Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume.
Organized by topic, this comprehensive resource contains projects, templates, and detailed instructions for more than 30 craft techniques such as beading, jewelry making, paper cutting, and silkscreening. Instructions for each technique are followed with how-to projects.
How to do almost anything in one handy little book! Want to be known for your unique style? Inside you'll learn how to design your own clothes (p. 35), do the perfect manicure (p. 82), or make your own lip gloss (p. 11). Feel like impressing your friends? Show them how you can make a crystal (p. 16), juggle one-handed (p. 33), or deal with a ...
The Ultimate Friendship Bracelet Book, with super-clear directions for designs ranging from simple to simply amazing. The back cover doubles as a clipboard (clip included) so bracelets can be made directly beside their instructions. Comes with ten different colours of floss, plus some beads for the fanciest ones; all together, supplies to ...
An instructive and funny how-to book shows how to use duct tape to make 18 projects including: wallet, lunchbox, barbecue apron, raingear for pets, toilet roll cover. Perfect for the hard to buy for, either as a gift or to create a gift from.
Engaging your child in creative play isn't just fun: it gives him or her the tools to succeed in life. In everything they do, from drawing and playing, to seeing and understanding the world, solving problems, and developing deeper relationships, children use their creativity. It's how they learn to understand the world around them. It's no wonder, ...
Within the pages of "Exhibition 36", the reader enters a virtual art exhibit featuring 36 mixed-media artists whose collage, digital, assemblage, altered and repurposed art adorn the walls and pedestals of the gallery.The artists are 'present' with the reader, available to talk about their work and share their techniques and creative processes. ...
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--and enjoy a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle--need look no further than this eminently useful guide that features hundreds of projects and old-fashioned fun. Full-color and b&w photographs throughout.
Homespun charm shines on every page of this Christmas classic, with over 125 excellent photos and illustrations. From recipes that tempt the palate with old-fashioned goodies like dark chocolate caramels and buttery toffee to the functional charm of a chenille snowman draft-stopper, this book promises and delivers a Christmas to remember.
Lin Wellford, the original "rock artist" shows kids how to create amazing creatures, incredible toys and wild gifts for their friends and family. All it takes is some paint, a few rocks and a little imagination! Easy-to-follow pictures and instructions show kids how to turn stones into everything from racecars and lizards to teddy bears and ...
Once again, Gooseberry Patch and Leisure Arts have collaborated on a brand new Christmas collection of gifts to give, home-style recipes and tips to get your home ready for the holidays. Filled with such chapters as "Country Christmas Cupboard", "Gifts that Taste Good" and "The Kids Will Love 'Em". Color photos demonstrate easy country crafts.
A variety of articles taken from Foxfire magazine-includes the art of shoemaking, banjo and songbows, and other events in a region near the Appalachian Mountains.
It's the natural inconsistencies--the accidental differences between one finished piece and another--that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker's intimate involvement in the process, and it's that unique quality that first attracted textile designer and illustrator Lena ...
Revel in fresh approaches to holiday decorating and entertaining, Southern style, with "Christmas with Southern Living 2003, " a comprehensive guide to doing the holidays right. More than 175 color photos showcase simple, elegant, and easy-to-create decorating motifs, gift projects, and holiday menus.
Ideas in this full-color Christmas annual will help make readers' Christmas celebrations memorable for years to come. Festive home decor, from-the-heart handmade gifts, and deliciously tempting recipes can add Christmas cheer to every holiday home. Snowman's Frolic, Jesus Is the Reason, Silver Bells, Santa's Toyland, and Country Gathering are just ...
The age old craft of soapmaking is easy using today's techniques. More than 50 hand-milled soap recipes are included in this book, giving the reader every step of the process, from choosing equipment to creating fancy forms and scents.
This one-stop resource for all things crafty, written by master crafter Mark Montano, will allow readers to create one-of-a-kind objects--from furniture to fabric drapes, coasters to chandeliers, tablecloths to fashionable plates, stationery to seashell bookends--to fill their homes from front door to back garden, floor to ceiling.
Clear, step-by-step instructions for 14 basic bracelet designs are included in this clever book, plus suggestions for adding beads, mixing and matching patterns, and creating unique designs. Full-color illustrations.
From fragrant eucalyptus leaf ornaments to elegant, edible chocolate decorations, readers will glean endless ideas for a fun-filled and festive Yule. Featuring 192 luminous pages and over 120 glorious photographs, "The Spirit of Christmas" gives new readers and old fans more than ever before.
Expert, illustrated guide to creating fine books by hand. Materials and equipment, basic procedures, rebinding an old book, more, plus 8 projects: dust jacket, folio, music binding, manuscript binding, 4 others.
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