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Photojojo Book Review And Giveaway

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Photojojo by Amit Gupta with Kelly Jensen  –RRP $21.99 ISBN 978-0-307-45142-2

I am so excited about getting to review this book as it is jammed packed full of photo projects and photography ideas. It shows you how to make some old favorites like photo dolls , CD cases as picture frames and photos bags but the the thing that sets these projects off is the great quirky photos they use.  You don’t need to feel left behind though as there are some simple instructions for taking photos too.

If you have a home photo printer then you better set yourself some limits otherwise your sure to be slapping photo art and crafts all over the place.

I haven’t had a chance to actually make anything yet, but I have stocked up on photo paper ready to get started and thanks to Random House you will need to do the same as we have the review copy to giveaway.

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Cross Stitch Lids for Mason Jars

Mason jars are fun to craft with, use for storage or even use to hold gifts like baking mixes or sugar scrubs. But you can make your jars even cuter — no matter what you’re using them for — by adding a bit of cross stitch to the lid. 

This idea comes from Gathered, and while they are showing examples of Mason jars used for storage in the craft room, you can use these throughout the house. I’m also thinking you could do this as a way to fancy up a traditional Mason jar sewing kit, since there’s already a little batting under the piece of cross stitch you could still use it as a pincushion. 

The post walks you through how to make a cross stitched Mason jar lids and a link to a PDF pattern that includes six design options.

They’re not totally for beginners because they include cross stitch, backstitch, eyelets and Rhodes stitch, but if you aren’t familiar with those techniques you can either leave them off or there’s a stitch diagram in the PDF to help you. 

Either way these designs are cute and relatively quick to stitch in whatever colors you like. It’s easy to turn them into jar toppers, or you could even just use the Mason jar ring as a frame rather than using it on top of a jar (I did this with a little Christmas tree cross stitch pattern I turned into an ornament). 

They’re super cute in the pastel colors shown, or work in red and green for more of a holiday look if you’re using them for gift giving. 

Check out the instructions and grab the free patterns for these jar toppers at Gathered. Once you start stitching I’m sure you’ll come up with all sorts of things you want to store or gift in jars so that you can make more of them!

[Photo: Gathered]