The Big-Ass Book of Crafts 2 (sample project link) is the sequel to the wildly successful Big-Ass Book of Crafts, which is now available digitally!
You can be sure that I was incredibly excited when Mark's publisher contacted me to review the book. Just a few days later, I had it in my hot little hands, before the release date! Gallery Books was even kind enough to set up an interview with Mark Montano for the Art, Like Bread Podcast, which is still in its infancy, but how lucky am I to have such an opportunity. Stay tuned to the blog for more on that.
Seriously, I LOVE Mark Montano. I have always admired his aesthetic sense and I truly believe that he has an open, creative, interesting, and accessible approach to craft and design. I have been passing his book around to my students and crafty friends and EVERYONE wants a copy.
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| Look how many bookmarks I added. This book will get a LOT of use! |
Mark Montano's blog is one of my absolute favorites, and he updates it regularly with inspirational pictures and great projects to try. Most recently, I was amazed by this beautiful flower, made from a recycled water bottle.
In order to enter to win a copy of The Big Ass Book of Crafts 2 by Mark Montano, simply leave a comment on this blog post. :) I will use a random number generator to choose the two lucky winners on November 11, 2011, and your book will be shipped to you directly from the publisher.
Trust me, you'll find something you absolutely have to make in this book. You'll find great techniques you've never tried. You'll find interesting ways to use normal, household items. You'll be inspired. I am!
ETA: The giveaway has ended. Thank you to all who entered. The winners are posted here.
185 comments:
Wow, he's so inspirational! Those flowers are amazing! What a treasure to have a big collection of ideas from such a great creative mind! Fantastic!
me please! i loved the first one and this one looks even more awesome!! raineoc@yahoo.com
Pick me please. :) Can't wait to hear your interview.
I WANT this book!! And the flower is so cute! I made water bottle star garland last year. :)
Would love to win this book for more terrific crafting!
This book looks so AWESOME!
I actually got to see this book and it is awesome.
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! THE SHOES!!!!
So, happy we met! Not, just because I know get to enter this super cool give-a-way...but, because I have a new DIY buddy!!!
Hooray! I knew everyone would love this book just as much as I do! There are still a few more weeks left in the giveaway, so sit tight, but be sure to check out Mark Montano's blog (links above) for inspiration in the meantime! It's one of my faves!!
I would love to win this book. Maybe it will encourage my daughter to express her creativity.
I want this book!!!
I NEED to make some masquerade masks!
Pick me please!
I'm so excited a second book is coming! I am a terrible "crafter" but I LOVE craft books!! I live with two artists and work at a multi-arts center so use Mark's book first all the time. I can't wait to share more, new great ideas for the kids and adults to work on! Art, Like Bread just became even more awesome!
www.curiosityforum.org
This book looks like endless fun!
Woot woot! I need this in my life! This is very exciting! Hope I win!
xoxo
Wow, this book looks soooo awesome! Fingers crossed...
I'm Knittinggirl13 on rav.
Ribbons.. check. Low sew....check.
yarn and spray paint ...double check! I'm ready!!
Oh my mama would love this book - throw my name in for drawing please... and thank you!
What a great book! Please enter me in the giveaway ... Thank you! I am gkgreen on Ravelry and g_k_green@hotmail.com.
My sister and I have been making crafts from the first Big Ass Book of Crafts for quite a while now! We also loved his Big Ass Book of Home Decor! I would be honored to win his new book!
I am KisforKrissy on Ravelry
That book looks awesome! I'd love to be entered in this giveaway!
zilliah on ravelry
Me please! I NEED this book for inspiration for my ONE DAY WONDERS Summer School class where I entice kids away from electronic play and spend 3 weeks on creative play based on upcycling and imagination.
oh, please please please sign me up!
It look like a great book! I would love to win. Debbie H
The book looks marvelous and I would love to learn many of his crafting secrets. Such fun!!
Wow, that looks so awesome! I would love to win a copy!
Best part of this book? It's assier!
Hi, I found your blog through Ravelry! This book looks amazing, those plastic bottle flowers are unreal. I would totally get my craft on with this book. :D
Emily
http://www.ravelry.com/people/PurlsEntwined
Looks very inspiring! Please enter me in the giveaway!
