Tag: craft book reviews

Design Originals Creative Coloring Mandalas by Valentina Harper

Design Originals Creative Coloring Mandalas by Valentina Harper

Three and a half years ago, I jumped on the adult coloring book bandwagon and haven’t looked back. I enjoy sitting down in the evening while watching TV and coloring. It helps me to relax and unwind after a long day. Not only is it 

Get into the Holiday Spirit with the Bliss Christmas Coloring Book

Get into the Holiday Spirit with the Bliss Christmas Coloring Book

Three years ago I jumped on the adult coloring book bandwagon and haven’t looked back since. I enjoy sitting down in the evening while watching TV and coloring. It helps me to relax and to unwind after a long day. Not only is it relaxing, 

How to Draw Almost Every Day – Illustrated Sourcebook

How to Draw Almost Every Day – Illustrated Sourcebook

How to Draw Almost Every Day - Illustrated SourcebookMy daughter is 8 years old and loves to craft, draw, paint and doodle. I often will walk into her bedroom and see her sitting at her desk drawing and sketching. She has her artwork hanging all over her bedroom and on the front of our refrigerator. While she’s not sure just yet, she’s thinking about a career in one of the creative art’s fields once she gets older.

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The newly published and released book titled “How to Draw Almost Every Day” an Illustrated Sourcebook by KAMO is great for older children, teens and adults who want to explore the art of drawing. I think it’s a great little introduction on how to draw and sketch the simple things around us every day.

How to Draw Almost Every Day - Illustrated Sourcebook

ISBN: 978-1-63159-377-2

Book Synopsis: The best way to become a better artist is by making art every day, but this can be a daunting proposition, especially for new artists. How to Draw Almost Every Day ensures you have new inspiration every day with step-by-step illustrations and daily exercises that will help you achieve this dream and become a better artist.

– Organized as a calendar, these 365 prompts ensure that you have new inspiration every day for a year.

– Step-by-step diagrams make the process easy to understand no matter what skill-level you are at.

– You’ll learn to draw items from everyday life, such as food, clothing, and seasonal images such as snowmen and pumpkins.

– Included are inspiring project photos to show you how to incorporate your doodles into greeting cards, calendars, invitations, gift wrap and more!

– Now anyone with a yearning to draw has the one stop prompt they need to get their pencils moving.

How to Draw Almost Every Day - Illustrated Sourcebook

The book is broken down in easy-to-read sections: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. There are sections that talk about materials needed, how to draw people with tips and how to draw animals with tips. The sides of the book are tabbed and color-coded for each month of the year. As you go through the book you’ll find the how-to drawings & projects are broken down by season, month and day. A great way to keep you on track with learning how to draw a new item every day of the week, month and year.

My daughter loves her new book and has been working on a lot of them. She’s probably done a total of 20 or so from this book so far and often re-draws the same item over and over (she practices) until she gets the image just the way that she likes it.

This would be a great book for any older child, teen or adult who’s interested in simple drawing and doodling. The author does a great job of breaking it all down and teaching it to you in a very easy way.

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Paper Birds 10 Feathery Projects to Pop Out and Make

Paper Birds 10 Feathery Projects to Pop Out and Make

My granddaughter is 8 years old and loves to work on arts and crafts projects when over at our home. We’ve shared many of our creations here on the blog over the past few years and today, we’ve got another really cool kid’s craft project 

How to Crochet Book – Techniques and Projects for the Beginner

How to Crochet Book – Techniques and Projects for the Beginner

This introductory, project-based book is ideal for anyone looking to take up a new craft. It guides the reader through the materials required and the basics of the craft, followed by a series of techniques and accompanying projects to put the newly acquired knowledge into practice 

How to Knit Book – Techniques and Projects for the Beginner

How to Knit Book – Techniques and Projects for the Beginner

How to Knit BookThis introductory, project-based book is ideal for anyone looking to take up a new craft. It guides the reader through the materials required and the basics of the craft, followed by a series of techniques and accompanying projects to put the newly acquired knowledge into practice right away.

The techniques are explained with the help of clear, step-by-step instructions and there are beautiful photographs of the stylish projects, including items for the home, accessories and gifts for friends and family – throughout.

Title: How to Knit
Author: Tina Barrett
Publisher: GMC Books
ISBN: 9781784942939

How to Knit Book

Carol’s Thoughts: I had always wanted to learn to knit, but never had the time to dedicate to learning. Now that I’m fully retired, I have a lot of spare time on my hands and I’m ready to learn.

The author did a great job of using step-by-step diagrams to teach you the basic knitting stitches. It’s all laid out in an easy-to-understand and to follow format. The author teaches you about different yarns, yarn weight, supplies & tools that you need and so forth.

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Once you’ve learned some of the basic stitches you’re ready to move onto some of the products in the book. The projects include: pillow covers, tablet covers, placemats, fingerless gloves, cushion covers, coasters and more. All of the projects include easy step-by-step instructions and color photos.

As soon as I’m done mastering the crochet book that I featured earlier this week, I’ll be moving onto knitting. I’m looking forward to getting started soon!

How to Knit Book

 

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Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch Designs Book

Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch Designs Book

When I was about 12 or 13 years old I learned to cross-stitch. I can remember sitting down for hours at a time with my grandmother and working on various designs. Once I hit adulthood, my love for cross-stitch grew even more. Over the years 

Feng Crochet – Calming Projects for a Harmonious Home

Feng Crochet – Calming Projects for a Harmonious Home

When it comes to crafting…crocheting is one of my favorite things to do. I’ve been crocheting since the age of 13 and over the years I’ve made beautiful afghans, baby blankets, doilies, table runners, holiday ornaments, hats, scarves and all kinds of different things. If