Handmade Houseplants

Handmade Houseplants by Corrie Beth Hogg is a book about making houseplants from paper. I can't believe how real these plants look when they are cut, formed, and painted to look like real plants. Very impressive designs for those who would have the patience to do the projects. Includes full color step-by-step instructions with photos. Also includes templates for each creation. Very impressive book and idea for plants for those who don't quite have time or knowledge of being a green thumb!

This book is inspiring! The projects in this are beautiful and it really provides a great STEAM focus (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). As a librarian, I could see this book being the seed for children STEAM programs about observing plants and recreating them with materials. There is also the possibility of an adult craft program, especially in spring or winter to create unique gifts. This book also could be the basis for a program about making props and set elements for theater.

Also, love the photos of materials - it always helps to see when learning something new.

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.

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Very realistic and original way to create beautiful plants with non expensive items. I highly recommend this book.
Excellent to try as family activity or at school.

Handmade Houseplants shows a beautiful use of paper and your creativity to liven up your home or office.

Using various painting, cutting and gluing skills, the author gives step-by-step instructions for 30 different plants. From carnivorous to poisonous to cactus, most plants you have heard of and a few you haven’t are included. After the reader has done a few of the step-by-step plants, the author includes five more advanced projects like place settings, centerpieces, table/mantle runners and a trellis that is adorable. The finished projects vary in size from 4” to 4 feet wide or tall. The initial supplies needed can be acquired cheaply assuming you already have a glue gun, scissors, iron, wire clippers and needle nose pliers. The book includes a resources page with inexpensive art websites like dickblick.com.

These projects are gorgeous and look totally Instagram or blog ready. If you are tired of making origami frogs, this is a great next step in your paper odyssey. 4 stars!

Thanks to the publisher, Timber Press, and NetGalley for an advanced copy.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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-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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This is a wonderfully precise workbook for making exquisite paper plants. Any of thirty plants will wow and delight maker-space crafters, and with adaptions, even the youngest participant will be able to come away with memorable products. Teachers might adapt the process to support botany units, creating trees for the classroom, while theater programs can create larger Audrey-like vines or trees as scenery.

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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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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.

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!

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.

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!

I really enjoyed the variety of projects within this, although I think an extra page or 2 could have been spared for the pots and holders of the plants. My husband has a black thumb and I love having green things around so this seems like a great idea for rooms that don't get a lot of sun or that might need that little extra something without worrying about a plant dying. The pictures were also clear and the instructions were straightforward.

I am super excited about this book! I just moved into a dark apartment and had to get rid of all my plants but this book will allow me to fill my place with plants again! Quite a few of the plants I am familiar with but quite a few that I think are just beautiful that are new to me! The book comes with printable templates and instructions that look super simple... ok except for the drill parts but that is only for a few of the plants.

This is a lovely craft book -- lots of thorough advice and direction on how to make your own paper plants. Full of good photographs, quality instructions, and a hefty project list.

Everybody loves houseplants, but not everyone can or wants to grow and care for them. In Handmade Houseplants, almost more beautiful than the real thing, are plants made from paper! This guide includes step-by-step instructions for 30 of the most popular houseplants, from monstera and peperomia to fiddle leaf fig and philodendron. Detailed information and pictures inform the reader concerning the tools and supplies one will need. And the great thing is, you probably already have some of them. I liked the section on gift giving, as these plants would make a beautiful and unique gift. The projects are simple enough to be made in few hours and the required materials are affordable and readily available. If nothing else you will love the enchanting, colorful photo

This fun, multi-media approach to home decor is sure to appeal to those who lack green thumbs and/or love to create, color, and glue. I foresee this as a rapid checkout item for our library,

This book is so much fun and would make a great present for your crafting friends. I was a little put off by the first few pages listing the equipment and techniques, but it's easy to skip this and go straight to the plants themselves. The images describe the process of making simply and easily. These projects would make great presents, especially with the resurgence of house plant keeping. Looking forward to making most of these and ultimately designing my own based on the techniques.

