overall pretty book as well.

The phographs are nice
But there just really isn't any substance to this book.The projects are very simplistic, so in that regard I suppose this might be a nice project book for a beginning collage/assemblage enthusiast, but if you have any experience, this book isn't for you.It does have some nice photographs of vintage ephemera, which I plan to cut out of the book and use in my projects, but for me, that is about all this book is good for. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arts And Crafts    2. Assemblage (Art)    3. Box making    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Crafts / Hobbies    6. Decorating    7. General    8. Hobbies/Crafts    9. Ornamental boxes    10. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    11. Souvenirs (Keepsakes)    12. BG-ANIMALS/NATURE - BG-NATURE    13. Crafts & Hobbies / General    14. Handicrafts    15. Paper crafts   

Reviews (3)

Excellent selection of designs
There is a good selection of designs, and the print is on both sides of the page. The mandala will come out in much more vibrant colors if you use fine tip markers and color on both sides. The look beautiful in my windows and my only problem is that they don't perforate the edges of the page, so tearing the finished product out of the book is sort of a pain.

Mandalas Stained Glass Coloring Book
I found them kind of hard to color with pencils.The colors were not as vibrant as I had they would be. The designs, however were great.

two uses: coloring book and "stained glass" window decor
My 6-year-old daughter and I both enjoy coloring these mandalas and hanging them in the windows. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Eastern - General    3. Papercrafts - Adult Coloring Books    4. Philosophy    5. Colouring & painting    6. Philosophy / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. Conservation and restoration    2. General    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History - U.S.    6. Papercrafts    7. Photograph albums    8. Photographs    9. Popular Culture - General    10. Reference    11. Scrapbooks    12. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    13. Social History    14. United States    15. United States - General    16. American studies    17. Popular culture    18. USA   

Reviews (5)

Must be better out there
This would be a great book if it is the last in your large collection, and you are looking for a card specific to something obscure like celebrating a chinese take-out!If you are looking for all around good ideas that can be easily adapted to a multitude of purposes and projects, this just isn't the book.While pretty to look at, I was disappointed from a practical point of view.I was going to sell it - until I noted that 40 other readers obviously thought the same thing (but didn't take the time to write a review it seems)Your time and dollars would be well spent looking for something else.

The Title Captures the Book
I was given this book as a gift and have found it to be full of great ideas. The cards vary in their technical difficulty, however even the ones that take a few more minutes are worth the effort.In this day and age when people can go on-line and send a greeting card over the internet, these cards send an extra special message to the receiver.I used many materials that I had on hand and those that I needed were easy to find. My children enjoyed helping with some of the cards and still love to look page by page at the projects.I have also given this book to several friends and they have commented on the beautiful design of the book and the projects.Keep them coming!
Great ideas for beginner and advanced, thanks again, Heidi!
After purchasing Heidi's "Simply Beautiful Beading", I couldn't wait for this book.I wasn't disappointed.Great ideas - some simple, some more advanced.Directions are clear, nice templates, clever embellishments.I was even able to use some of her techniques in demonstrations I gave.I'm looking forward to her next book!Highly recommend. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Greeting cards    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Papercrafts    6. Paper crafts   

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full of inspiration and ideas
A Wedding Photo Album is wonderful, but creating a personalized wedding photo scrapbook is a showy way to capture the true feelings of a most special day. Scrapbooking Your Wedding by Memory Makers lends inspiration and ideas for building such an album. Page after page, will bring pleasure to those you share it with. Sample pages from couples own scrapbooks are shown along with details on how the look was achieved. Basic scrapbook tools and supplied are introduced. Sources also include website addresses. So why not get ready, get set, and start scrapbooking to hold cherished memories for years to come? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conservation and restoration    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Papercrafts    6. Photograph albums    7. Photographs    8. Scrapbooks    9. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    10. Weddings    11. Handicrafts   

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The "Cool" coloring book...
I have to say, of all the coloring books I purchased for a 2-3 year old this was the one most loved by the adults. The child was happy with all of them, Disney, animals, butterflies, and this in an equal manner... but the grown ups thought this was wonderful. If you have a child who likes fantasy themes, or a teenager who happens to enjoy coloring, or even if you just like coloring books this one is definately a must. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Coloring and Design Books    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Papercrafts - Adult Coloring Books    6. Colouring & painting    7. Illustration & commercial art    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books   

Reviews (7)

A Keeper
As a childcare provider I love this book it is a creative way to learn the alphabet a great resources if you make up your own curriculum. You may photo copy it for many years of use instead of purchasing aboxed curriculum every month for a certain number of children. Parent's are always interested to see what their children have learned.With each letter of the alphabet it is always different and interesting. But most important children have fun as they learn.

Great Book
I'm a teacher, and I have to say that this is a great book!I love how it breaks down activities by letter and also gives lesson ideas, too!It's very user-friendly!

Great for Pre-k!
I used this book with my 2004-2005 Pre-K class. It's very easy to incorporate the lessons into your daily/weekly calendar. My students particularly enjoyed the letter bag game (put mystery items into a pillowcase that begin with the letter you are teaching. Pass it around and have the children grab out 1 item and try to guess what it is). I incorporated it into show-n-tell Fridays. IE: Bring in something that starts with letter B. I would put those show n tell items into the letter bag & the kids loved seeing their item pulled out of the letter bag by other children.
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Subjects:  1. Activity programs    2. Alphabet    3. Bookbinding    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Creative activities and seatwork    6. Curricula    7. Early childhood education    8. Education    9. English language    10. Papercrafts    11. Study and teaching (Early childhood)