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Mollie Makes Woodland Friends: More Handmade Projects for the Home

Editors of Mollie Makes - Interweave
Format: Hardcover

The latest book from the Mollie Makes team takes its inspiration from woodland creatures. Ten of our favorite crafty contributors have put together over 18 exclusive projects featuring crafty foxes, cute and cuddly mice, wise old owls, and many other forest dwellers!There are ideas for home...
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Cast On, Bind Off: 211 Ways to Begin and End Your Knitting

Cap Sease - Martingale & Co Inc
Format: Print book

In one extraordinary book, have at your fingertips more than 120 ways to cast on and more than 80 ways to bind off. This beautifully organized treasury is ideal for all skill levels. A terrific value!Find each technique presented with step-by-step written instructions, clear how-to illustrations,...
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Sweater Renewal: Felting Knits into New Sweaters and Accessories

Sharon Franco Rothschild - Potter Craft
Format: Paperback

Gather your old sweaters, start your washing machines, and sharpen your scissors . . . With this guide to redesigning, recycling, and renewing your wool sweaters, you'll transform knits that have been felted - intentionally or otherwise - into fun, colorful, and eco-conscious sweaters,...
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New Directions In Sock Knitting: 18 Innovative Designs Knitted From Every Which Way

Ann Budd - Interweave
Format: Print book

Take a step in a new direction!Go beyond top-down or toe-up construction in New Directions in Sock Knitting. In the eighteen designs curated by knitting super star Ann Budd, you'll be treated to projects that range from traditional sock patterns to more challenging and innovative...
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Forgotten Ways for Modern Days: Kitchen Cures and Household Lore for a Natural Home and Garden

Rachelle Blondel - Perigee
Format: Print book

A beautifully designed guide to natural beauty products, home cleaners, health remedies, and other household tips inspired by the techniques of our ancestors.Using ingredients from your kitchen cupboards, garden, and vegetable patch (or your local supermarket) , Forgotten Ways for Modern...
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Storyland Cross Stitch: 15 Projects and a Free Gift for Your Stitching Pleasure

Sophie Simpson - Collins & Brown
Format: Paperback

Welcome to Storyland, where all it takes to create magic are a needle and thread! Part storybook, part cross-stitch guide, this enchanting volume features marvelous projects for everyone from beginners to the brave and determined. Make Miniature Motifs, Secret Key Bookmarks, Golden Goose...
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The Complete Book of Chalk Lettering: Create and Develop Your Own Style

Valerie McKeehan - Workman Publishing
Format: Print book

Ubiquitous at boutiques and cafs, on Etsy and Pinterest, in stationery and home decor, the art of chalk lettering is hotter than ever. Valerie McKeehan, an Etsy standout whose work has been featured in magazines and websites from Good Housekeeping to RealSimple.com, teaches us everything...
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Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology

Caroline Paul - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mourned his loss. Yet weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed....
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Trafalgar Square Books-Viking Knits & Ancient Ornaments

Elsebeth Lavold - Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

Trafalgar Square Books-Viking Knits & Ancient Ornaments. Experience interlace patterns from around the world in modern knitwear In this book the author introduces her own innovation using lifted increases to create interlace patterns instead of just to shape garments and to bring new life...
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Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City

Eric Toensmeier - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just...
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A Dog's History of the World

Laura Hobgood-Oster - Baylor University Press,
Format: Print book

Canines and humans have depended upon one another for tens of thousands of years. Humans took the initial steps of domesticating canines, but somewhere through the millennia, dogs began dramatically to affect the future of their masters. In A Dog's History of the World, Laura Hobgood-Oster...
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Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves

Emily Henderson - Potter Style
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERThe ultimate guide to thinking like a stylist, with 1,000 design ideas for creating the most beautiful, personal, and livable roomsIt's easy to find your own style confidence once you know this secret: While decorating can take months and tons of money,...
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The Knitter's Book of Wool: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Using, and Loving this Most Fabulous Fiber

Clara Parkes - Potter Craft
Format: Hardcover

In this complete guide to wool - the most popular yarn around - passionate wool expert Clara Parkes translates the vast world of sheep and their wool into the language and context of knitting.What is wool? Clara starts with the fundamentals: what wool is made of, how it gets off the sheep,...
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Wise Craft: Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects Into Stuff You Love

Blair Stocker - Running Press Book Publishers
Format: Paperback

Wise Craft is a guide to the homemade life, turning old things into special new objects that enhance the home. Based on the popular blog of the same name, this guide focuses on creating a homemade atmosphere that reflects your family, without spending a fortune. Instead of throwing away...
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Design Mom: How to Live with Kids: A Room-by-Room Guide

Gabrielle Stanley Blair - Artisan Publishers
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best seller Ever since Gabrielle Stanley Blair became a parent, she's believed that a thoughtfully designed home is one of the greatest gifts we can give our families, and that the objects and decor we choose to surround ourselves with tell our family's story. In this,...
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Doodle Stitching: Embroidery & Beyond: Crewel, Cross Stitch, Sashiko & More

Aimee Ray - Lark Crafts
Format: Print book

In her first two Doodle Stitching books, Aimee Ray proved that doodling isn't just for paper anymore! Now she brings her irresistible art to a variety of embroidery techniques in a timeless resource for anyone with a needle and thread. Appealing to stitchers of all levels, the beautiful...
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Indoor Kitchen Gardening: Turn Your Home Into a Year-round Vegetable Garden * Microgreens * Sprouts * Herbs * Mushrooms * Tomatoes Peppers & More

