Marie Browning Strikes Gold Again!

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	• Handcrafted Journals, Albums, Scrapbooks & More Marie Browning Sterling, 2000 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent Book!

This is a great book for those of us who have a hard time following directions or even reading a recipe!! The author most unusually captured my attention from cover to cover-in fact, I could not put the book down! She provides the needed detail and keeps it interesting and fun all along the way. She focuses on teaching the reader actually how to start right in and create a masterpiece from beginning to end, without fear or confusion. Her instructions are clear, easy to understand, and she keeps you moving onto the next part. She also includes enough supporting information that allows the reader to complete the book, whatever technique chosen, without having to seek additional information from another reference while working on the projects. Great pictures too...thanks to the author for such a completely enjoyable work on the topic!

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Marie Browning Strikes Gold Again!

Marie Browning has the Midas Touch when it comes to crafting. On my most cerebrbally challenged "daze" (I have a huge family, toddlers under three!) I can go to any of her books and choose a project that is both challenging and creative, add my own panache and have soemthing that is uniquely "Alouette." Look at her basic pocket accordion book! She has two different examples (business card and stamps) that give way to more inspiration. She is elegant, she is whimsical. Some of her ideas are very masculine, others are delicate and lady-like. (Crafters often get stumped when coming up with ideas for guys-- she has no shortage of masculine ideas!)

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Great Book for Beginners

I think this book is an excellent start for beginners. I have never made anything before (book, album, etc.) and once I read through the book one time I was able to make an open spine book in one day. Instructions and photos are great.

Beautifully done

I have not yet started my project, but am confident that this book provides good instruction. The pictures are great, and helpful for sparking new ideas. The instruction is detailed, and there a variety of different techniques displayed. I would have liked a list of sources, instead of just "available fine art stores", but overall this was a good purchase.

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the best book I have ever read!

I had bought another book in Amazon about scrapbooks and journals and even if it had good pictures of the final projects it lacked photos of the different passages. I have Browning's book now and really you can't go wrong. DIfferent techniques, plenty of explanations, great ideas from the simple "messages" note pad to the more complicated seeds book! I can't wait to try her ideas that I consider as a starting point for my own creativity!

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?Browning...has an artistic touch that sets her book apart....Her projects make good use of handmade paper, natural objects, and currently popular decorative techniques such as thermal embossing. Step-by-step instructions are given for making bindings and lacing entirely from scratch....Excellent addition to public library collections.??Library Journal.

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