Thank you for the advanced copy of this great book. It has kept my kids entertained all through the school holidays. Every room in the house now has it’s own plant made from this book. So have all the grandparents! So easy to make but so effective. My children now see these plants and know what they are. When we visit friends they seem the plants they have in their homes and then check the book to see if they can make their own. What more can you say except, how about another book with flowers. Or has Corrie Beth already published one.....I’m off to check amazon!

WOW!
This book is AMAZING and I want it for myself!
It lays down CLEARLY all of the items you will need to create your very own realistic paper plants. Plants that would look cute and lovely on anyone's desk or bookshelf. Brilliant pictures and step by step guides.
Nearly 40 pages of templates make this book a MUST for any paper crafter who loves plants.

Stunning craft book on how to create beautiful paper plants.

I always LOVED paper plants, but never found a good book that didn't only make tiny ones OR where more on the gift decoration spectrum instead of actual individual plants that were supposed to replace actual real plants.

This book certainly offers a lot of options as well as easy to follow instructions -in words AND pictures- for most steps. There are also templets provided to print out -in the ebook version i have!- which makes it all even easier to actually follow the instructions!

I also love that this book includes a mixture of smaller table plants as well as huge ones that are meant to go on the floor and look like a big room plant.

If you are in search of a book that either gets you started on paper plant making OR if you are already into making them but want some ideas or inspiration, check out this book!

Highly recommend it!

This was a wonderful book. The author really takes the time to decribe all the techniques used and shows wonderfully descriptive pictures to make following the step by step instructions easy. She has enough variety and levels of difficulty for the novice all the way to the advanced paper crafters. She has great templates not only for the leaf shapes but also the paint decoration as well. She also includes a page to find the materials you need both in actual stores and online. Using the techniques shown, you can make the single plant or combine them to make an amazing planter. This is a must get book. The only thing I would add is pictures of the actual plants for reference in addition to the artists rendering.

The paper crafted houseplants in this book are gorgeous and inspiring. The clean layout and large color photos make it a fun book to leaf through (apologies for the pun). For those who want to get serious though, the directions are clear and make most projects pretty approachable, especially with the ready to use, full-size templates in the back. I can completely imagine adding a few of these to my decor.

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HANDMADE HOUSEPLANTS is such a creative book for adding joy to any indoor space. Crafting guru Corrie Beth Hogg provides step-by-step instructions for making 30 of the most popular houseplants with grace and flair. She also shows how to use paper plants for gifts, wall art, décor, holiday decorations, and more. Each project can be made in a few hours, with affordable easy-to-source materials. Filled with delightful color photos and inspiration. 5/5

Pub Date 04 Sep 2018

Grateful to Timber Press and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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Handmade Houseplants is a very well thought out, ambitious book. There are over 300 pages of detailed instructions, high-quality photos, and templates. I am impressed with the author’s attention to detail and artistic ability. Many of the techniques she shares could be transferred to other artistic projects as well. That being said, It is so much work for a final product that doesn’t really look like a real houseplant. Some are pretty close, but this is from an obviously dedicated, talented artist.

I received an advance reader copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher for an unbiased review.

This is a cute book about creating paper plants. This would be great for someone who can't (or doesn't want to) care for real houseplants. Some were more life-like than others, but they were all very pretty. The instructions were done very well with lots of great pictures to help. There were also a lot of great tips to help.

This book outlines how to make replicas of various plants using paper.. The author presents all the crafting supplies you can use as well as the techniques for each project. Instructions are clear and precise and templates are included.For each project she identifies the type of plant to be replicated. The plants are a wide variety of houseplants commonly found in many homes. The book is well researched, laid out in an easy to read and follow layout to guarantee your success.Many of the projects are amazing and could easily fool the eye. The book introduces an enjoyable new craft.

A beautifully arranged craft book for the pro-DIY'er. Lovely, full color photographs of each project with clear steps on how to accomplish them. This book is not for the faint of heart, the newbie, or those on a budget, as most of the projects require a long list of materials to achieve the results. I did appreciate the included templates at the back and enjoyed reading about the various techniques used to achieve the details on each paper plant. Will definitely add to my library's collection.

Perfect for people who can't have plants...or have plants only to kill them. Lots of step-by-step instructions with great photos.

I received a copy from NetGalley; this is my honest review. #HandmadeHouseplants #NetGalley
-I have two black thumbs so I was really interested in trying some of these plants. The cover also appealed to me.
-These plants are beautiful; you can tell the author had practice making those.
-The description, explanations and the material needed are detailed for every plant and you can see several pictures for the same plant - there are pictures on every page.
-The explanations are to the point and in plain English. No fussing around.
-There are templates to print in the back of the book and the author lets you know if they need to be enlarged or not.
-I'm a scrapbooker and a card maker but not a plant maker so a few tools or certain supplies such as wire, plastic tubing, bricks or skewers are not something I would keep in my stash and for the one or two plants that interested me, the balance would be a waste. So I'm going to check with my fellow artist friends if they have surplus of what I would need.
-I wish NetGalley would provide the paperback version with books like this one; it's so much better than reading via an iPad! It's also a reference book so you can go back again and again.

