{"id":11,"date":"2013-04-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11"},"modified":"2015-08-17T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T16:00:57","slug":"a-for-artist-paper-artist-by-green-laughlin-and-phillips-nonfiction-cute-clever-crafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"A for Artist – Paper Artist, by Green, Laughlin and Phillips (book review) – cute, clever crafting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookA is for artsy-crafty-creative.
\n(and for Arlee at TossingItOut<\/a> on the first day of 2013 Blogging from A to Z Challenge<\/a> that he started)
\nNo April Fooling<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Your own creative spark sets apart these stylish paper items from the print-out-cut-and-glue variety<\/a>. Who could have imagined a paper skirt or decoupaging<\/a> a pair of shoes with your favorite design?<\/p>\n

Ask for this one at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> – it’s a great addition to any crafting collection.<\/p>\n

Which pictures would you choose to become a stackable photo blocks display?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/b>: Paper Artist: Creations You Can Fold, Tear, Wear, or Share \/ Gail D. Green, Kara L. Laughlin, and Jennifer Phillips. Capstone Young Readers, 2013.\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]<\/p>\n

My Recommendation<\/b>:It\u2019s easy to make charming gifts, decorations, and keepsakes as you become a Paper Artist<\/i>, using ordinary materials in unusual ways like turning paper into wearable shareables with new techniques.<\/p>\n

Dangling earrings are lightweight and lovely when crafted from paper. A \u2018quilling pen\u2019 allows you to twirl paper strips into cleverly curled decorations used on the Heads Up headband and Quilled Nameplate.<\/p>\n

Plan a perfect Purse with patterned cardstock or turn plain shoes into Fancy Footwear, perhaps with old book pages. The tissue paper Hat is surprisingly sophisticated, while the matching possibilities of the button-clasp Belt and Beaded Bracelet are endless.<\/p>\n

Transform flower petals and paper into a Captivating Container to hold trinkets, repurpose a cereal box into the Fluttering Butterfly Gift Bag, and make your own Stationery Paper with the recycling instructions included.<\/p>\n

Several variations on handmade boxes, artwork, frames, and flowers round out this selection of over 50 artistic paper crafts, providing lots of options for your own creativity to flourish.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>) Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A is for artsy-crafty-creative. (and for Arlee at TossingItOut on the first day of 2013 Blogging from A to Z Challenge that he started) No April Fooling! Your own creative spark sets apart these stylish paper items from the print-out-cut-and-glue variety. Who could have imagined a paper skirt or decoupaging a pair of shoes with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[10,42,54,53,8],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction","tag-a2z","tag-crafts","tag-recycling","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6489,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/6489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}