Although I haven’t made anything out of this yet, I want to say how colorful these plants are and how easy they look to make!
Well done!

The first part of the book explains all the tools, materials, skills and techniques needed to create realistic paper plants. It has a lot of useful suggestions and detailed explanations that ensures that you don't run into any problems later on. Even if something goes wrong, the "When 'oops!' happens" section has it covered. The next part of the book consists of 30 plant projects, among them: african mask plant, swiss cheese vine, fish bone cactus, inch plant, oxalis (my favorite!) and the ever so popular Monstera deliciosa. In case you were wondering, they not only look realistic but their dimensions are also life-sized, even the big Monstera. A bonus projects section focuses more on creative ways to use, arrange and display your plants. The last part of the book contains the templates for all the projects (some of them need to to be enlarged) and a handy list of resources, all of them with their webpage addresses.

All in all, this is a fabulous book. The possibilities of what you can do with these plants are endless and coming up with your own templates and plant arrangements should be fairly easy after reading this book. Just keep in mind that these projects require a lot of cutting and assembling (specially if you want to create plants with a lot of leaves) and crafting these beauties requires more dedication than a quick tissue paper flower, but the results are more rewarding as well. Christine Han made an awesome job with the pictures in the book, they are so pretty I wouldn't mind framing a couple of them!. Make sure check the author's blog which has free DIY projects, some of them like the one's you will find in the book. *I read an eARC

What a great book! We currently have a monthly crafting group that makes paper flowers so this was a wonderful addition to the mix of crafts we will be tackling this year. Great pictures, easy to follow instructions and a useful final product! Especially if you don't have a green thumb!

I fell in love with this book and am eagerly awaiting its publication. Although I haven’t tried any of the projects yet I have already bought supplies. Well laid out, clear instructions and colorful and engaging photos. Should be popular.

Plants you can't kill! I love when nature and craft are combined. Hogg has crafted tutorials for creating 30 different houseplants essentially from paper with the addition of wire/dowels for stems and painted accents on some. Hogg begins with the materials needed and the various techniques used before moving into tutorials for creating each plant. Each tutorial includes step by step instructions as well as clear photographs detailing each step. Templates for the various leaf shapes are included.

While I love having live houseplants, paper plants are a great option for someone who travels a lot, who simply doesn't have a green thumb or even just for those spaces that aren't ideal for a live plant. They're also a great option for those with pets since some plants are toxic to cats and/or dogs. I think my favorites are the Pink Polka Dot Plant and the Sassafras Seedlings. There's is enough variety here to suit any taste.

Thank you to Corrie Beth Hogg, Timber Press and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this fun book. All comments are my own, unbiased opinion.

These paper plants look fantastic when done! The author does a good job giving plenty of easy to understand directions, color pictures to follow, and finished project pictures as well.

Some of the plants are more difficult than others so they will take practice to do correctly. Plus, if you are not good at painting, they may still suffer a little bit and not come out as good as the author's, but she does do a good job showing you how to paint the "plants" to mimic their live counterparts.

Like most books that show how to create crafts, she gives a summary of the tools that you need and why you will need them in the beginning. She also explains why certain materials are better for certain projects so you end up with the best results. She even puts in an "oops" page and how to fix common mistakes.

The book is filled with templates as well so you get the perfect cut for whatever plant you are working on. Plus the book as an index so you can go where you need without having to go through all the pages searching for a specific set of instructions.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an advanced copy to read. All opinions are my own.

I have zero time for more crafting these days but these looked fun, so I read through the introductory lessons and then looked at all the project pictures. Therefore, I haven't tried any of the projects myself but I did think the instructions were well done and especially thought the pictures would be very helpful! I'm not one for painting or doing anything too difficult (like building a tree trunk) but I did think the Christmas cactus and the Oxalis looked both the easiest and the most realistic in the final project (I thought those that were too sparse looked too fake) Happy crafting!

