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The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts: Fifty Fabulous Projects from the Fifties and Sixties | 
| Author: Leah Kramer
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 219090
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 174
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1580087477
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5
EAN: 9781580087476
ASIN: 1580087477
Publication Date: April 30, 2006
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Product Description
Youll find no die-cut teddy bears, cross-stitched friendship plaques, and ducks painted with bonnets in THE CRAFTSTER GUIDE. A hip collection of easy-to-make, fun-to-wear, and stylish-to-display crafts from the fifties and sixties, it features 50 projects culled from vintage craft publications, including more than 10 new retro-inspired projects. This unabashedly tacky craft compendium includes clear instructions, tools and techniques, and enough irony to fill a popsicle-stick purse.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 there's a reason these crafts got lost June 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i really, really wanted to love this book.
I've been a member of craftster since the begining and gotten some awesome ideas from there, and this book got so many positive reviews.
But I don't buy craft books to say how fun the projects are.
I buy them to *do* the projects.
I can't really see some of them (the egg carton lantern???) in anyone's home.
There are a few little cute projects (headband, snow globe, book purse) but you can learn how to make them anywhere.
Disappointing and impractical... February 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I guess I'll be the voice of dissent here, since everybody else apparently LOVED this book and its projects. I thought there weren't enough easy, do-able projects and some (the percolator/urn lamp, popsicle-stick purse, etc) were just plain weird. And where's the irony Craftster is known for?
PLEASE - don't get me wrong! I love kitsch, and I love Craftster! And there is so much fun and practical kitsch floating around on Craftster, I guess I just figured this would be a "best of"... to me, this just seemed like a collection of projects that are better off left in the past.
What I'd love to see from Kramer would be a "best of Craftster" - that would be fabulous! In the meantime, pass on this book and go for one of the other fine collections of vintage-type crafts already out there.
 great fun! April 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love looking through this book and getting inspired--the writing is so fun and the design overall is just so kitschy-cool! All the projects I've made from it turned out great, and I've had so much fun going through it and choosing what to do next.
Extremly Happy! April 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great book and great new projects to try out! Thing you would have never though of and intresting new ways to spice up things you may have tried before!! Must own by anyone new to crafting or an experienced one!
This book makes me happy! April 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want a fun book with lots of kitschy crafty history than this is the book for you! I have made a lot of the crafts and the instructions are easy to follow with no hassle. I would highly recommend this book.
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