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Crafty Dolls

Jane Bull · DK
Format: Hardcover

With a few hours and simple materials, even beginner crafters can make darling dolls with Jane Bull's help. In Crafty Dolls, Jane offers up original designs for dolls of all kinds that can be customized in hundreds of different ways. The Lottie Doll, a simple rag doll, can be adapted,...
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Furniture Makeovers: Simple Techniques for Transforming Furniture with Paint, Stains, Paper, Stencils, and More

Barb Blair · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Furniture Makeovers shows how to transform tired furniture into stunning showpieces. You'll never look at a hand-me-down dresser the same way again! The book offers 26 easy-to-follow techniques that can be applied to all different types of pieces, from bookshelves to desks: painting,...
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Etcetera: Creating Beautiful Interiors with the Things You Love

Sibella Court · Murdoch Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

A master interior stylist and designer for Anthropologie provides unique inspiration for becoming the curator of your own style and creating evocative rooms full of texture, color, and imagination Packed with tips of the interior stylists trade, this is a lavishly photographed interiors...
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100 Weekend Projects Anyone Can Do: Easy, practical projects using basic tools and standard materials

Editors at The Family Handyman · The Family Handyman
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

100 do-it-yourself simple projects, requiring only basic tools, precut lumber and standard materials.Build fashionable, functional, inexpensive indoor and backyard furniture - even if you're a complete beginner. These are realistic projects for the average weekend warrior that require no great...
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Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary

Barb Brown · Krause Publications
Pages: 127
Format: Book

Take your sock knitting to new heights! If you love knee-high socks, you know there are never enough knee-high patterns to keep your needles going. Inside this book, you'll find resources to fulfill your every knee-high need. From casting on at the knee to grafting the toe stitches,...
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Haatchi & Little B: The Inspiring True Story of One Boy and His Dog

Wendy Holden · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 International BestsellerWhen Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever.Owen-known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"-has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair....
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Cool-Weather Family Fashions

Spinrite LP · Leisure Arts, Inc.
Format: Print book

Keep your loved ones feeling warm and looking cool in the cozy knit designs in Cool-Weather Family Fashions, featuring Bernat Softee Chunky yarn. This long-wearing, ultra-soft, acrylic yarn is super bulky weight, comes in an extensive shade range with no dye-lot, and is easy-care, making...
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Barn Find Road Trip: 3 Guys, 14 Days and 1000 Lost Collector Cars Discovered

Tom Cotter · Motorbooks International
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Great collector cars are still out there--just waiting to be found!Sadly, there is very little reality in reality TV. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that these shows are the only TV shows for the barn-find collector car aficionado.Barn Find Road Trip is the antidote to all the manufactured...
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Essential Perennials for Every Garden: Selection, Care, and Profiles to over 110 Easy Care Plants

Sally Roth · I-5 Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Bursting with vivid colorlike the midsummer garden of your dreamsEssential Perennials for Every Garden will inspire and inform gardeners from coast to coast. This expertly written, eye-catching guide to choosing and maintaining perennials covers a vast array of plants from dainty ground...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Selling Your Crafts on Etsy

Marcia Layton Turner · ALPHA

Etsy is a wildly popular website where crafters and craftsmen alike have discovered a portal where they can market and sell their handmade wares - literally around the globe. Any successful Etsy seller will tell you the difference between a successful Etsy storefront and the storefront...
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Off the Leash: A Year at the Dog Park

Matthew Gilbert · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

OFF THE LEASH is a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric dog people who gather at Amory Park, overlooking Boston near Fenway Park. And its about author Matthew Gilberts transformation, after much fear and loathing of dogs and social groups,...
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Color Concrete Garden Projects: Make Your Own Planters, Furniture, and Fire Pits Using Creative Techniques and Vibrant Finishes

Nathan Smith · Timber Press
Format: Print book

Discover the countless ways you can craft with color and concrete! Concrete is the perfect medium for outdoor crafts. It is versatile and durable, and it looks even better with time. Add the unexpected element of color, and you have the perfect recipe for vibrant, modern outdoor decor....
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Knitted gifts

Leisure Arts Inc.
Pages: 47

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Bloodhound in Blue: The True Tales Of Police Dog Jj And His Two-Legged Partner

Adam David Russ · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

He was born in rural Missouri, and it was immediately clear that he was different from the rest. He caught his first criminal when he was just two years old. By his sixth birthday, he had located burglars, missing children, drug dealers, rapists, and murderers—including Utahs most wanted...
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Make It Your Own: 25 Stylish Projects For Your Home

Anna Alicia · Hardie Grant Books
Format: Hardcover

Anna Alicia, the designer-maker behind eco-ethical homeware and jewellery label A Alicia, brings you 25 beautifully designed projects to help transform your home into a wonderful living space that truly reflects your personal style. Anna’s approach encourages...
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