SHRINK! SHRANK! SHRUNK! by KATHY SHELDON

SHRINK! SHRANK! SHRUNK by KATHY SHELDON MAKE STYLISH SHRINK PLASTIC JEWELRY

SHRINK! SHRANK! SHRUNK! by Kathy Sheldon co-author of FA LA LA LA FELT Published by LARK CRAFTS/ STERLING Publishing Co. 128 page paperback book $21.95 ISBN 978-1-4547-0349-5 facebook.com/LarkJewelryBeading Kathy Sheldon is author of and development editor for Many gardening, outdoor living, and craft books, including CRAFT HOPE, FA LA LA LA FELT and HEART FELT HOLIDAY. She is a jewelry editor at LARK CRAFTS in Asheville, North Carolina. Visit her website. shrinkshrankshrunk.com for more shrink plastic jewelry projects, graphics , and techniques. You will find more than 30 fun, cool, and gorgeous and inspiring projects with bonus doodles from AIMEE RAY to trace or print onto your shrink plastic jewelry. Starting on page 10 Kathy covers shrink plastic basics. What is shrink plastic. Is it safe. Then shrink plastic materials and tools. Tools and materials for drawing and coloring. Then she moves on to Baking equipment, jewelry pliers and wire cutters, and findings. She then talks about shrink plastic techniques. How to shrink the plastic, sanding the plastic, decorating shrink plastic before baking, cutting and punching shrink plastic, baking the shrink plastic or shrinking with a heat gun, sealing the project, printing on shrink plastic, shaping shrink plastic, fusing, adding jump rings, making simple loop, and making a wrapped loop. Then the projects begin. 30 fun informative projects with step by step instructions. The fun doesn't stop there, on pages 110-124 you receive shrink plastic templates. On pages 125-127 Kathy talks about the contributing designers. This is such a colorful fun book with adorable projects. It would be fun projects for mother and daughter to do together. The inventor of Shrinky Dinks, Betty J. Morris, had this to say and I quote "SHRINK! SHRANK! SHRUNK! provides all kinds of creative jewelry from shrink plastic that everyone will enjoy making and sharing!" Such a delightful book and would make a fantastic addition to your crafting library. Please enjoy the pictures below taken from this publication.