Craftivity: 40 Projects for the DIY Lifestyle

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Craftivity: 40 Projects for the DIY Lifestyle

Author(s):

Tsia Carson

Label: Collins Living
Publisher(s):

Collins Living

Studio: Collins Living
Manufacturer: Collins Living
Binding: Paperback
List Price: $19.95
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

From the creators of the hugely popular craft site, Supernaturale.com, comes a hip and funky compendium of new DIY projects that reshape, reuse, and redefine the concept of "handmade," moving away from country?cutesy, granny craft into utilitarian craft art for the 21st century.

Got a pile of extra buttons and don't know what to do with them? Make a cool bracelet. Need some pillows for your new couch, and have a bunch of old wool sweaters? Turn those sweaters into felt! Knitting, felting, leather tooling, glass and metal work??it's all here. CRAFTIVITY is filled with 60 amazing DIY projects that make the most of what you have by taking old stuff and turning it into functional, breathtaking art.

Customer Reviews

I buy this for my friends!

I was given this book as a gift; I probably would never have thought to buy it myself, despite making my living as a hands-on designer. However, I was charmed by the excellent packaging and layout and read it (instead of just shoving it into my bookshelf with the thousands of other art books I have). I can honestly say I wouldn't bother with half of these projects, but that's not really the point. The humor and energy with which this collection of charming, fun projects has been put together was enough to incite me to WANT to try doing the other half, and I'd say that's well done on Tsia Carson's part. I hit the website now and again whenever I need info on other projects I'm doing, but I do like having the book as well - much nicer and more inspirational than printing out crappy pages from the internet. I've bought the book for several friends by now who echo my sentiments!

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!

I really wasn't sure if this book was going to be good or not- I thought that at the least it would have some good ideas and nice pictures. I was pleasantly surprised to find a nice spread of crafts as well as primers on how to get started in a variety of mediums. Some of the actual projects seemed a little silly to me, while there are others that I will definitely try. If nothing else, you can spend time with this book and learn about crafting mediums that you might want to try in the future. All in all, this book was really inspiring and made me want to dive into about a million new projects. I highly recommend this one.

craftivity = craft + creativity

If your idea of craft is a kit from Michaels, then this book may stretch your understanding of what craft can be. In Craftivity, you find a blend of folk art, modern design and inventive uses for found objects. Many of the contributors are graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design - the same pool of talent that Martha Stewart mined for her industry. The projects in this book are decidedly less mainstream, but no less compelling. Craftivity is divided up into 6 parts for projects made with different materials. The crocheted skull is a perfect decoration for Dia de la Muerta or Halloween (our skull looks great on our Christmas tree). The bag o' bags is a great way to recycle plastic grocery bags. This book will challenge you to think of new ways to use everyday materials and traditional skills. [...]

Solid

While this isn't my all time favorite craft book, it's a very good one. It actually maybe deserves 5 stars for the "Chelsea Bed" project alone. I completed that project this weekend and can't say enough about it. The directions are easy to understand and the end result is very satisfying. I love it. And I love the fact that I just built my own bed for about $80 (which would probably be even cheaper if you don't live in New York City).

now this is a cool book

Very interesting ideas in this book and beautifully done also. I bought this for my sister's birthday so I have not been able to do any of the projects but this is one I would love to keep for myself. I've been in the diy scene for a while now but this book truly inspired me.

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