Paper for All Seasons: Projects and Presents to Make Through the Year by Sandra Foose and Holly McDade
Paper for All Seasons, a 128-page paperback, was first published in September 2003. It is a collection of more than 60 easy to make, beautiful and accessible paper designs on greeting cards, boxes, containers, stationeries plus fanciful ornaments, garlands, 2D or 3D gifts and centerpieces. The designs include affordable and practical materials, simple tools like craft knife, straight edge, and scissors to match with basic skills like cut, fold and paste. In addition to that, it teaches instructions on creating seasonal decorations as well as two dimensional and three dimensional gifts. It narrates easy to follow, detailed and comprehensible step by step directions. The book showcases full size patterns and witty eye-catching designs. It is ideal and recommended for experienced and advanced paper crafters who crave for challenge because of several new ideas which help motivate paper crafting skills.
The first section of the book discusses substantial information on the materials, tools and techniques, an informal conversation on the importance of wallpaper samples and the techniques of grain identification. Templates are collected at the back part of the book. Project showcases easy to learn techniques like collage, paper cutting, paper sculpture, origami and weaving. Projects are also sectioned according to season.
This book was written by Sandra Lounsbury Foose, a freelance and veteran graphic designer. She has also written several other craft books and continues to design for hallmark cards.