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| The Complete Book of Retro Crafts: Collecting, Displaying & Making Crafts of the Past | 
 enlarge | Author: Suzie Millions
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $8.76
You Save: $6.19 (41%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1579908691
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.5
EAN: 9781579908690
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Product Description
Baby boomers feeling nostalgic, hipsters longing for the handmade, and anyone interested in going retro can stop right here! This is the definitive guide to the fun and quirky world of retro crafts, written by a diva of the style. It’s jam-packed with history and wonderful images from vintage pamphlets, collections, and flea market hunts. Everything memorable is included, from the ridiculous to the sublime, along with the lowdown on collecting, Junking 101, and creating a crafting group. Forty retro-inspired projects run the gamut from glitter frames and matchbox purses to bottlecap men and teacup ladies, plus lovable Plastic Flower Pixies; the Sparkling Sputnik and its desk-top compadre, the Beauty Orb; and the unforgettable Reinbeer. Variations and creative suggestions will keep readers inspired.
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 What Fun! October 4, 2008
Here is a journey back in time, when folks found a use for everything, never throwing anything away, knowing there was bound to be a use for it somewhere, sometime, in some form. Very cleverly written, the Complete Book of Retro Crafts has pictures of the finished product along with complete instructions of how to assemble it. Even if the craft urge has left you, this book is an enjoyable look back at the past and an amusing and entertaining read.
 Retro Crafts September 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was disappointed in the overall quality of what was presented in the book. It was not what I expected.
LOVE this book! June 25, 2008
What a fun read! How interesting it was to learn that there is a history of those wacky things we all made and that someone has been paying attention to the fact that there is a history! Thanks for enlighting us! And thanks for the inspiration to make them again.
 Great reading whether you craft or not April 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an enjoyable read, with many photos that will take you back to the campfires, scout meetings and home-ec classes of your youth. Even if you consider retro crafts to be more junk than antique, you'll still find projects that will tempt you to break out the glue gun. I gave the book four stars because I do wish that a few more projects had been included. (As an example, she referenced the Reader's Digest Angels, but didn't include instructions for making them.) But overall, I think novice and expert alike will find something here that will inspire and entertain.
Perfect Bedtime Reading March 15, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Our foremothers had the same helpless inability to throw things away that we have today, only they didn't have recycling bins. This book shows what they made with tin cans, matchsticks and the like: craft items, some beautiful and some really, really ugly. Suzie Millions has been collecting these thingies for a lifetime -- she has an artist's eye for the good stuff and the really good bad stuff. This book shows you things you never knew existed, and what's worse, how to make them. As an added bonus we get photos of her amazing house, which gives new meaning to the word clutter.
My highest recommendation! A funny, soothing, yet oddly practical book.
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