false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176077225m/590553.jpg 590553 1 Latino style is a huge and growing trend in home decorating and fashion. Latina personality Kathy Cano-Murillo takes the explosive colors and iconography of Latino style and merges it with pop art to create an inspirational craft book with a hip, contemporary sensibility. The twist: readers can create their very own casa loca crazy house by hand. <P>Cano-Murillo offers a fabulous array of easy, inexpensive projects to liven up the interior and brighten the garden, to throw killer fiestas and take restful siestas, to live&#151;and look&#151;the Latino style. Use T-shirt fabric to make toss pillows with fringe or turn inexpensive soft-drink bottles into fabulous glittery vases. Use a glue gun to transform an ordinary garden into a Mexicali masterpiece complete with a Bonita Birdfeeder and Milagro Tree Ribbons. Heighten the hues in any home with Margarita Candles and Campy Terra Cotta Patio Lights. Ditch standard party fare for playful Loteria Wine Glass Charms, spicy serving bowls, and Frida Kahlo placemats. <P>This is the stuff of La Casa Loca&#151;an ethnic treat for the senses that brings the exciting, classy-meets-campy Latino style home to hip decorators everywhere. <P>Kathy Cano-Murillo was named one of the "10 Latinas to watch" by Latina magazine in July 2001. newspaper. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona. 577313 1 3 2003 La Casa Loca: Latino Style Comes Home 45 Funky Craft Projects for Decorating & Entertaining total:14|5:4|4:5|3:5| 14 55 21 2 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Aug 11 10:11:10 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 10:13:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 20 23:25:14 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 23:26:12 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 21:02:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:02:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 09:16:49 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:16:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 07:30:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 07:30:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 08:58:49 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 08:58:49 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 08:08:27 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:08:29 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Nov 10 18:46:53 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 18:46:53 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 21 15:44:41 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 15:44:41 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 21 10:46:18 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 11:07:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Sep 08 16:14:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 16:14:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 03 06:46:06 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 06:46:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 28 15:04:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 15:04:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 30 13:07:33 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 14:55:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 13:07:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Apr 05 20:20:48 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 20:20:48 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 04 02:40:29 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 02:40:29 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jan 24 17:03:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 17:03:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Dec 20 22:57:21 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 22:57:21 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Thu Nov 15 19:03:11 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 19:03:11 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 13 19:02:19 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 19:02:52 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=590553