Books Read in 2006:
1. Modern Girl's Guide to Life - Jane Buckingham
2. Super Crafty - Susan Beal, Torie Nguyen, Rachel O'Rourke, Cathy Pitters
3. Seven Types of Ambiguity - Elliot Perlman (yes...still in progress...it's a LONG book!)
4. Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker - Debbie Stoller
5. Dollar Store Decor - Mark Montano

Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: I love this book. The instructions are easy. Crocheting into the chain stitch has been the hardest step for me so far, and it was comforting to know that it can be annoying, if not hard, for people who crochet all the time. Her instructions reminded me of something I read while learning how to knit. Sometimes you just have to let yourself be new to something for a while...eventually you'll pick it up. There are so many projects in the book that I can't wait to get started on, I also love how many non-clothing items there are, I really don't want to make a halter top for myself, or even a sweater.

Dollar Store Decor: Blech. Really not worth the money in my opinion, luckily my library had a copy. It's a wonderful idea, I love the idea. But out of 101 projects I only might want to try four or five?! Some of the stuff looked plain cheap. Others were repeated so many times it was ridiculous. An example of that is where he shows you how you can cut designs out of gift bags and decoupage them to a lamp shade. Good idea! Then, a few pages later, he'll show you how you can cut designs out of gift bags to decorate a tray...well, okay. Then how to decorate a box, then a something else, and on and on. It should've all be included in one, not to mention the fact that crafters can figure out that if you decorate THIS item with this dollar store item, you can also decorate THAT item with the same $1 store item without being told. It just bothered me, kinda like I was cheated out of a few ideas because the spread the same one out. But the book isn't exactly horrible...other people might find more projects they like...maybe less.