Have a Lazy Crafternoon

Have you ever wanted to get together and do crafts with a group of friends?  You all like to craft and think it will be fun to do it together.

Perhaps you gather around Pinterest trying to find the perfect thing to do. Together you look for something that is not too hard, something that doesn't take too many fancy tools, something that crafters of any skill level can do.

Before you know it the afternoon is over and you haven't found a craft that is just right.  The party breaks up with no crafts having been done.

Then you should get a copy of Lazy Crafternoon by Stella Fields.

This book brings you a selection of over 50 crafts.  Each craft is simple enough for a beginning crafter to do with no problem, but they all leave room for a more experienced crafter to add their touch.

You will learn how to make accessories such as jewelry or decor for your electronics.  There is a section on home decorations, how to make your study supplies more fun and even a chapter on how to make foods.

It would be easy to make your own party refreshments from the fun projects in Lazy Crafternoon.

Each project has a colorful example and simply written easy to follow instructions.

The whole book is full of bright and fun images.  It is as fun to look at as it is to do the crafts inside!  The Faux stained glass to the left, and the confetti balloon below are just two examples of the colorful images, and a couple of the crafts that Lazy Crafternoon can teach you to make.

The front of the book is helpful in that it gives you a list of the supplies most commonly used in the projects so you can be sure to have them on hand before your crafternoon starts.  You are also given the prices of some of the items, most of which you can get for less than $10!

Some of the crafts, while also being inexpensive, can be made quickly so you can do several crafts in one Crafternoon.

For example, I made a an envelope using the easy instructions in the book, and it took maybe 15 minutes at the most and that counts finding the paper to make the project with.

I give this craft book a 5-star rating for being fun to look at, having simple projects and easy to read and follow directions.

I recommend getting a copy and hosting your own Lazy Crafternoon.

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Lazy Crafternoon is available on Amazon in both Kindle or Paperback.

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I received a copy of Lazy Crafternoon from NetGally in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts on this item are my own.

Used Bookstore Haul (with video) - September 2016

My husband and I adore used book stores.  Sadly they are hard to find in this day and age, and most of them that pop up are devoured by Barnes and Nobel.

Yesterday we learned that our current used book fave, Wiley's Book Exchange, is closing its doors in December.  Today we decided to make another visit before they were gone.

Sorry for the blur.  My phone has horrid
low light shooting, and my husband
randomly entered the scene.

It had been a couple of months since we were last in, we've not had a lot of extra book money.  And the place looked a little unkempt from the last time I was there.  It was darker than usual, several overhead lights had gone out.  Some Christmas lights had been strung from the ceiling to help.

Since the shelves are all black (a choice I have always questioned) that made it even darker than usual there.

The shelves were still full, but a little messier than last time we were in.

I think we were the only people there other than two people working.  (Which is probably why they are going out of business.)

This is where I've gotten most of my Janet Evonavich novels, and where hubby got a lot of his Clive Cussler books.  He went in without a plan today.  I went in with my yellow folder which is books that I want to have but don't have.  Mostly Dean Koontz novels, and the rest of the Evanovich novels.

Hubby got a Lone Ranger little golden book, a Star Wars comic book, and 2 Star Trek novels.

They didn't have many of the books on my lists, but I did come out with a small stack.

I only brought home 5 books.  I found TONS more that I would have liked to have gotten, but we are still on a teeny tiny budget, so I had to be a little choosy.

Keep reading here for the titles that I picked out and why.  At the end of the entry is a VIDEO of me reading the back cover copy of each book if you want to know what they are actually about.

As far as Janet Evanovich goes, they didn't have Four to Score which is the only early one I was missing.  They also didn't have Explosive Eighteen.  But They did have Takedown Twenty, so I got at least one more By the Numbers book in my collection.  They also had one of her early romances, originally written under the name Steffie Hall. Normally I don't like romance novels, but Evanovich's characters always make me laugh out loud.  I didn't have Hero at Large, so I grabbed it.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen was one of those books I just happened to see on the shelf, and had one of those "I didn't know this was a BOOK!" moments.  I've seen and loved the movie, so of course I grabbed the book.  Because the books are always so much better than the movie, right?  We'll see.

Don't judge a book by its cover, they say.  But the only reason I grabbed Goth Girl Rising off the shelf was because of this spooky blue and white face glaring out at me.  The cover text sounded interesting enough to keep it.  If the book sucks I can always frame the cover.

And this sassy redhead was on the shelf beside Goth Girl Rising.  She looked like she was DARING me to buy her.  Her and her fancy cat.  I almost put Would-Be Witch back becaue at $6 it was the most expensive book in my stack.  But I'm in the process of writing a witchy novel of my own.  So this would be counted as research, right?  Maybe it'll be good enough to account for the smirk on her face.

Now, if you want to know what each of these lovely covers is actually about, watch my video below:

Ghosts from Our Past - The Paranormal Book from Ghostbusters (2016)

This is the paranormal text written
by Abby and Erin in the
2016 Ghostbusters movie.

By now most everyone is aware that the classic Ghostbuster's has been remade, using an entirely female cast.

In this re-make a "real" scientist feels threatened when a book from her past re-surfaces and her job is put at risk. 

Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal is the book, straight out of the movie.  Only this version has been "updated" to include knowledge from the newest members of the team, Patty, holtzman and Andrew.

Ghosts from Our Past reads like a non-ficion novel.

First it gives you a look into Erin and Abby's childhood, and how they became enamored with the paranormal.

It goes into the history of ghosts and ghost hunting.

There is an interesting chapter on the different classes of Ghosts you might encounter, and more.

Since the Ghostbusters movie is a comedy, and this book was a thing to be made fun of in the movie, it has a few tongue in cheek moments of humor despite being written like a serious text.  It was written like serious text written by two young women who are insane X-files fans.

If you're a fan of the new Ghostbusters movie I would recommend this book to be part of your collection.

If you're looking for a serious history of ghost hunting, or real ghost stories, this is not a book for you.

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I received a copy of this novel free from Blogging for Books, but all thoughts and opinions on it are my own.