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Make your own luxury handmade gifts without the price tag with the queen of Couture Craft!

In this inspirational yet practical craft book you will have access to a plethora of wonderful gifting and wrapping ideas that won’t break the bank. With a luxury modern feel, and lots of insider stylist hints and tips, this book features darling projects that are simple to make and versatile enough for a range of occasions, from birthdays to weddings, anniversaries to Christmas.

Created by British crafting expert Hannah Read-Baldrey, who knows a thing or two about gifting from running her business MakeBox & Co, this bible of making is a book you will treasure for a lifetime and refer to year after year for craft ideas.

Hannah shares easy-to-make yet impressive ideas for timeless gifts that can be hand crafted, from luxury soy wax candle making to handmade paper flowers, personalised house portraits to a delicious bunch of roses cookies - all fun and creative projects that you will want to refer to time and time again.

The book is broken down into easy-to-digest chapters, ranging from personalisation - to make your gifts truly unique; beautiful batches - for the prepared gift giver; handmade cards and wrapping; luxury gifts; and quick gifts - that only take around 15 minutes to create. Plus some fun etiquette features in between. So whether you want to spend lots of time on a gift or need to make one pronto Hannah has got you covered!

With beautiful styled photography and tonnes of practical step-by-step advice, this book will give you everything you need to create beautiful handmade gifts that will be treasured by your loved ones for a lifetime.

Hannah Read-Baldrey is the co-founder and Creative Director of one of the UK’s most successful craft start-ups, Make Box & Co, selling over 300,000 boxes to date. Hannah and MakeBox have an engaged social media following of over 70,000, as well as a dedicated Facebook community. She is the first and only craft designer to sell at the royal residences, including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Her designs retail at Liberty, John Lewis, Harrods, Peggy Porschen Parlours and many more. After studying at Central St Martins College of Art, Hannah went on to work as a stylist for magazines and also worked in advertising. She has worked for Red Magazine, Cath Kidston, Vogue, and DeBeers Diamonds. As a writer she is best known for creating the international bestsellers Everything Alice and Girls Night In, which achieved total global sales of over 135,000. She has also worked as a digital presenter for brands including Hobbycraft and Sizzix, as well as appearing on television on shows such as Kirstie’s’s Handmade Christmas and Celebrity Christmas Craft Masters. Mum of three, Hannah lives in with her husband in a terraced house with a pink door in South-East London.