The other day while i was browsing Etsy (shocker) I noticed an article about this book...
"Simple Times - Crafts for Poor People"
You have to read this description of the book from the site!
"America's most delightfully unconventional hostess and the bestselling author of I Like You delivers a new book that will forever change the world of crafting. According to Amy Sedaris, it's often been said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex. In her new book, SIMPLE TIMES, she sets the record straight. Demonstrating that crafting is one of life's more pleasurable and constructive leisure activities, Sedaris shows that anyone with a couple of hours to kill and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters.
You will discover how to make popular crafts, such as: crab-claw roach clips, tinfoil balls, and crepe-paper moccasins, and learn how to: get inspired (Spend time at a Renaissance Fair; Buy fruit, let it get old, and see what shapes it turns into); remember which kind of glue to use with which material (Tacky with Furry, Gummy with Gritty, Paste with Prickly, and always Gloppy with Sandy); create your own craft room and avoid the most common crafting accidents (sawdust fires, feather asphyxia, pine cone lodged in throat); and cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, and many more recipes.
PLUS whole chapters full of more crafting ideas (Pompom Ringworms! Seashell Toilet Seat Covers!) that will inspire you to create your own hastily constructed obscure d'arts; and much, much more!"
The description alone sold me!
If you don't know who Amy Sedaris is, she is the woman behind the character Jerri Blank from the television show and movie "Strangers With Candy" where she plays a runaway returning to high school as a Freshman at the age of 46...the show also stared my celebrity crush Stephen Colbert who plays the schools History teacher, Charles Noblet...
{Love you Stephen}
I haven't bought the book yet, but I think I am putting on my list!
The reviews I have read on the book are basically saying that this book isn't for the reader expecting a serious, Martha Stewart-esque tome that will teach you how to create extravagant centerpieces for your perfectionist sister's wedding, if that's what you are looking for than you shouldn't buy this book, but if you are looking for an entertaining book with some "interesting" crafty ideas with humor maybe it's the book for you!
Here is a one review of the book that's not so positive:
"I am a non-professional, but serious, crafter. I have never seen such a trashy book on the subject. It was devoid of any useful information and was extremely offensive and crude. There were no "creative ideas" useful for a serious crafter. It was "simple nonsense" and should only be sold in the "crude comedy" section of books. I will not even give this book to my library. It's a sham to be among other craft publications."
There you go!
Hey sometimes we have to make fun of ourselves and what we do or like to do, make life interesting...don't take yourself too seriously!
~Enjoy the little things~
