Paper's not just for note cards or scrapbooking anymore! Decorate your home with the 25 fun and fabulous eco-friendly papercraft projects featured in this inspiring new collection, Decorating with Papercraft. You can conjure up tea light lanterns, vintage flower lampshades, decorative bowls, picture frames, stacking photo cubes, even a decoupaged dresser...all from paper, both new and recycled. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography guide you through the process of making these chic, one-of-a kind designs. There are patterns for all skill levels as well as pages of templates conveniently included in the back of the book for reference. For anyone who has ever wondered how to turn a stack of old magazines into inspired decor, this book is just the answer.

Decorating with Papercraft: 25 Fresh and Eco-Friendly Projects for the Home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Youngs, Clare

Crafts & Hobbies

Taunton Press

Create a wonderful array of 3D animals with Clare Youngs’ beautifully easy projects. Here are 35 quirky woodland animals for you to make in no time. Using simple slotting techniques, you can make a whole menagerie using just cardboard, found paper, and scissors or a craft knife. From the crafty fox to the elegant stags, from the cute koala and her baby to the mischievous squirrels, every animal is specially designed by Clare Youngs to require a minimum of effort to put together. The projects are inexpensive, too, as cardboard is so readily available and easy to find, so anyone can have a go at creating a cute critter. You can then use them as highly individual decorations for your home or give them as gifts. Once you start creating, there really is a world of possibility to what you can make for yourself or your friends. The projects are accompanied by clear diagrams and there is a comprehensive tips and techniques section that explains all the skills you will need.

Make Your Own Woodland Creatures: 35 simple 3D cardboard projects

CICO Books

Catch on to the bold new trend of decorating with letters. Here are 35 quirky and cool projects to bring a touch of typography to your home. Clare Youngs comes up with a range of simple projects, using inexpensive and easy-to-find materials, so you can make your very own colorful alphabet. For a stylish display, adorn your mantelpiece with bold letters made out of recycled fruit crates, or spell out ‘eat’ in your kitchen with graphic cardboard letters. Make your own vintage fabric ‘T’, or cheer up a child’s bedroom with a bright alphabet pillowslip, or why not make an ampersand carrier bag to turn every trip to the supermarket a stylish one? All the projects are clearly explained with step-by-step artworks, and there is a tools and techniques section so you can brush up on your crafting skills, so all you need to do is decide which letter to create. It’s as easy as A, B, C.

Letter Art: 35 stylish letters to make and give

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Here are 52 beautifully simple step-by-step ideas to get you crafting throughout the year. Start in January by making a handmade diary so you can start the year fresh and organized, while in March you can revamp your home for the annual spring clean with a new chair seat or a vintage-inspired embroidered tablecloth. In April there are Easter decorations to make, and you can start getting ready for the planting season with a container full of your favorite herbs for the garden. Get inspired in July with an outdoor garland and pretty paper butterflies and moths. If you’re going on vacation in August, prepare by making a recycled luggage label so you can spot your suitcase in the airport, and in September make a lunchbox or pencil case to keep those back-to-school blues at bay. In October, it’s time for Halloween again, and you can celebrate by carving mini pumpkins and squash to hang in a tree outside your house. November is the best time to start preparing for Christmas, so start making your gifts now and you won’t have to rush to buy gifts at the last moment. Make a beautiful gilded star for your tree in the first week of December, as well as unique decorations to make your home look festive. You’ll be truly inspired with Clare Youngs’ lovely projects, so whether you want to make each project as the year progresses, or dip in and out of the book, you’ll never be bored with A Year in Crafts.

A Year in Crafts: 52 seasonal projects to make and give

Thirty-five inspiring and simple mobiles to make for the home, and as gifts. Follow Clare Youngs’ instructions to make your home a magical place, with these fluttering, softly spinning works of art. Whether you hang them in your window or from the ceiling, these mobiles add a charming, colorful touch to your interiors. There are bronzed paper leaves to hang in the fall, a delicate floral filigree mobile, and a cute elephant mobile for a child's bedroom. The designs use a variety of crafting techniques—from sewing to origami and macramé—and each project comes with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step artworks. There’s also a helpful techniques section at the back that will be of real use to first-time crafters, handy time-saving tips that more confident crafters will appreciate, and a templates section.

