InstaCraft: Fun and Simple Projects for Adorable Gifts, Decor, and More
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Overview
Both crafting pros and newbies can learn how to turn five minutes, a few simple items, and their own creativity into stylish, personalized keepsakes.
Each of these fifty crafts comes together in a snap with the simplest materials—paint swatches, twine, tag-sale ceramics—to create elegant and practical home decor that transcends its humble components. Whether it’s re-creating designer jewelry with nail polish on an old necklace or fashioning sophisticated modern coasters out of bobby pins, these zippy projects are completed in no time. From Mason jars made into snow globes to an old suitcase turned into a side table, the inspiring ideas in InstaCrafts teach readers to “upcycle" junk-drawer clutter into stylish treasures.
The super cute and surprisingly easy projects include:
- Brick Bookends
- Berry Personalized Stationery
- Faux French Lockets
- Sweetheart Sugar Jars
- Traveling Globes
- Takeout Container Lanterns
- Paint-Swatch Key Hooks
- Pantone Placemats
- Time Capsule Terrariums
- Fond Memories Wrapping Paper
- And more!
"Using simple items from around your house, craft store supplies, skills possessed by anyone who’s passed 3rd grade, and—surprise!—no fancy tools, author Alison Caporimo has put together a project guide full of 5-minute DIYs with her new book." — Boston.com
- Title: InstaCraft: Fun and Simple Projects for Adorable Gifts, Decor, and More
- Authors: Alison Caporimo, Meera Lee Patel
- Publisher: Ulysses Press
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 237
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781612432533, 9781612432366, 1612432360, 1612432530
- Resource ID: LLS:9781612432533
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-12-23T16:18:48Z
Alison Caporimo is a writer with a penchant for crafting, drinking tea, and talking about London where she lived for a short while. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Alison found her inspiration for style and design while blogging for fashion publication Harper’s Bazaar. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Allure and Every Day with Rachael Ray, and she is currently the senior associate editor at Reader’s Digest where she writes about home décor, financial advice, popular culture, and travel. Alison lives in an apartment in Brooklyn with more terrariums than you can handle. Meera Lee Patel is an artist raised by the New Jersey shore where she swam the bright waters and climbed cherry blossom trees until she grew old enough to draw them. Her illustrations, inspired by the magical mysteries of nature, have appeared in numerous publications and have been translated into housewares and apparel by companies such as Poketo and Urban Outfitters. Meera currently lives in and works from her studio in Jersey City, New Jersey.