The book surprised me, because the plants on the cover look very real and at first I did not recognize that they were made from paper.

This is a guide to "making" your own house plants. So if you have a black thumb and still want to have some plants in your life, this might be the right book for your. (Especially if you hate artificial/plastic plants as much as I do.)

After explaining the basic tools and materials, which is not much and most of us hobby crafters have these materials at home already, the guide explains the basic and more advanced techniques of making a plant look real. Techniques include simple things like cutting, folding, glueing, painting but also papier maché and which flower pot and planting material to choose.

Then we jump right in and can make our first houseplant - a Heartleaf Philodendron. Or would you rather want to make an Angel Wing Begonia?

I'd recommend this book to any hobby crafter who knows how to handle a pair of scissors and a paint brush, and would like to explore papier maché and likes to construct basic woodworks.

I do quite a bit of paper crafting and this will be a nice addition to my collection of craft books. I know it may seem like there is no way someone can create something so pretty and realistic with paper but this book makes it easy to do. It takes time but I enjoy listening to audio books as I craft and the time flies by. The pictures wee really nice and it has clear easy instructions.

This book was more fun than I expected it to be!

The book is structured in a very logical way, starting with materials and techniques then going into the actual projects. This is not an easy crafts book, but it sure makes use not only of your skill (plus the skill to use a drill), but also of your creativity.

The looks of the plant definitely make an impression on the reader - they did on me. The projects are presented in great detail and even if you make a mistake, the author has you covered as she talks about her own mistakes - plus, nature is not perfect either, but that's what makes it beautiful.

Now, I really like real plants, but I am sure these plants would make great gifts - plus in the final chapter the author focuses on other uses for her plants and I think I will make those cute little branches for name plates when hosting a nice dinner.

I have a couple of tiny paper plants in my office at work, as my window doesn't get direct sunlight - but they're tiny, as stated, and in the quest for more friendly foliage, I thought this book might do the trick.

There are very, very thorough instructions for each plant, a list of tools and materials right at the beginning, and lovely photos of each finished project. These paper projects are designed to replicate real plants, but it would be easy to adapt some of the plans to make some fantastical pieces. A great book for anyone interested in plants, papercraft, or both!

Absolutely brilliant! Corrie Beth Hogg's paper plant creations are simply divine.

The foreward was beautifully written and I appreciated David Stark's call to use the book not only to create paper plants for your own house or office, but to use the book and it's incredible images as inspiration for daily life.

Hogg's instructions are clearly written. Though the projects seem to require intermediate or advance craft skills, I would still suggest beginners try their hand at it because even if your creations do not end up looking just like the examples you're sure to have something beautiful in its own way.

I especially loved the inch plant, rex begonia vine, and the pink cordyline paper plants :) I've not yet attempted to create any for myself, but I have a feeling that once I gather my supplies I will tackle one of those three.

Very cool book to make paper plants that look very realistic. if only I were not born with two left hands....

Libro che spiega come costruire e dipingere piante di carta che sembrano assolutamente vere. Se solo non fossi nata con due mani sinistre....

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

This book is everything I love about art how-to’s. Each and every paper plant pictured and detailed in this book looks incredible! I’m having a hard time choosing which ones I want to make first. Honestly, they’re all next level, and just looking at the paper plants on the pages of the full-color art book are enough to satisfy my craft urges.

The book gives a very detailed step by step to making these plants. She gives you a long list of what you might need, then instructs you very clearly on how to paint, cut, tape and draw each kind of plant. Some require a lot more effort than others, upwards lf hours of intricate detailing. But wow, what an amazing outcome. And the author’s passion for her art is clear. She even provides templates for leaves at the end of the book so we can trace the shapes—that’s functional and gracious for a craft book.

I loved it and will definitely want to use this book for a program at the library in the future!

Handmade Houseplants is a new papercrafting book by Corrie Beth Hogg published by Timber Press and due out 4th Sept, 2018. This is a substantial book, 300 pages in full color in ebook and paperback formats.

I've seen and reviewed a lot of papercrafting books, and I'd yet to see one which is specifically aimed at sculpting whole plants in planters. These really are funky and pretty realistic and just brimming over with fun. This book is not intended for absolute purists, almost every project uses paint, wetting, papier maché or other techniques to provide leaf structure and other details to the plants. Many of these would make a great fun weekend project with young(ish) to older kids.

The book is arranged in chapters with a logical and easily followed format. The introduction and general tutorials / intro skills chapters (~10% of the page content) cover concepts and supplies as well as the techniques which are common to most of the projects which follow.

The largest proportion of the book is given over to specific plants along with a pictorial tutorial for each project. There are 30 different plants by my count and the most popular and enduring houseplants are included. The tutorials include full color photos and range from 2-8 pages, average ~6.

There are several bonus projects, including a centerpiece, place cards, a garland and a trellis.

All of the templates are included in a reduced size (increase them to 133% for full size).

There's a useful concise index and author bio included at the end.

Four stars, some worthwhile and appealing sculptures here.