InstaCraft: Fun & Simple Projects for Adorable Gifts, Decor, and More
By Alison Caporimo and Meera Lee Patel
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Each of these fifty crafts comes together in a snap with the simplest materials—paint swatches, twine, tag-sale ceramics—to create elegant and practical home decor that transcends its humble components. Whether it’s re-creating designer jewelry with nail polish on an old necklace or fashioning sophisticated modern coasters out of bobby pins, these zippy projects are completed in no time. From Mason jars made into snow globes to an old suitcase turned into a side table, the inspiring ideas in InstaCrafts teach readers to “upcycle” junk-drawer clutter into stylish treasures.
The super cute and surprisingly easy projects include:
- Brick Bookends
- Berry Personalized Stationery
- Faux French Lockets
- Sweetheart Sugar Jars
- Traveling Globes
- Takeout Container Lanterns
- Paint-Swatch Key Hooks
- Pantone Placemats
- Time Capsule Terrariums
- Fond Memories Wrapping Paper
- And more!
“Using simple items from around your house, craft store supplies, skills possessed by anyone who’s passed 3rd grade, and—surprise!—no fancy tools, author Alison Caporimo has put together a project guide full of 5-minute DIYs with her new book.” —Boston.com
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Pretty much all of the projects in this book barely qualify as crafts...I can't believe a publisher approved including straightening out a paper clip to use as a fruit pick as one of the "craft" projects. And I can't see any good coming from painting a piece of candy to use as a hair elastic...
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InstaCraft - Alison Caporimo
INSTACRAFT
Fun & Simple Projects for Adorable Gifts, Décor, & More
By Alison Caporimo
Photography by Meera Lee Patel
Ulysses Press
Text copyright © 2013 Alison Caporimo. Photographs copyright © 2013 Meera Lee Patel. Design and concept © 2013 Ulysses Press and its licensors. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Published in the U.S. by
Ulysses Press
P.O. Box 3440
Berkeley, CA 94703
www.ulyssespress.com
ISBN: 978-1-61243-253-3
Library of Congress Control Number 2013938283
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Acquisitions Editor: Katherine Furman
Managing Editor: Claire Chun
Editor: Melanie Gold
Proofreader: Elyce Berrigan-Dunlop
Design and layout: Elliot Stokes
Indexer: Jay Kreider
IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: This book is independently authored and published and no sponsorship or endorsement of this book by, and no affiliation with, any trademarked brands or other products mentioned or pictured within is claimed or suggested. All trademarks that appear in Directions, photographs, and elsewhere in this book belong to their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only. The author and publishers encourage readers to patronize the quality brands and products mentioned and pictured in this book.
FOR MY FAMILY
CONTENTS
SPRAY
Checkmate Chess Jars
Farm-to-Table Butter Dish
Gold Pencil Holder
Striped Kitchen Utensils
Boo Bottles
Easy ID Serving Board
Sweetheart Sugar Jar
Easy Ombre Scarf
CUT & HANG
Framed Scarves
Sneaky Holiday Storage
Clip-On Photo Collage
Stocking Flowerpot
Wooden Phone Case
Cookie Cutter Frames
Memory Wrapping Paper
Pencil Vase
WRITE & PAINT
Personalized Teapot
Message Stones
Spell-Out Spice Jars
No-Tie Tie-Dye Makeup Bag
Takeout Lanterns
Splashed Paint Votives
Brick Bookends
Fade-Away Rolling Pin
Faux French Lockets
Color-Me Thumbtacks
Color Block Lock
Painted Pillows
Map Makeover
PIN & FOLD
Paperclip Skewers
Celebration Napkin Banner
Bobby Pin Burst Coasters
Trinket Tea Tags
Paint-Swatch Key Hooks
Inspiration Clothesline
TAPE & GLUE
Little Lined Frames
Tic Tac Spice Rack to Go
Pantone Placemat
Wrapped Notebooks
Traveling Globe
Retro Recycled Trivet
Candy Hair Ties
Bright Light Ornaments
String Napkin Rings
Time Capsule Terrarium
DIP & STAMP
Berry Stationery
Dip-Dyed Gloves
Chocolate Jewelry Box
Color Clothespin Mirror
Patterned Envelopes
Polka Dot Napkin
Spaghetti-Stamped Tote Bag
INSTACRAFT EXTRAS
Spray Day
One-Second Stamps
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
HELLO THERE!
Not long ago we used to chop and chisel instead of swipe and tap. We carved and constructed. Why, we even whittled. While our