By Carol Endler Sterbenz and Genevieve A. Sterbenz. 108 pages. Retail $15.94. Chronicle Books.
This is the type of craft book that I would buy for a friend who is a non-crafter or beginning crafter. The 36 sophisticated-looking card projects are simple and require few tools that one can find around the house such as scissor, x-acto knife, pen, torn newspapers and ribbons. Each project has a full page photo followed by a full page set of instructions. The book is divided into project chapters titled Birthday, Love, Home and Hearth, Work and Travel, Holiday, and General. The last chapter, Envelops, provides instructions for creating gatefold, square, and standard envelops. Beautifully illustrated with photographs that are softly filtered with light, and well-laid out instruction pages, it also makes for a great coffee table book.
Examples of my favorite projects include:
- A card with words amplified by flat-bottomed glass gems
- A prettily decorated matchbox with a love note inside
- A card that doubles as a scented lavender sachet
- A holiday card that can double as lantern when slipped over a votive candle
- A coupon gift book created using a sewing machine
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