MrsCollinHobbs on Ravelry
I would love to win and expand my creativity beyond knitting! :) Thank you!!
Happy happy! It's awesome to see so many Ravelers over here. Welcome aboard, people!
I wish I had a book to give to each of you, but never fear, the book IS available digitally for $9.99. Score.
Oooh, I would so love this book! Nancy
www.countdowntomexico.com
Looks like a FUN book!
(InJuneau on Rav too)
His stuff is just the BEST! Anytime my mojo does a go-go I check out anything by Mark Montano and before I know it I am back in the groove!
This is so cool!!
I can't WAIT to see this book! I hope to win & make something that will impress my mother!
I would LOVE to have this book. Looks like it is packed with fun & creative ideas.
Want! garnet.a.wing at gmail dot com
wow! Rad giveaway :D
I would love to win this!
This book looks way cool. Thanks for the giveaway!
Ooooo, thanks for the chance!!!
Wow! What a wonderful book!
me me pick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! theoneandonlyamyjo@hotmail.com
Love this book!
Winningatfailing.blogspot.com
Oh my gosh! That would be a super duper prize!!!
I would love to get my hands on that book.
oh I want this book SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO badly!!! hope to win!
OMG this book looks like so much fun!!!
very cool and fun! So would love to play with some of these ideas! :)u
His work is amazing!!! I would love to have this book, thanks for a chance at the giveaway!!!
kelly@siblingstew.com
Oh great!
I'm trying to sign up wherever possible to win this book! I really want one bad!
Hugs XX
Barbara
This looks like a fabulous book to add to any library! I LOVE Mark Montano, too. I hope I win, but good luck to everybody who enters!
I NEED an awesome book like this for all the crafts & stuff that need doing! Much love~*
WANT!
this is flippin awesome! WOW. thanks for the giveaway (dealbunny20@gmail.com)
great book!
Looks like there's plenty of crafting to do.
Is the give-away international? :)
sandra _ mitr at yahoo com
thanks to you I just found out Mark and his blog. I love crafts but don't feel very inspired lately, this could be the moment! =)
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win the book. It looks fabulous and especially would look very stylish on my bookshelf! Crafting keeps my life sane and allows me to express what I need in order to be happy. I just love creating new things for my friends and family.
Thanks again,
Jan
I am new to crafting and would love to win this book!
Love all the craft blogs and love all the craft books. I'd love to win this! -Jenn
Pick me, pick me, pick me! (hand waving in air)
loving this one !!! my hand is up..pick me..pick me...
If this book is as good as his first, we're in for a treat! Thanks for the great giveaway!
margie204@gmail.com
Would so love this
thanks for the chance to win!!
Awesome - Thanks for the news!
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win! I'd love to have have this book! :-)
Oh my I'd love to win this book. The other one has so many fabulous ideas and it is so fun to just look through and drool over.
Thanks for the chance to win this new book.
Glenda M
I'd LOVE to have it. I loved the first book.
crldelater at yahoo dot com
The book looks like the type of book I would really love; cool ,crazy and WACKY!! PICK ME!! I'd really love to use this! Pick me!
Woohoo! This book looks like an absolute treasure chest of ideas - thank you for the chance to win a copy :)
Marilize
(marilize.paulsen@gmail.com)
Wow what a fantastic giveaway your having...thanks...ciao4now64@yahoo.com
I loved his other books and would love to win this one! Thank you for the chance!
lmandy33@yahoo.com
OMG!! This book looks amazing!!!! Thanks for the chance to win a copy! stephanie_guse@sympatico.ca
I am a Big-Ass Crafter and must have this book!
It would be great to win a copy of this book. I'm always looking for cool new things to try and things I can do with kids!! I also gave you a google 1+!
WoW, I would love to own this latest edition! I purchased Vol 1 when it was published and have been waiting for Vol 2 since! Thanks so much for the chance to win this fabulous craftin' Bible!!!!
Sounds wonderful! Please count me in, thanks!
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
What an awesome book! I went out and looked that flower, and I am going to go home and try it! This would be an awesome book to have, with my husband being unemployed since January my craft supply buying is nil! But with more ideas to make things from things I already have at home....SUPER! Thank you for this opportunity!
oh your book looks wonderful. thanks for the chance to win.
