Category Archives: Book Review

I review books about art, craft, mixed media, living a good life and happiness.

Collage journeys by Jane Davies

Collage is all about taking imagery and materials out of their original contexts, or circumstances, and putting them in new ones. At its best, collage is about recontextualizing materials, giving them new life and new meaning. /Jane Davies Today’s post … Continue reading

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Raw Art Journaling by Quinn McDonald

There is quite a lot to read in the book Raw Art Journaling, so it’s taken me some time to get through it all. Part of it I read at the beach in August. And now it’s time to review … Continue reading

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Review of a book about Book Arts

A few months back I wrote a review of a book in the series Masters from Lark Books, called Collage. But while I love that book and everything about collages, I’m not over the moon about this new one… It … Continue reading

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How to find Found Faces + bookreview

Do you ever notice unexpected faces in your surrounding? If not, you will after reading this super cute photography book called Found Faces. I really love this book! It’s filled to the brim with faces that jumps at you (in … Continue reading

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Bookreview: Creative Bloom with fabric and wire

Have you ever made a craft project combining wire with fabric? And would you believe that those two odd materials together could be combined into several awesome projects that fill a whole craft book? And that that craft book would … Continue reading

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A Collage book of the Masters

It’s been a while since I reviewed any books here on my blog so I thought I’d get back in the habit because I really enjoy sharing my finds with you guys. The book that I’ve just finished is called … Continue reading

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Craft Corps – Celebrating the Crafty Community

Have you seen Vickie Howell’s new book yet? It came out in May 2010 and it is called Craft Corps – Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time. Great title and nice book cover & logotype (plus I’m … Continue reading

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Sewing book review: One-Yard Wonders

It’s called One-Yard Wonders 101 sewing projects and it’s put together by Rebecca Yaker & Patricia Hoskins. One of those books where sewing bloggers could send in projects to be considered to be in the book kind of books. I’ve … Continue reading

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Book review: Living introverted by Lee Ann Lambert

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Tranquilista – a book review

I like to think of each day as a fresh canvas full of possibility. /Kimberly Wilson I’ve read Kimberly Wilson’s new book Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play. I’ve been a fan of this online chica … Continue reading

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