The World of Paper Crafting: From Parisian Carousels to High Tea in London Paperback – January 29, 2013

This book has 10 sections:Finland - a beautiful and intriguing garland with stylized flowers and birdsFrance - a little carousel and Eiffel tower scene with a PARIS/motif garlandCanada - a "luminaria" of sorts with lanterns, teapots and flower motifsHawaii - a garland of stylized fish, philodendron leaves, hibiscus, crab, and shell cutoutsUnited Kingdom - a teapot/teacup invitation with bellyband, a lovely cutout coasterGreece - seven architecture origami/kirigami cards, a little cathedral "box" with cat motifsHungary - a colorful heart garland and a sweets boxSwitzerland - a sweet little chalet with a rotating disk, reminiscent of a Swiss clockSweden - five cutaway ornaments fashioned into a garlandPatterns - all the patterns needed to create the projects in the book (approximately 50 single sided pages)I have not made any of the projects in this book yet. Each project is accompanied by a little "scrapbook journal" of each country mentioned and instructions on how to make the project(s) with a list of materials. Some of the projects show variations of how the project can be used.I was a little disappointed that there were not more projects, that's one reason why I listed the contents in this review. But the projects have charm and are different enough that I will keep the book. They are beautiful. I'm a little hesitant to cut up my book to use the patterns. The patterns are colored as illustrated in the book, so they are meant to be used as illustrated. The very last page of patterns has overlapping patterns of miscellanea.Once I have made some of the projects, I will check back with how helpful the instructions and the "ease" of the projects.

Fun book for inspiration, showing lots of really interesting projects and how to make them. Some are way more detailed than I would probably take on personally, but they give good instructions.

The last pages whith the patrons to do the proyects are to busy and is dicult to understand, the instructions are uncomplet

My daughter made the carousel on the cover, and it was beautiful. She made it larger than the one in the book. It was easy to adjust. She cannot wait to make more of the projects.

Disappointing. Very, very basic cut out book - would liken it to a slightly more sophisticated book akin to the old fashioned cards that required some assembly. Sorry, but very bland.

I thought there would be more actual patterns

I Print dollhouse minis and love cutting and gluing them. This book is another step up in paper crafting. I love doing the projects and showing them to friends.

Not very conducive to creativity

easy to make and great to play with

Travailler le papier est vraiment difficile et délicat malgré les explications détaillées. En anglais certes mais claires quand même.Je vais essayer de transposer le modèle en bois fin.