Wow! I would love to win this!
Wow I really want to win this book because I teach children's art and creativity classes with an emphasis on upcycling! Pick me!!
Here's my site: http://jenstreats.com
I'd love to have this new book! Thanks.
sweepster49 at comcast dot net
How exciting - Thanks for the chance to win! I love to do crafts and would love another crafting book!!
Wow! I am inspired! Pick me! amy.sews@yahoo.com
I have the first one and haven't run out of things to make yet... I'm sure the second would be even better! I'd love to add it to my collection! Thanks for the opportunity!
super exciting giveaway!!! thanks!!
I would love to win. Thanks so much! mamatkins@hotmail.com
I love all things craft and would really love to have a copy of this book! Thanks for the chance to win :)
emarci at hot mail dot com
stampsparklepop.blogspot.com
This is one bad-@$$ book. Oh the possibilities!
What a great book - love Mark -would love to win Thanks agent3547 at aol dot com
Thank you for this giveaway! This book id something special and I'd be happy if win it.
This looks like a great book!
Pick me! I want to win this great book!
I'd love a chance to enter!!
Thanks :)
kimberlybreid at hotmail dot com
Yay! I loved the first book, can't wait to see this one! my email if you need it is: endure1231 (at) gmail dot com. Angela Fitch
What a simply great prize I really want to win. Thanks
I would be so happy to win this, and be inspired!
I would love to win!
Emily
emilyannogle@yahoo.com
id love to win this big ass book in a big ass way!!!
What a great giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
Mary
Ladefly@aol dot com
I love his first book and would love to win the second.
Wow, this looks like a fun book that has lots of awesome ideas!
Is there a way to bribe the random number selector?!?!? I would love to win a copy of this book, it is right up my alley!
readerwoman at gmail dot com
Thank you for picking me.
What an awesome give-away! My daughter loved the first BABOC and I know she will love the new one.
Thank you for the chance to win!
Oooh, this looks awesome!
cool looking book-rain day activities.
me me me I don't own a craft book and i craft so much, thank you for the oppurtunity.
OK: the title is a little on the crude side for my taste, but I know the contents would totally feed a crafter's soul! :-) Thanks very much in advance for the giveaway! Blessings for the journey - Julie H.
pick me*pick me*pick me*pick me*pick me*pick me*, thanks
How great. I love to have things to curl up on the couch with and get inspired to craft!
This book looks so great! Thanks so much for the generous give-away! :)
Awesome giveaway, love a chance at this book.
What a great giveaway, thank you. The first is great send me the second.
This book sounds like a big-ass book of fun!!! Thanks for the giveaway:)
jwitt33 at live dot com
The title says it all! I would love a copy of this book!
oh would love to have this book!
Oh, I would love to have this book! I have the first one and it is fantastic!
stine.12@wright.edu
Sounds like a fun book!
Ooohhh .... this would be a nice birthday present to me (Nov.10)! LOL. I would love to win this book. Thank you!
Christy
botm2@yahoo.com
Oooh me, me, me, me please! I want this book soooo bad! Loved #1.
micki6568@gmail.com
Wow, this is so exciting! I love love love Mark Montano and have all of his crafting books. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
Oh Boy, another procrastinating source for me! Yay! Mark Montano is the best down to earth crafter I've ever known. His craft mostly don't require a visit to nearby craft store that would lead me to bankruptcy. That's what I love!
Looks like a really great book for us crafty people. I really like those 'string painted' heels. Very cool. Thanks for the chance to win!
I purchased the first book after taking it out from the library and not wanting to give it back :) Looking forward to checking out this volume too!!
Thanks!!
cyclona66 at aol dot com
WOW! So much between to hard covers! I so hope I can win!!!!
Sincerly,
Debbie O in Idaho
Gee whiz! If I win this I will have enough things to make to last the rest of my life.
This book sounds awesome- I need to go check it out!
pick me! pick me!
How cool, I'd love to look through this!
How fun! My fingers are crossed!
