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Paper Parties: Over 50 Paper Projects for the Perfect Party

Hung, Erin · Pavilion
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From invitations to decorations, make pretty paper projects for your party! When you want a chic celebration with that personal touch, these 50 paper projects will inspire you. Designer Erin Hung has carefully curated the items to delight anyone who enjoys making playful and beautiful things....
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Tool and Cutter Sharpening for Home Machinists

Hall, Harold · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback

Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! Sharpening workshop tools is probably the activity that is least understood by most home machinists. Tool and Cutter Sharpening shows how to perform most workshop sharpening tasks without any need...
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I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers

De La Mare, Guinevere · Chronicle Books
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who'd rather be reading than doing just about anything else, this book is the ultimate must-have. In this visual ode to all things bookish, readers will get lost in page after page of beautiful contemporary art, photography, and illustrations depicting the pleasures of books....
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Girls' Home Spa Lab: All-Natural Recipes, Healthy Habits, and Feel-Good Activities to Make You Glow

Pagan, Maya · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

For today's active, plugged-in girls ages 9 to 13, finding healthy ways to unwind and de-stress is an important part of well-being. Girls' Home Spa Lab is packed with all-natural recipes, activities, and tips for self-care and relaxation specially designed for tweens. From homemade...
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With My Hands: Poems About Making Things

Vanderwater, Amy Ludwig · Clarion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For young makers and artists, brief, lively poems illustrated by a NYT bestselling duo celebrate the pleasures of working with your hands. Building, baking, folding, drawing, shaping . . . making something with your own hands is a special, personal experience. Taking an idea from your imagination...
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Easy Crochet Dishcloths: Learn to Crochet Stitch by Stitch with Modern Stashbuster Projects

Rasmussen, Camilla Schmidt · Creative Publishing int'l
Pages: 60
Format: Paperback

Add personality, sentiment, and coziness to your kitchen with Easy Crochet Dishcloths. Don't underestimate the effect crocheting your own dishcloths can have on a space! There's a difference between a house and a home, and there's definitely a difference between a kitchen and a cozy...
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Beautiful Beaded Jewelry for Beginners: 25 Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, and Other Step-by-Step Projects

Owen, Cheryl · IMM Lifestyle Books
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback

Perfect for beginners, this contemporary collection shows just how easy it is to make stunning beaded jewelry with readily available beads and stones!25 step-by-step jewelry projects for necklaces, chokers, bracelets, cuffs, brooches, earrings, and ringsEasy, beginner-friendly designs can each...
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Comics Experience Guide to Writing Comics: Scripting Your Story Ideas from Start to Finish

Schmidt, Andy · IMPACT Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Unlock the secrets to comic-writing success! "You have a story tell. It's your story... These are ways to help you get your story out, to help you become the writer inside of yourself." This is the book on writing you've been waiting for, a nuts-and-bolts guide to writing...
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Paper Bead Jewelry: Step-by-step instructions for 40 designs

Sakamoto, Keiko · Stackpole Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Any paper - magazines, newspapers, wrapping paper, copy paper - can be upcycled into a variety of shapes and sizes of paper beads that can be used to make colorful, unique pieces of jewelry that no one would guess are made from paper. Fashioned from thin strips of paper and painted in a variety...
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SEW ... The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist

Emodi, Barbara · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this book offers Barbara's thoughts, tips, and tricks...
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