Blair Stocker's new book, out this month from Running Press, is called Wise Craft: Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects into Stuff You Love, and it's full of inspiring projects to transform things you already have into beautiful and useful craft objects.
Arranged by season, the projects incorporate a variety of materials from paper, fabric, leather and found objects. There are so many clever projects in this book, from Zombie Barbies (!!!)
to cross stitched pegboard Christmas trees
and even a reimagination of an old standby like a crocheted placemat.
This book is filled with so many creative and more importantly, DO-able projects. Flipping through the book, I was already noting which projects I had the materials for in my stash, like these book pot holders/trivets.
At $20, this is a reasonably-priced paperback craft book, especially with 60 projects included. For me, I love that the ideas in this book are a jumping point for coming up with ways to upcycle items from around my home or that I see in a thrift store.
Wise Craft is And thanks to the author for including this cute little bunting made from fabrics used throughout the book. It brightens up my living room!
This book trailer does a better job than me at showing you what's inside the book
(I'm so jealous of her studio space! )
You can learn more about Wise Craft via Blair's blog or by looking through the book on Amazon.com.
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One lucky reader will win a copy of Wise Craft. Leave a comment on this post telling me something you've made this winter. Get another entry by sharing the giveaway on Twitter and leave a separate comment. Contest ends March 12, 11:59pm EST. I'll contact the winner by email. Good luck!Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own.