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Synopsis

Make your own gifts and show how much you really care! - Includes 10 inspirational gifts you can make.

Give your friends and family gifts that they'll remember for years to come - hand-painted treasures that come straight from the heart. In Crafts From the Heart, Jan Belliveau provides easy-to-follow instructions and advice for creating thoughtful, inspiring projects using simple brush lettering and decorative painting techniques.

You'll find ten lovely projects inside, including an elegant tray, jewelry box, planter, clock, picture frame, wall sconce, tea caddy and more. Each one is embellished with an inspired saying - perfect for lifting spirits and warming hearts.

Jan helps you master all the decorative painting and brush lettering basics you need - including how to add simple background patterns and pretty flowers - to complete each exquisite gift.

About the Author

A former student of Donna Dewberry and several other top decorative artists, Jan Belliveau's decorative painting career now spans 30 years. Today, she is an accomplised painter and teacher, working out of her Temecula, California, studio and store, The Painting Goose. A former East coast resident, Jan owned a successful painting studio in Turnersville, New Jersey, for 12 years.

Jan is a member of Anonymous Painters," a chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters (SDP). She teaches at SDP conventions held across the country, and is a regular exhibitor at the Creative Painting Convention in Las Vegas.

Together with her husband, Bill, and granddaughter, Aislynn, Jan now resides in Murrieta, California, where she enjoys sunshine almost year round.