Crowns & Tiaras: Add a Little Sparkle, Glitter & Glamour to Every Day Paperback – September 1, 2007

This is a lovely book with excellent photographs and good instructions but it didn't come with a resource guide. i hate that. i need to know where to buy the supplies that are needed with each project.other than that, it is a nice book and i would recommend it.

I'm really not sure why this book has gotten poor reviews. Yes, it might be nice if the creator's name was attached to the item but this was hardly crucial. I actually enjoyed guessing if I picked the right artist! And these artists are some of my favorites. I found each and every creation exquisite and could not have asked for more. Perhaps the exact items and directions are not mentioned but I think this book should be used for a starting point for your own creations. I personally thought I got more than enough directions and I am certainly a neophyte in this area. I love it. I bought it despite negative reviews and each and every page is surely a "jewel" in its' own right.

I purchased this book for two reasons, I was hoping for some instruction on building the foundations of crowns and the pictures I saw were inspiring. I read a couple of reviews and bought the book.Yes, the pictures are lovely, but I found little in the way of solid instruction and no little tit bits of knowledge passed on from the experienced makers in the book. Lucky for me, I am an experienced crafter. I ended up laying the book aside and figuring it out myself. I found the book rather boring.

I don't know why there would be anything negative to say about this book..It is so beautiful. There are large close up images of each crown. I love this book and am so glad I found it. The only thing negative in my opinion is that I don't have one of the crowns shown in the book!

I agree with the previous reviewer that the major flaw of this book is that it doesn't say who made what. One must flip to the back of the book to find the artist. Since the artists are listed alphabetically, the page credits are out of order, so it is necessary to scour the listing each time you want to find the artist for a certain crown. I also noticed numerous typos throughout; this book should have undergone a better editing process.This book doesn't give step-by-step instructions (I didn't actually find this to be a flaw). However, when listing the supplies for each project, a little explanation may have been useful to novice crafters; for instance, many people may not be familiar with "Dresdens."Even though I had the above complaints, I enjoyed the photography. This is a novel topic, and for the low cost of the book, I thought it was interesting to flip through. Am not sure I'd recommend buying it, though. Perhaps this is one to borrow from a friend.

Used this for ideas when I was forced to teach a princess class a few years ago.

O.K. book. I read it, but never really did any of the projects.

Very nice little book, perfect as a craft for little girls with lots of mom's help. Mom even wanted some of these for herself! Lovely pictures, decent directions.

I bought this book on behalf of my mum but I think I will be buying one for myself! If you like dressing up and make believe and have a sense of fun and of course a love for making sparkly things then I would highly recommend this book. If I had a young daughter she would never be short of tiaras!!! I make wedding tiaras, wire and beads, this book has projects for paper tiaras, something I haven't really thought of. FUN, FUN, FUN !!!!!

Great book lots of tips and ideas, helped me to sort out ideas for headdresses not only for children/adults but make smaller versions for dolls.

A little lack lustre book, sorry