Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products
Sophie Uliano - 2010
For both financial and environmental reasons, life is all about doing well with what you have. But that doesn't mean you can't still be fabulous. Do It Gorgeously shows you how to make nearly everything you would otherwise purchase: From the kitchen to the nursery, from your medicine cabinet to your makeup drawer, you'll be astounded by how easy and inexpensive it is to make safe and eco-friendly products for your family. You deserve to have it all--and now you can do it yourself!
Visual Chronicles: The No-Fear Guide to Creating Art Journals, Creative Manifestos & Altered Books
Karen Dinino - 2006
'Visual Chronicles' provides a no-fear guide to expressing one's deepest self with art & words.
The Fine Art of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Beautiful and Lifelike Botanicals
Tiffanie Turner - 2017
The Fine Art of Paper Flowers is an elevated art and craft guide that features complete step-by-step instructions for over 30 of Tiffanie Turner's widely admired, unique, lifelike paper flowers and their foliage, from bougainvillea to English roses to zinnias. In the book, Turner also guides readers through making her signature giant paper peony, shares all of her secrets for special paper treatments, candy-striping, playing with color and creating botanical imperfections, and shows how to turn paper flowers into gorgeous garlands, headdresses, bouquets and more. These stunning creations can be made from simple and inexpensive materials and the book's detailed tutorials and beautiful photography make it easy to achieve dramatic and lifelike results.
How to Knit: The Definitive Knitting Course Complete with Step-By-Step Techniques, Stitch Library, and Projects for Your Home and Family
Debbie Bliss - 1999
This book features 15 specially designed projects to practice skills, and stitch library, and 350 colour photographs and illustrations, and charts.
Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas
Melanie Falick - 2003
Step-by-step instructions for knitting projects that can often be completed in a weekend are accompanied by full-color photographs, quotations about knitting, recipes for treats, and tips on stress- reducing activities.
Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures Forms
Alisa Golden - 2011
Thanks to the 100 ideas in this volume, the craft is now available to everyone. In as little as an afternoon, beginners will be on their way to folding, gluing, and sewing handmade books in a variety of shapes and styles, from rolled scrolls to Jacobs ladders, folded flexagons to case bindings. Complete with photographs of the authors own master books and statements by more than 40 established book artists, this collection is sure to inspire. Culled from the authors best-selling books Creating Handmade Books, Unique Handmade Books, and Expressive Handmade Books, these projects will fuel bookbinding adventures for years to come.