Back Crafts & Hobbies | March Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Crafts & Hobbies  
Easy Origami Greeting Cards: An Augmented Reality Crafting Experience

Christopher L Harbo - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Handcrafted cards are just a few folds away! Learn how to turn origami pigs, ducks, teacups, and more into one-of-a-kind greeting cards. With photo-illustrated instructions and augmented reality access to video tutorials, youll never get stuck on a step. Just grab some paper and start crafting!
Read More check catalog
 
 
Masks

Rita Storey - PowerKids Press
Format: Print book

Pretending to be a fairy, pirate, dragon, or cat is easy when you have a mask to wear. But cool costume pieces are often expensive or dont look very nice. In this book, readers follow step-by-step instructions to make their own creative masks, including fun glasses and a carnival mask....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Radio Flyer: 100 Years of America's Little Red Wagon

Robert Pasin - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

A visual history of one of childhood's most beloved icons - the Little Red Wagon - told through a rich collection of photos and stories that highlight its unique place in American culture.For generations, the Radio Flyer - the fire engine red wagon with the distinctive white logo emblazoned...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Bead-Making Lab: 52 explorations for crafting beads from polymer clay, plastic, paper, stone, wood, fiber, and wire

Heather Powers - Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.
Format: Print book

Fill the year ahead with handcrafted beads that you can make yourself by following tutorials from Bead-Making Lab!Imagine a year in beads. We're talking 52 handmade varieties all handcrafted by you! Bead-Making Lab makes this bounty of bead making possible with instructions...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik - Timber Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Cat Encyclopedia

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

More than 86 million Americans own at least one cat (that's 10 million more than own a dog) . Cats are truly Americans' favorite pets. Offering everything you need to know about cats in one easy-reference volume, The Cat Encyclopedia features stunning photographs of cat breeds...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Clever Crochet Squares: Artistic Ways to Create Grannies and Dramatic Designs

Maria Gullberg - Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

Granny squares are a crochet classic for a reason: they're colorful, quick to work, and fun to make! But the true potential of these dependable design standbys comes in the infinite possibilities offered by their patterning -- and the manner in which they're combined. Here, Maria...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Gardening With Rock & Water: A Practical Guide To Design, Plants And Features With Over 800 Step-By-Step Photographs And Inspirational Plans

Peter Robinson - Hermes House
Format: Print book

Whether you want a small water fountain or a cascading rock feature, this book provides a host of inspirational ideas with step-by-step techniques.
Read More check catalog
 
 
You Will Be Able to Macramé by the End of This Book

Tiffany Allen - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback

Pick up a new craft and learn to create beautiful macramé homeware, wall hangings and gifts with the next book in this best-selling seriesIn recent years, macramé has gone from a nostalgic '70s trend to a mainstay in contemporary crafting, and no modern home is complete without a stylish...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Around the Kitchen Table: Good things to cook, create and do - the whole year through

SOPHIE HANSEN - Murdoch Books
Format: Paperback

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days." - Annie Dillard A giftable and inspiring source book for easy-to-integrate-into-a-busy-life...
Read More check catalog