Crafty Girl: Accessories: Things to Make and Do

I loved this book! SO many wonderful accessories! I really love the first craft, the cuff bracelet thing. I made about a million! I love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!!

this book is full of excellent ideas that make wonderful gifts. i think this book is more targeted towards creative teens who do lots of arts and crafts. for example, not every idea in the book is completely spelled out on what to do, and there arent a lot of pictures to help. someone who is making these things needs to know how to improvise and not always go by the book. also, consider the book more of a springboard of ideas to help you get started. i made the magazine beach tote for a friend, but i mostely just used the ideas and improvised a little. plus i had to buy more materials because the instructions were wrong. some of the ideas in the book were kind of dumb, just things that you dont need a book to tell you how to do, but other than that its got great ideas that you can really personalize for yourself or for others.

What my favorite part about this book was that it had a little chapter dedicated to school supplies, and how to spice things up in your average work day, but that wasn't all I liked.There's a chapter dedicated to just jewelry, or "nightlife necessities" for the nights on the town.Why did I buy this book in the first place? Because I wanted a cool, fresh, original way to spice up my wardrobe without crashing my cash. What's great about making your own things, is no one else will have the exact same thing as you.I gave this book four stars because it kind of repeated some things that almost everyone knows how to do.I recommend this book for someone who cares for oddball bags and jewelry, which could be everyone I guess.

This book is chock full of creative, inventive, fun ideas. It's a great activity book for pre-teens and the accessories you can make are really great.