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Daily Archives: October 29, 2015
Twelve Lovely Disney Princesses in Amigurumi
Disney Princess Crochet
By: Jessica Ward
Rating: 5 of 5
With the exception of the included safety eyes and crochet hook, I am impressed by the quality of this kit. The kit includes enough yarn to finish one each of two Disney Princesses Cinderella and Ariel. After that, you will need to purchase additional yarn, fiberfill, safety eyes, and other assorted items to finish more of the characters. The kit does call for worsted weight acrylic yarn but does not tell what type of yarn was used. While it does not state it exactly, I would hazard a guess that that is what is included.
The book includes instructions for 12 Disney Princess characters. They are: Cinderella, Fairy Godmother, Snow White, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel and Merida.
There are nine colors of yarn included in the kit. They are: (larger skeins) red, yellow, medium blue, off-white, (smaller bundles) light green, bright green, light blue, lavender, and black. Also included is a tapestry needle for seaming the figures and adding features with the included red cotton embroidery floss, an inexpensive crochet hook in size 3.50 (US E/4), four 12 mm plastic safety eyes and fiberfill. There are also fairly detailed instructions including many diagrams from the basics to more advanced concepts including embroidery stitches. Unfortunately, there are no directions included for how to place the safety eyes. I am sure that this information can be found on the internet with a simple search. The directions do tell you exactly where to place the eyes. I must admit that I won’t be using these eyes but will instead find ones that I can purchase so all of my figures will be consistent. Either that or I will embroider eyes on using basic satin stitches.
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Fantastical Cities and Landmarks in a beautiful coloring book printed both sides on non-perforated paper
The Magical City: A Colouring Book
By: Lizzie Mary Cullen
Rating: 5 of 5
The Magical City is the first coloring book I have picked up by Lizzie Mary Cullen. It is imaginative and wonderfully artistic. She has a style that swirls and gives a new life into buildings and landscapes. There are many cities included in this book. There is also a hidden objects search and find as many artistic coloring books are now including. The key is in the back of the book, along with what amounts to a proof sheet of the pictures in the book with the names of the cities/landmarks/buildings. I’ll include a long listing at the bottom of this review if you would like to look through what is included.
There are 70 designs in this book, 12 of which span across two pages. The book is printed on a good medium weight white paper. The cover does not come off but the inside of front and back can be colored though the paper is extremely glossy. The outside of the cover is beautifully illustrated and colored with a touch of silver foil on it. There are parts left that you can color and the outside is slick but not glossy.
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Interesting Designs of indoor and outdoor household items printed double-sided on perforated pages
Home Sweet Home: A Hand-Crafted Adult Coloring Book
By: Steve Duffendack
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a pretty and interesting coloring book. It has many designs which are associated with a home. I was a little surprised as from the name, I thought there would be some views of rooms within a house but it is really items found there plus some garden designs. The designs range from open and easy to color to more elaborate with some intricate details.
The book itself is really pretty, too. It has a dust jacket which can be colored, inside and out. The outside has a beautiful touch of gold foil. The designs include items such as: flowers, the front door light, cherry pie, flatware, beautiful glassware, frames, frames, candles, goldfish, outside window box of flowers, hummingbirds, and much more.
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Pretty coloring book designs of vacation motifs printed on both sides of perforated pages
Home Away from Home: A Hand-Crafted Adult Coloring Book
By: Steve Duffendack
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a pretty coloring book with filled with designs of items that can be associated with vacations. A number of the designs are riffs on a similar theme, such as shells, sunglasses, etc. The designs range from open and easy to color to more elaborate with some intricate details.
The book itself is really pretty, too. It has a dust jacket which can be colored, inside and out. The outside has a beautiful touch of copper foil. In addition to the designs I mentioned above, there are flowers, birds, shell creatures, sailing boats, lizards, trees, leaves, frogs, canoes, paddles and much more.
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Beautiful hand-drawn Holiday designs with Nature as a central theme printed on both sides of perforated pages
Home for the Holidays: A Hand-Crafted Adult Coloring Book
By: Galadriel A. L. Thompson
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a very beautiful adult coloring book with many pages of hand-drawn Holiday designs. Rather than using glitzy style elements, the artist has brought in a focus on Nature into the designs. Many of the designs include a branch, holly berries, birds, deer, or other natural themes.
The book itself is lovely, too. It has a dust jacket which can be colored, inside and out. The outside has a beautiful touch of silver foil. The designs are so many and have a wide variety of subjects, including: birds, wreaths, ornaments, snowflakes, trees (Christmas and outside birch), candles, garlands, deer, holly, and even a kissing ball among many more designs.
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