Never heard of him before, but I did check out the flower and I'm def going to do it. It's really fun. Thankx, Diana, dianamATbrandeisDOTedu
I saw this in the store and wanted it so bad! Crossing my fingers :)
sblake1[at]student[dot]framingham[dot]edu
Loved the first book, and can't wait to check out the second! Thanks for the chance to win :)
marija.majerle at gmail dot com
I love this book! If I won a copy, the library could finally have theirs back!
I would love this. I've been very interested in crafting lately...I used to do it more. This would be very helpful.
-Lauren
lauren51990 at aol dot com
This book looks awesome!
Love it!! and would LOVE to win it!
Looks cool I loved the first one
NICE! Gig
WOW ! ! This looks fantastic ! ! !
I love the name of this book. It looks great.
Hope you ship overseas! Looks wonderful!
Sounds like the perfect book for me, I like to try all kinds of neat stuff, at least once! lol Thanks.
kidshomelove at yahoo dot com
Cool book! Thanks for the giveaway.
mrs.marcus2 at yahoo dot com
Crafts. Craaaaaaafts! This looks like a great book.
mercedesyardley@gmail.com
What a great book to have!
cereza25 at yahoo dot com
I don't know how the first book could be topped, but I'd certainly like to win a copy and find out.
That's funny... I was JUST looking at this in the bookstore today! I would love to win it.
angelica.craig (at) yahoo.com
This book is already on my christmas list! So amazing! crossing my fingers!!
Cerena-Leigh
Luckycldh(at)aol(dot)com
Great giveaway and just in time for Christmas!
officialdomina@gmail.com
I am also hosting a giveaway for Baby Tone DVDs. It is a great gift for a new mom who would love to workout with their baby while bonding. Would love it if you could stop by! http://getittogetherdomina.blogspot.com/2011/10/baby-tone-dvd-giveaway.html
Oooooo too cool! Saw him on She's Crafty when his first book came out! Nice!
Super nice giveaway. Thanks for the chance to get a really interesting looking book.
fat book ! i hope i can get a copie. the book is so amazing.
sois00@yahoo.de
Thinking these will make some AWESOME gifts, as a lot of the things in here are sooo great
Looks great! I would love to win! rebmeadows@att.net
I'm always looking for some great crafting ideas. Sure hope I'm the lucky one!!! Have a blessed day!
My daughter and son-in-law are both very creative artists. They make art and craft items out of the strangest stuff. his book looks right up their alley. I would love to win it for them. Thanks.
kdavis1@centurytel.net
Cool-- you're right, Sarah would love this! The cargo pants bag is a great idea.
Jeremy
This book looks like a tons of fun with everyday items, too cool! nanmcdonald@live.com
I'd love to win this, thanks!
racergirl1313 AT hotmail DOT com
Me please! This looks like so much fun!
Thank you for the opportunity! I would love to win this!
Thanks
Melisa
itlnprncss29(at)aol(dot)com
Wow, what a great book to win! I've got 4 kids, so new craft ideas are always a good thing! :0) My email is michellesstitchwitchery at gmail dot com
Would love to win this book so my daughter and I can spend quality time experimenting. Thanks for the giveaway.
yumihamano@gmail.com
How neat! I've just started to crochet (taught myself off youtube videos) so this would be an awesome book to add to my craft goodies...also the FIRST book to add!! InkedMomOf3@gmail.com
I love big ass book's! Especially this big ass book! I live for crafts and I love making them for people other than myself! Yippppeeeee!
Hey Caissa! Looks like a very cool book!
-Sarah (of Sarah & Jeremy)
I'd love to give this book to my crafty friend for xmas :)
I'm excited to look through this book! I am always looking for new projects to try.
That looks really interesting. Would love to get my hands on a copy!
:-)
I am always looking for new crafts to do with my 6 young grandchildren. I would love this book!
ahh this would come in handy !!
I would love to have this book, thanks for a chance at the giveaway!!!
alexa12_02[at]yahoo[dot]com
I loved the first book!
Thanks for the giveaway & all of the hard work that goes into your blog!
lirpaskoorb@gmail.com
this book looks amazing!
I would love this book so my daughter and I can do all sorts of great crafts together
Thanks for the giveaway!
natalie9103@hotmail.com
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