My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
This is not the usual book that I read, but I was intrigued when I heard about it. I’ve watched Mr. Kate’s YouTube channel and she has some cool DIY projects/decorating tips. The structure of the book is not uncommon, as she tells a short story and then breaks it up with photos – except in this book, the photos are a DIY project that you can do.
There are 50 different stories and accompanying projects. While the DIY’s are meant to relate to the story that Mr. Kate just finished telling, they’re generally pretty nebulous and only remotely related. I personally found around 10 to be interesting, but that will vary from person to person. They’re not just crafty projects, but beauty tips and fashion.
The stories themselves are also very varied, from cute tales about meeting her (now) husband to crude ones that won’t appeal to everyone. She also is from a very well off family, so readers may be put off by her constant name-dropping or rich-kid woes. I wasn’t completely turned off by it, but I also was 99% there for the crafts and didn’t really borrow the book so that I could be engrossed by the stories.
Overall it was a cute book, but probably not one that I would go out and buy. I’ll just borrow it from the library if I ever decide I want to do one of the projects.
There’s a DIY just in case you ever wanted a disco ball to make it’s home in your room… as a lamp.
Or perhaps be some sort of woodland nymph. I’m intrigued by this one, but I’m not sure I would ever put chains in my hair. That sounds like I’m asking for hair-tangled trouble.
Oh yes. let us put decapitated toy animal heads on our fingers. That sounds like a wonderful idea…
Okay, I’m not a fan of the basket but the idea of the canopy is really pretty and I may do it to get some Harry Potter vibes in my room.
Another example of the beauty side of her DIY’s as opposed to the crafty.