Super Crafty: Over 75 Amazing How-to Projects! | 
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The crafts scene is thriving as Gens X and Y embrace hobbies (rejected as too middlebrow by their baby boomer parents) in order to create something beautiful, functional, and unique. With its sleek design and edgy tone, Super Crafty is the ultimate hipster’s craft guide, with a wide array of accessible projects suitable for all skill levels. The book offers dozens of projects for the home (Easy Etched Glass), wardrobe (One-Afternoon Skirt), body (Flirty Floral Pasties), family pet (Greta’s Tail Warmer), and more. Organized by genre, each chapter uses a rating system to indicate difficulty, cost of materials, and age-appropriateness. “101” sections offer basic instruction in sewing, working with vinyl, jewelry making, and other crafts. A resource guide helps locate supplies, tools, and further inspiration. The authors also contribute thoughtful pieces on the underlying aspects of craft, from activism to therapy, as well as lighthearted vignettes on crafting disasters and favorite art supplies.
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Customer Reviews:
• Great Book Idea, But I Never Use It 18 November, 2007
I bought this book because it was written by local DIYers in my area... I actually bought two... one for me and one for a friend. I look at the book all the time, but I find that nothing in actually interests me to make it. I have had it for two years and I make a lot of home-made gifts, just nothing from this book. It is not the book's fault, the book is great... I just haven't found a project in it that I am inspired to do.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A6HXQP526K9W5
• It's Okay 18 August, 2008
When I got this book, it was pretty much what I expected. Very basic ideas I think more on things many of us made when we were younger. Cute ideas, however I think the "pasties" was something they should have left out. I mean really, where and how am I going to use them in my gift giving crafts. Would I wear them? Hahaha, not!! But over all if you want a basic book using recyled items and stuff around the house, then this is your book. Would I buy it if I'd had a chance to review before hand....no. Sorry folks, but I've seen a lot better for the money.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2G32FEFIHKCEZ
• Great Alternative To The Everyday Stuffy Crafting 03 January, 2008
Colorful and boldly different. You can learn to craft with retro style. I love the tin flowers, pasties, shrink art, and so much more.
The reason I gave this book 4 stars is because some of the crafts seemed a bit juvenile. I didn't need to relearn how to make the crafts I did when I was in grade school.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2RJE5DPQH7147
• Waste Of Time 09 July, 2007
Yes, I'm one of those elitist crafters who wouldn't be seen dead in an unfinished converted jeans skirt with a crooked hem - how cute! Yes, I'm one of those superior types who doesn't want to waste time - how did another reviewer put it? - mindlessly whiling away a rainy day! Maybe some people are lucky enough to have time to mindless while away. Mine is precious, and I want lovely stuff to come out of it.
So this book is yet another for the charity pile. Lots of mostly useless dust collectors. Can't even say it pushes recycling as so much of the stuff has to be bought. I wish I could find ONE project I'd like to make in it - at least in Alternacrafts, which is almost on the same level, I did. Problem is, I like things that are useful, attractive, and well finished. I like to recycle and reuse, and do it all the time - but I don't like to make trashy stuff. Oh well.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3FGL6OJNBWABI
• Something For Everyone! 03 October, 2007
I love this book! I bought it when it first came out and have referred to it many times since. It truly has something for everyone - prefaced with a manifesto! It is conversational and easy to read, and sure to inspire you into crafting something wonderful.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A12MTVXT3CAXDM
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