Review: At least its free
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
I kinda liked the book, but I wish it was more focused. Some of the gifts sound cute, but I can't imagine giving those items to someone, or getting some of these as gifts.The DIYs:Tiny Books(cute books, great directions)Cat Book Covers(needle felting cats to felt pieces)Lightning Tshirt(stenciling on a shirt using freezer method)Flower Sticks(paper flower cutouts on sticks)Vanilla-Bean Meringue Kisses(if this tastes good...recipe)Pink Champagne Cake(if it tastes good...recipe)Mallow Cones(if it tastes good, a good kids party recipe)Whale Onesie(stenciling on a onesie using freezer method)Temporary Tattoos(inkjet printer & adhesive, sounds fun)Cat Portraits(needle felting with YOUR cat's hair)Animal Cookies(regular sugar cookies shaped as animals)Dog Gadget Sleeve(felt ipod sleeve)Candy Charms(polymer clay made into candy, good directions)Inside-Out Cookie Dough Truffles(basically cake pops)Homemade Vanilla Extract & Vanilla Sugar(um?)Solar System Mobile(balls of wool yarn on strings)Mini Homemade Pop Tarts(recipe)Bottled Potions(glitter in tiny water-filled bottles)Overall, I was disappointed by the variety, usually thats good, but this ebook needed some focus. I don't needle felt so those are 2 wasted ideas for me; freezer paper stenciling should only be listed once maybe plus an alternative; recipes should be in their own gift giving book. I wish this had been separate books with focus per medium, instead of all together. Plus these are not original ideas to the author, they are compiled from other books, while all cited correctly, I found that to be a disappointment. Much of this can be found online for free (stencils, polymer clay, etc), or you could go to the library and find books on each medium to get more ideas that way.