Book Description 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. Editorial Reviews About the Author Linda Blinn is an editor, teacher, writer, designer, and artist in the mixed-media arena. Her work as editor of Somerset Studio's M'lange focused on current trends in art journals, collage, zines and the wide spectrum of mixed media art. Her editorial credits also include work on True Colors, Signatures, and the Art Journal Calendar all published by Stampington & Co. Linda teaches in the Southern California area and at national conventions and conferences. She has also appeared on the DIY Network. Jennifer Mason's scrapbook design and paper art has been published in numerous books and leading art and scrapbook magazines. She worked as co-designer for Anna Griffin's Elegant Scrapbooking and also contributed to Sandi Genovese's Three Dimensional Scrapbooking. Her work has appeared on PBS, QVC, and HSN. She lives in Brookline, MA.
