The Crafty Diva's D.I.Y. Stylebook: "A Grrrl's Guide to Cool Creations You Can Make, Show Off, and Share"

by Kathy Cano-Murillo, Carrie Wheeler (Illustrator), John Samora (Photographer)

The Crafty Diva's D.I.Y. Stylebook is filled with more than 50 all-new do-it-yourself craft projects that celebrate the many sides of tween girls. Snappy mini-chapters are organized by "style"-from animal lover and beautiful bohemian to party girl and flashy fashionista-each featuring three chic, affordable, step-by-step projects illustrated with whimsical illustrations and color photos. Coded as easy, moderate, or difficult, the projects utilize a variety of applications, giving girls a foundation of general craft experience and teaching them to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Packed with materials for the less experienced crafter, the book includes an introduction to craft tools and techniques, tips on creating a crafty corner in which to work, a crash course in doodling, and even a journal page and quiz to inspire each girl's unique creative spark. Helpful add-ons like a built-in ruler, color mixing chart, and inch/cm/ft conversion chart make it that much easier to get started. Whatever their skill level, tweens will love making, sharing, and showing off these fun, easy projects!


Crafts Include

• Message-in-a-bottle necklace

• Bubble gum soap bars

• Glitter lip gloss

• Mega mosaic mirror

• CD and trinket shelf

• Wacky wire rings

• Lunch-box collage purse

• Painted cellphone cover

• Matchbox movie-star shrine

• Rainbow hair wraps






• Filled with tips, tricks, and techniques to help budding crafters

• Targets the 30 million tweens (ages 8-13) who spend billions annually

• Author's artwork has been featured in Gourmet , Sunset , Latina , and Phoenix magazines

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

Kathy Cano-Murillo is an artist, author, TV personality, and founder of CraftyChica®. She is a former syndicated newspaper columnist and now a full-time creativepreneur and has authored a dozen books, including two novels and the best seller – Forever Frida. CraftyChica designs have been sold on HSN, at Barnes & Noble, Michaels, and hundreds of retailers across the country. Kathy’s mission is to promote positivity via creativity! Features include Forbes, The New York Times, HGTV, CNN, Buzzfeed+ more. She is a third-gen Mexican-American and lives in Phoenix, AZ.

Reviews

[Heather]

Geared for young teenagers and preteens, this has a lot of different ideas that would be easy to customize.

[TSStechAngel]

Tons of different ideas line this book. Sure there's your basic crafty photo frame but there are other things like a lunchbox college purse to great custom worded visors. What ever your crafty tastes are you may very well find something new to discover in this DIY craft book. Give it a read!

[C]

Some cute ideas, but I wish there had been an emphasis on using eoc-friendly materials.

[Ann]

Good ideas for easy crafts to make with tween and teen girls. Glitter abounds and the instructions are easy to follow. Good pictures.