I have really enjoyed this book! I was able to begin to make one of the plants in minutes after following the directions. Even better, I was able to convert it to a Cricut pattern and let the machine do the cutting while I glued. It was so much fun my family is getting together this weekend and we are all going to make Christmas Cacti together. Given that these plants never will need watering, it’s the best house plant gift we can “grow” together. I’m looking forward to more books from this author. She has great ideas!

Handmade Houseplants is a really cute book. It is full of faux plants that are crafted to look nearly real! They are all adorable and would make a good project for a library program.

I love this book. Not sure where I could fit these in my house if I was to make them myself, but just knowing that these beautifully realistic looking artificial plants can be made by a crafty person, engaged my imagination and joy at the prospects.
I recommend this.

Beautiful DIY projects!
Thanks to NetGalley and Timber Press for the opportunity to read and review Handmade Houseplants by Corrie Beth Hogg with photographs by Christine Han.
A helpful, wonderful guide for making houseplants out of paper, by adding paint, floral wire and a pot, to create plants prettier and healthier than the real versions. Lists of supplies needed, how-to directions and skills and techniques, help the artist make sure all of the details aren’t forgotten. Details such as plant buds and leaflets and many more, and that these details turn out perfectly. Instructions for maintaining and repairing paper plants includes cleaning tips and an assortment of fixing advice,bonus projects and templates are included towards the end of the book. 5 stars for this guide to paper plant perfection!

Learn how to make realistic plants from paper in this debut book. There are instructions at the beginning for the various techniques and materials used, as well as details for each project. These include tools, materials, and finished size. There are cutting and painting templates included, some of which do need enlargement. There are 30 different plants included with colors ranging from light green to pink and purple.

I am moving soon and want to add some greenery to my house. However, I am very bad at keeping plants alive, and thought that paper might be a good alternative. There are over 70 pages of instructions at the beginning, which felt a little overwhelming, but once I got into the individual projects, it was easy to find specific ones that I liked and only focus on those materials and techniques. I especially liked the variety of colors, sizes, and shapes that were included. I felt that some plants looked more realistic than others, but overall the book felt comprehensive and makes me want to try at least a few of the plants.

I had a library aide who made paper flowers and they were beautiful. I wanted to learn how to make them and this book was great. The plants look real and they give step by step instructions.

If you have a black thumb, like I do, but you still love to be surrounded by plants, this book could be your saving grace.

Corrie Beth Hogg has clearly spent innumerable hours working with all types of papers, paints and other goodies to bring Handmade Houseplants to life in a way that some of us can't do with real plants. She has presented 30 types of plants to create followed by 5 bonus projects, all photographed beautifully by Christine Han.

The book begins with a couple of "conversations" with Corrie Beth where she introduces herself and her love of nature and crafting and moves into the usual tools and materials section (none of which are difficult to find nor expensive). She talks to us about work space and vessels to hold the plants, describes the plant parts, and she details tips and techniques used in every aspect of each of the creations, right up to gift wrapping them (each step showing wonderful photos along the way). She even talks about what happens when mistakes are made and eases us into the need to not be immediately good at this.

Then comes the actual plants. Not only do they have a brief description, tools and materials, they also each have notes detailing the number of leaves, vines and their lengths, number of sprigs and leaves in each...plus the size/type of pot and the approximate finished size of the plant. These notes are extremely helpful in knowing which plants you feel ready to tackle. I was amazed how how large some of them actually are like the Spiral Ginger and the leaves of the Monstera Deliciosa!!

Templates, index and resources complete the book. The templates are as true to size as allowed by the page. When increasing is necessary, the percentages are given. The only thing I wish is that those particular templates also talked about placement on the copy bed. I've always had an issue with knowing where to place the template in order to properly allow for the increase on the paper without sending it right off the page.

As can be expected, some projects are far more life-like than others. Personally, I love the Pink Cordyline, Swiss Cheese Vine, Rex Begonia Vine and Peruvian Maidenhair Fern. With 30 to choose from, you won't have an issue finding ones that are just right for you.