Crafts from the Heart - Tapa blanda

Offers 11 projects for creating thoughtful gifts for special friends and relatives, decorated with inspirational and motivational themes and sayings. Items such as jewellery boxes, tea trays and frames are embellished with a combination of brush lettering and basic painting styles.

This inspirational book shows readers how to create thoughtful gifts for special friends and relatives by combining easy brush lettering and basic decorative painting strokes. Jan Belliveau provides eleven lovely projects, each including an uplifiting saying: - Jewelry box, "Friends are the jewels of life"- Tray for a guest room, "Stay is a lovely word in a friend's vocabulary"- Planter box, "Sow seeds of kindness"- Clock, "Seize the day"- Frame, "I made a wish and you came true"- Tin wall sconce, "Wherever you go, love blooms"- Tea Caddy, "Be happy with simple pleasures"- Candle and papier mache holder, "Every day is a gift to unfold"Jan takes readers through each step of forming brush letters, teaching them the rudiments, while encouraging them to develop their own unique style. In addition, readers will learn to add florishes and flowers to complete these eleven exquisite gifts.