Mobile Art: Make your home a magical place with these 35 beautiful hanging decorations

Make your home look totally unique with Clare Youngs’ inspiring projects. Treat your home as your canvas and adorn your walls with hangings, paintings, stencils, papercrafts, tapestries, plants, and more. Make a geometric work of art using silver and copper leaf and turn your collection of vintage ephemera into a gallery wall in your living room, using simple handmade box frames. Wall Art will show you how to decorate a child’s bedroom with a jumping hare made of washi tape and how to weave a group of little, Aztec-inspired wall hangings to bring a touch of texture to a bare wall. Update your interiors with these innovative, contemporary projects, some of which can be created in an afternoon. You’ll have a great time making a beautiful shadow box inspired by Scandinavian folk art, a delicate macrame wall hanging that will transform any space, and a giant shining firefly that will really make an impact. All you need to do is find a bare wall and get started!

Wall Art: 35 fresh and striking projects to decorate your walls

Color your way to a happy state of mind with this anti-stress adult coloring book of gorgeously detailed illustrations hand-drawn by designer and author Clare Youngs. Color your way to a happy state of mind with this anti-stress adult coloring book of gorgeously detailed illustrations hand-drawn by designer and author Clare Youngs. Enter an enchanting world, inspired by nature, through coloring in these stunning artworks by Clare Youngs. Intricately detailed, each one is drawn by hand, featuring animals big and small that sit among larger-than-life flowers and grasses. Coloring is a form of art therapy: when you focus on every detail, from choosing colors to coloring in each area with care, it allows you to relax and become oblivious to the stresses and strains of everyday living. Plus, completing each page brings a great sense of achievement and joy.

Color Yourself to Happiness: And reduce stress with these magical illustrations of animals, flowers, birds, and trees

Create a fantastic world of delight with these 35 inspiring projects—all made from old books! Create a fantastic world of delight with these 35 inspiring projects—all made from old books! Follow Clare Youngs' simple step-by-step projects to make a huge variety of creative book art projects. In the first chapter, Folding Books, get folding and make a beautiful bird, a sailor’s knot, and a shining star, they look impressive but are deceptively simple to make. In Chapter 2, Making Scenes, you will learn how to cut and glue splendid scenes such as tiny paper mushrooms and ferns under a glass bell jar, a fairytale castle, and a tiger in the jungle, all of which would make great gifts, or just keep and display them all yourself! Chapter 3, Refashioned Pages, has ideas for transforming the pages cut from books—make greeting cards, a botanical print lampshade, and hanging birds. All the projects have helpful step-by-step instructions and illustrations so all you need are a few old books and you are ready to start!

Folded Book Art: 35 beautiful projects to transform your books―create cards, display scenes, decorations, gifts, and more

Color yourself to happiness with these stunning postcards Color yourself to happiness with these stunning postcards. Color in these beautiful pieces of artwork and feel the stresses of your day float away. Complete with 20 stunning artworks for you to color in and decorate, this handy, travel-sized, postcard book will help you to relieve your anxieties and give you a creative boost wherever you go. The postcard format also gives you the option of tearing out your gorgeous creations and displaying them throughout your home—you can even send them to friends and family alike! With original art by Clare Youngs, these fun images of creatures in their natural habitats are guaranteed to make you smile, and will transport you to a place of calm and happiness. Clare lives in London, UK.

Color Yourself to Happiness Postcard Book: 20 Magical Illustrations to Color In and Reduce Stress

A Year in Crafts is packed full of innovative projects that you'll really want to make, be inspired with 52 beautifully simple step-by-step ideas to get you crafting throughout the year. A Year in Crafts is packed full of innovative projects that you'll really want to make. Be inspired with 52 beautifully simple step-by-step ideas to get you crafting throughout the year. Whatever the time of year, whether you begin in January with a handmade diary so you can start the year fresh and organized, or in March when you can revamp your home for the annual spring clean with a colorful rag rug or a vintage handkerchief throw, you'll find plenty of inspirtation in A Year in Crafts. In April get creative with your Easter table, and in May try some basic printing techniques for the pretty paper butterflies and moths. Get outdoors in July with the Mexican keep-it-cool bags and if you're going on vacation, why not make some retro luggage labels to stand out from the crowd? September has pretty paper folders and a painted pencil case, and in October, it’s time for Halloween, when you can celebrate with some glowing skull paper lanterns for your porch. November is the best time to start preparing for Christmas, so start making your gifts now and you won’t have to be in a rush at the last moment. Don't forget to make the tiny clog advent calendar, which will make the holiday season really special. Make a beautiful festive stag in the first week of December, and as it gets closer to the big day, take some time out to create some delicate silver-leaf pinecones for your dinner table. You’ll be truly inspired with Clare Youngs’ lovely projects, so whether you want to make each project in turn as the year progresses, or dip in and out of the book, you’ll never be bored with A Year in Crafts.

A Year in Crafts: 52 seasonal projects to delight and inspire

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