La Casa Loca: Latino Style Comes Home: 45 Funky Craft Projects for Decorating and Entertaining

by Kathy Cano-Murillo

Book Overview

Combining the explosive colours and iconography of latino style with pop art, this book offers an array of easy, inexpensive projects to liven up the interior and brighten the garden. It suggests how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564969436
• ISBN13: 9781564969439
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Super Funky

My first Crafty Chica book was "The Crafty Diva's D. I. Y. Stylebook: A Grrrl's Guide to Cool Creations You Can Make, Show Off, and Share" and I loved it so much that before I even finished looking through the whole bookk, I had gone to the computer to order "La Casa Loca: Latino Style Comes Home 45 Funky Craft Projects for Decorating & Entertaining." "La Casa Loca" has some amazing crafts inside. My head is literally spinning from all the ideas this book has inspired. Soon enough my ho-hum apartment will be turned into a super funky Latina inspired apartment. Best of all, it will be unique and cost effective!Thank you Crafty Chica, you are an inspiration!

Absolutely FABULOUS!

My cuz bought this book in Florida and loved it so she got me a copy too for my birthday. I love it so much too. Then I realized that the author is from my home town!!! Now I'm a fan of "crafty chica". This book is so much fun because it really puts a creative funky spin on Mexican/Latino art. Its all so different from anything I've seen. The ideas are so clever and unique. Everything is adorable but I will be making the Frida Kahlo shrine first. LOVE IT ALL!!!

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Need a quick shot of luscious color to liven up a room grown dull & lifeless?There are a myriad of "House Jazz" books out there; this is the ONEto pick if you love:1) Fast. . .2) Easy. . .3) Colorful. . .4) Cosmopolitan KitschTry out one or a dozen of these ideas for yourself & your loved ones & I PROMISE, you will feel an immediate infusion of warmth, color & happiness, Chica mia!

A Fabulous Funky Crafting Book

I have been doing crafting and sewing for the past 8 years. I love picking up interesting craft books, and when I saw La Casa Loca on Kathy's website I ordered it immediately. Now it is the most colourful, fun, imaginative and inspiring craft book in my collection. Kathy uses such great descriptions, fun little stories, and wonderful directions that I read the whole thing right away and then went out to stock up on supplies. My first project: the "Crazy for Carmen Miranda Lamp." This is a book that is full of fun projects challenging enough for serious crafters, yet easy enough for anyone to do. I've already recommended to all of my friends. Thanks for a great book!!

A really great inspiring beautiful book.

I'm not exactly the arts and crafts type but I am a collector of Mexican art and imports. I bought this book last weekend at the Latino book festival because I fell in love with all the gorgeous photos. It is so refreshing to see a new style of tounge in cheek Mexican art that is made with a lot of TLC. I think I am actually going to give some of these ideas a try because they all seem easy enough (I guess I'll have to break down and buy a glue gun). I would have never of thought of cutting up a shirt and making a toss pillow out of it or using the novelas for gift cards. Fun, fun, fun. Fantastic job on this book! I can hardly wait to share it with my friends and co-workers.