Crafty Creations

Teens and tweens will love this guide to making unique, fabulous purses - from no-sew purses to crocheted totes. The Hip Handbag Book teaches readers how to make more than 25 one-of-a-kind purses and totes with easy-to-follow steps and colourful illustrations. Projects use a range of unconventional materials that are all cheap and easily obtainable, including contact paper, felt, old blue jeans, shoelaces, and placemats. Purses are quick and easy to make, with some requiring only tape and a hole punch and others a simple sewing stitch easy for this age to master. Full-colour photographs of the finished projects are included. Purses and handbags are popular with teens, especially novelty ones that reflect the personality of the owner From the author of The Incredible Clay Book (1994), which has sold more than 1 million copies, Nail Art (1997), which has sold more than 1.2 million copies, and The Shrinky Dinks Book (1999), which has sold more than 350,000 copies.