Synopses & Reviews
Exquisite paper-based gifts that everyone will love.
Giving handmade gifts is always in style! And these personalized gifts are more meaningful than most store-bought items, especially in today's world of homogeneous merchandise. Crafters have delved into a celebration of personalized work and this book offers a wide range of beautiful paper-based projects to help them expand their creative skills. Projects include luggage tags, a travel frame, a travel journal, collage under glass (paper weight), custom stationery items, book plates, personalized pens and tabs, a kitchen journal, tags and labels for food gifts, collage plates, paper art produce and more. This inspiring new book is the first in a series of volumes targeted to the large and growing paper arts/memory/book making audience. Each book in the series, including Celebrating Baby, features sophisticated techniques and paper art projects for stylish crafters. Celebrating popular craft themes, from babies to home to gift giving to crafts for parties and entertaining, Handmade Gifts features projects that are contemporary, artistic and stylish, and that utilize the latest trends and techniques in paper arts.Giving handmade gifts is always in style! And these personalized gifts are more meaningful than most store-bought items, especially in today's world of homogeneous merchandise. Crafters have delved into a celebration of personalized work and this book offers a wide range of beautiful paper-based projects to help them expand their creative skills. Projects include luggage tags, a travel frame, a travel journal, collage under glass (paper weight), custom stationery items, book plates, personalized pens and tabs, a kitchen journal, tags and labels for food gifts, collage plates, paper art produce and more. This inspiring new book is the first in a series of volumes targeted to the large and growing paper arts/memory/book making audience. Each book in the series, including Celebrating Baby, features sophisticated techniques and paper art projects for stylish crafters. Celebrating popular craft themes, from babies to home to gift giving to crafts for parties and entertaining, Handmade Gifts features projects that are contemporary, artistic and stylish, and that utilize the latest trends and techniques in paper arts.
About the Author
Linda Blinn is an editor, teacher, writer, designer, and artist in the mixed media arena. As editor of of Somerset Studio's Melange she focused on current trends in art journals, collage, zines and the wide spectrum of mixed media art. She is the author of Making Family Journals (Quarry Books, Spring 2006). Linda lives in San Clemente, CA.Jennifer Francis Bitto is a teacher, artist, writer, and photo stylist. She is the editor and art director for The Stampers' Sampler, Inspirations, and Take Ten. Her work has been featured in Legacy, Somerset Studio, and Art Doll Quarterly magazines She lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and daughter.Jenn Mason is an accomplished and published paper and mixed media artist and author. As co-designer for Anna Griffin, Inc., Jenn created artwork for national ads, television and books. Her commissioned work has appeared in Memory Makers, Paper Crafts, Legacy, and Take Ten magazines. Her first book, Pockets, Pullouts and Hiding Places (Rockport, April 2005) was selected as a Finalist in the 14th Annual Craftrends Awards of Excellence. Jenn lives in Keller, TX with her husband and two daughters.