A Year of Creativity is a great book to add to your crafter’s collection.   There are so many ideas for projects and parties. There is something included for different skill levels.

This book was so much better than the cover let me think! I wish so badly that the cover was bright and fresh and as beautiful as the rest of this book was. Not all crafters or crocheters are of a certain age and there is no reason for us not to turn crafting up. Create dates and fun parties and cute new projects mean you won’t be crocheting doilies with Grammy unless that is exactly what you wish to do. So fun and I’m so happy to see this

The book itself is gorgeous. The designer uses great pictures, lovely colors and completed projects y create a feast for the eyes. The authors mainly look at sewing crafts and cooking with a few other media projects mixed so this isn't a book that would help me a lot personally. At first glance, the projects don't have much detail but an appendix keeps the look of the book while giving you more detailed info.

I am not good enough for almost all of the stuff that is explained in this book, but the pictures are worthy the price of the book!

Non sono in grado nemmeno di provare a fare piú della metá dei progetti fai da te spiegati in questo libro, ma le bellissime immagini valgono il prezzo del libro!

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

‘A year of Creativity’ is a great source of ideas for a craft date with friends.
I absolutely love the idea of trying something new,especially when you spend and afternoon with your friends.

Easy to follow instructions and great pictures make this book a perfect gift or a perfect resource for trying a new project.

A Year of Creativity by Petra Hoeksema, Lidy Nooij, Miriam Catshoek, and Bregje Konings is a book of great patterns, instructions, ideas, and photographs for yarn projects. The skill level varies, and as a bonus they include cute ideas for packaging gifts and a recipe to go with some of them. The book has beautiful, full color photos. Fiber artists of any level would love this book.

This is wonderful! I’ll be buying this as a gift for sure.

I love the instructions and I love that there is a mix of foody and crafty things to do! Great :)

Do you craft with your friends? If you do, or if you think you might want to, take a look at A Year of Creativity A Craft Date Planner to Meet, Share, and Create by Petra Hoeksema, Lidy Nooij, Miriam Catshoek, and Bregje Konings.







The idea behind a craft date is that a group of friends gets together to spend an afternoon (or maybe a whole weekend) making something. One member of the group chooses the project and brings the supplies, all attractively packaged like gifts, and then the creativity begins. 



The book is full of projects and ideas for snacks packaging the craft kits for the day. If I've got one doubt its that if more than one of the craft date participants reads the book in advance, the surprise might be spoiled. The authors assume that everyone can knit and crochet and sew, or at least knows the basics.  



I'm seriously loving this idea and wondering who I could round up to give it a try.

Wonderfully original book

Written by Petra Hoeksema, Lidy Nooij, Miriam Catshoek and Bregje Konings this is a great collection of  unique projects. Wonderful pictures and complete instructions for the crafter.
I received an advance reader copy.

Cutest craft book ever!  Love the adorable craft ideas in the book.  Definitely feeling inspired and  planning on trying a few.  I have so many people in mind that would love this book.  Will be buying this book when it is published.

So you want to make something special. And when you look back, you want to have finished projects on the wall, the floor, the landscape ... at work, home, and elsewhere. This planner is for you.

Enjoy the prompts and interactions. You already have to know something about crafting and have some basic skills. But at the end of the day, beyond diapers or dishes or weeding, you'll have something that makes you smile and enhances your spaces.

Recommended.

“A craft date with friends” was too appealing to pass by this avid hostess of girls night craft parties.  A Year of Creativity is a quick flip through with about 25 projects, including a few recipes, to host a craft night.  Just make sure that your friends have crochet, knit or sewing skills first, as the projects are not for beginners.   The projects in this book would not work for my circle of crafting friends but I can see it being used by groups that meet up in yarn shops, etc.  Many thanks to Quarto and Netgalley for this ARC for my honest review.

A Year of Creativity is a beautifully put together book that explores the concept of the "craft date," where a group of friends get together to combine their creativity and come up with some great projects from crochet afghans, to  bags and cards, to candied raspberry salad. There is something to spark everyone's creativity along with directions for all the crafts shown. I got a lot of ideas I want to try out of this one!

I am a craftaholic. I love crafting and I have my go to things that I love to do. But I also love to try new things and this book is bursting with new things to try throughout the year. I’m so excited. Thank you.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this crafting idea book, but it is adorable- a series of suggestions of projects and ideas to turn crafternoon (or any small crafting group) into a more fun and formalized plan. The projects mainly look doable for moderately experienced crafters, and the hints of foods to serve and  ways to package the materials are well considered and precious. I’m not sure my crafting friends are up for the ideas, but I’d love to try! I think the oilskin project bag or the same color/different pattern cushions would be a great place to start.

Five crafty stars. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the digital ARC in return for this unbiased opinion.

The title instantly made me interested in this book, and where I feel the creativity was more limited to the thread-and-needle type of stuff instead of the broad creativity as a whole as I was expecting, it was still a very enjoyable book for me.

It read very much like multiple blog posts to me. I'm not sure if that's where the book is entirely from, but it would make a lot of sense. From the layouts, to the anecdotes, to the 'how to invite others to your craft date,' and even to the picture quotes with fancy fonts. This isn't necessarily a bad thing either. Just different. It made for a very put together, simple, and easy to read book. It's also quite short, but it has plenty of content in its pages.

Not only are there crafts, but the authors also include some recipes to go along with these craft dates. 

Overall, while I feel the title is a little misleading, when you understand what the book is really about, you're in for a different yet very pleasant read.

A whole book full of different creative ideas - what a great thing! I absolutely loved the way this book is made, especially because it features a huge variety of different creative things, such as collaging, sewing or even baking. The instructions were easy to follow if you are at least a bit familiar with the techniques and the pictures were always very bright-coloured and nice to look at. Thumbs up for this collection of creative ideas :)

A Year of Creativity came as a beautiful digital download,  The book is detailed, informative, and includes rich images.  Perfect for the crafty.

I love everything about A Year of Creativity! A beautifully photographed book full of crafting ideas to do with your friends on craft dates, it comes complete with supply lists, detailed and easy to understand instructions, packaging ideas and even recipes to make when it's your turn to host!

What can be better than being with your friends, creating something unique and beautiful? If you're a crafter of any sort, you will enjoy this book!

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Quarry Books for allowing me the privilege of reading an ARC of this wonderful book in exchange for an unbiased opinion. All opinions expressed here are my own.

The crafting is all related to knitting, crocheting, and sewing. There are some other projects, but even those are aimed towards these crafts. The title is somewhat misleading; In my opinion, crafting is much more diverse and the book is certainly not filled with projects for a year as I expected. The book contains about  20 project ideas for craft parties: Crafting with friends.  

The book is certainly not for beginners! Techniques are not explained in detail. If you don't know how to knit or crochet, you need other sources.