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DIY Mandala

Louise Gale · Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Learn to create beautiful mandalas using a variety of tools and mediums, from watercolor and pen and ink to candy and pressed flowers.
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DIY Papercrafts

Marisa Edghill · Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Learn how to transform washi tape and paper into beautiful stationery, giftwrap, gifts, and moreall with just a few simple tools! DIY Paper Crafts is full of unique and inspirational ideas and step-by-step projects that are perfect for washi tape crafters of any skill level. Full of inspirational...
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Sea Glass Crafts: Find, Collect, & Craft 20 Projects Using the Ocean's Treasures

REBECCA RUGER · Racehorse Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Sea glass is the beautiful result of broken glass being naturally polished and smoothed by the ocean's currents for extended periods of time. These beautiful jewels become weathered and frosted from abrasion and erosion in salt water, giving them a distinctly beautiful, jewel-like appearance...
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Beginner's Guide to Kumihimo

Donna McKean-Smith · Search Press
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Learn the basics of kumihimo braiding and beading to create over 12 pieces of gorgeous jewellery.Kumihimo is a popular jewellery-making technique with origins in Japanese tradition. This colourful and informative beginner's guide to the craft explains how to use a circular kumihimo...
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Sparkling: Champagne, Prosecco, Cava & More

Andreas Kjorling · H.F.Ullmann Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

A concise and in-depth guide to sparkling wines from all around the globe. Andreas Kjorling's updated volume offers an extensive overview of the finest universal sparkling wines, ranging from products of the highest quality to those with a more affordable price. A short introduction...
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Homemakers: A Domestic Handbook for the Digital Generation

Brit Morin · William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Print book

From "Silicon Valley's Martha Stewart" comes a new manifesto for the modern homemaker in the digital age.Over the past three generations, the rules of homemaking and our very notions of what a homemaker is and does have radically changed. We are still a nation of makers, but we are crafting...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Tile, 4th Edition: Ceramic * Stone * Porcelain * Terra Cotta * Glass * Mosaic * Resilient

Editors of Cool Springs Press · Cool Springs Press; 4 edition
Format: Print book

Transform your home with confidence using our step-by-step methods for perfectly installed tile!Installing tile is one of the most popular DIY projects out there. It is a fun skill to have, is relatively easy to learn, and can save you a bundle of cash if you do it on your own! You can work...
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The Little Free Library Book

Margret Aldrich · Coffee House Press
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

"The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing books - poetry included - within reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing, and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here's hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next...
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Sea Glass: Rare and Wonderful

C. S. Lambert · Down East Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Almost every shoreline offers up worlds of adventure, archaeology, science, and the arts in the form of sea glass and ceramic shards. These discarded remains pull beachcombers into a world of startling revelation; a world of history founded on documented research and broadened by the imagination.Recognized...
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50 Little Gifts: Easy Patchwork Projects to Give or Swap

Compiled by Susanne Woods · Lucky Spool Media
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Compiled from some of your favorite designers like Anna Graham, Amanda Jean Nyberg, Jeni Baker and more, this unique collection of projects are internet super-stars! Why scroll through endless tutorials online looking for those instructions on how to make a zippy pouch, when you need to make...
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The Meaning of Birds

SIMON BARNES · Pegasus Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live...
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Collecting World Coins, 1901-Present: Standard Catalog of Circulating Coinage

George S. Cuhaj · Krause Publications; Fifteenth Edition edition
Format: Print book

The world at your fingertips!From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Collecting World Coins, 1901-Present, offers the most comprehensive country-by-country, fully illustrated catalog on the market for 20th and 21st century coins used in everyday commerce.Offering complete coin descriptions and nearly...
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The Practical Potter: Step-By-Step Techniques, 25 Projects And Inspirational Examples, Shown In 800 Photographs

Josie Warshaw · Lorenz Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive how-to guide to working with clay, with step-by-step handbuilding, throwing, slipcasting and glazing.
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Threads Around the World: From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe

Deb Brandon · Schiffer
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Handmade textiles are personal, no matter where in the world they're created, and these photos and explanations of 25 diverse world cultures' techniques vividly share the details. Take a voyage through these pages and see how today's artisans continue to create traditional fiber arts with...
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