Millard Elizabeth - Cool Springs Press
Format: eBook

It takes just a few dollars and a few days for you to start enjoying fresh healthy produce grown indoors in your own home. Imagine serving a home-cooked meal highlighted with beet arugula and broccoli microgreens grown right in your kitchen accompanied by sautéed winecap mushrooms...
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Modern Mix: Curating Personal Style with Chic & Accessible Finds

Eddie Ross - Gibbs Smith
Format: Print book

In this richly illustrated style guide from an unabashed hoarder of all things beautiful, design editor and entertaining expert Eddie Ross reveals his insider secrets to creating exciting interiors, table settings and parties with chic and accessible finds that celebrate who you are and what...
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Knitting Fabric Rugs: 28 Colorful Designs for Crafters of Every Level

Karen Tiede - Storey Books
Format: Paperback

Knit your own fabric rugs! All you need are a cutting wheel and mat, a pair of size 10 knitting needles, fabric, and Karen Tiede's innovative technique for creating stunning designs quickly and easily. Tiede gives you directions for making 28 different rugs, with designs that use age-old...
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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...
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Prairie Style Weddings: Rustic and Romantic Farm, Woodland, and Garden Celebrations

Fifi O'Neill - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Rustic barns and gardens are popular settings for the intimate, personalized weddings that are todays top trend. Stylist Fifi ONeill knows how to transform such venues into gorgeous prairie style celebrations that seamlessly blend ruggedness and elegance. This beautifully illustrated look-book...
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A Colorful Home: Create Lively Palettes for Every Room

Susan Hable - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Nature, art, a favorite collection - each holds unexpected color combinations that can be beautifully incorporated into the home. Designer Susan Hable shows how to discover color in the everyday, create dynamic palettes, and translate them into stunning interior spaces. Home decorators...
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Crochet One-Skein Wonders: 101 Projects from Crocheters around the World

Edie Eckman - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Finally a One-Skein Wonders book just for crocheters Edie Eckman and Judith Durant offer great crochet projects -- from jewelry and scarves to bags hats dresses and home dec items -- that each use just one skein of yarn Whatever your experience level youll find something here to delight...
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Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America

Jason Fagone - Crown; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

An epic tale of invention, in which ordinary people’s lives are changed forever by their quest to engineer a radically new kind of car   In 2007, the X Prize Foundation announced that it would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that could travel...
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Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog: 98 Essential Tips and Techniques

Cesar Millan - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

After more than 9 seasons as TV's Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan has a new mission: to use his unique insights about dog psychology to create stronger, happier relationships between humans and their canine companions.Now in paperback, this inspirational and practical guide draws on thousands...
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Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

More than ninety percent of dog owners consider their pets to be members of their family. But often, despite our best intentions, we are letting our dogs down by not giving them the guidance and direction they need. Unwanted behavior is the number-one reason dogs are relinquished to shelters...
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3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot

Lydia Cline - McGraw-Hill Education TAB; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Master the art of 3D printing with step-by-step tutorials and DIY projects Are you ready to join the new industrial revolution? 3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot reveals how to turn your ideas into physical products that you can use or sell! You'll learn how to operate...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat

Tom Cox - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Humorous and endearing, The Good, the Bad and the Furry is a heartwarming memoir about a man at the mercy of his unpredictable, demanding and endlessly lovable cats. Meet The Bear--a cat who carries the weight of the world on his furry shoulders, and whose wise, owl-like eyes seem...
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American Rustic

Chase Reynolds Ewald - Gibbs Smith Publishers
Format: Hardcover

An intimate look at rustic homes, cabins, architecture, and decorating in true American rustic style. Included are fresh takes on traditional log cabins, sustainable projects, artistic abodes, and places for play -- all artistically photographed and discussed in exquisite prose. From a New Mexico...
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Best of Stitch: Bags to Sew

Tricia Waddell - Interweave
Format: Paperback

Express your unique style with 20 fun and fabulous bags to stitch!Welcome to a selection of the best bags from the popular Stitch magazine, plus 5 brand-new projects, curated by its editors. The book features designs from Malka Dubrawsky, Ayumi Takahashi, Kevin Kosbab, Carol Zentgraf, and many...
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From the Wood-Fired Oven: New and Traditional Techniques for Cooking and Baking with Fire

Richard Miscovich - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Print book

In the past twenty years, interest in wood-fired ovens has increased dramatically in the United States and abroad, but most books focus on how to bake bread or pizza in an oven. From the Wood-Fired Oven offers many more techniques for home and artisan bakers -- from baking bread and making...
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The Field Guide to Rabbits (Field Guide To... (Voyageur Press))

Samantha Johnson - Voyageur Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

When you are researching rabbits, this first-ever, full-color pocket guidebook to all kinds of rabbits will be a valuable resource in choosing the perfect rabbit. This book will help guide you through the maze of rabbits and arm you with information on all of the 47 breeds recognized by the American...
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Teeny tiny gardening : 35 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas for gardening in tiny spaces

Emma Hardy - Cico Books
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

Presents step-by-step instructions for small-scale gardening projects that use containers ranging from teacups and eggshells to suitcases and birdhouses.
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Little House Living: The Make-Your-Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life

Merissa Alink - Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book

From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally - perfect for fans of Ree Drummond's The...
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Rubber Band Engineer: Build Slingshot Powered Rockets, Rubber Band Rifles, Unconventional Catapults, and More Guerrilla Gadgets from Household Hardware

Lance Akiyama - Rockport Publishers
Format: Print book

Create projects and projectiles that will fly, float, launch, or roll on their own power with Rubber Band Engineer!So many of the world's most inventive minds, from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs, were lifelong tinkerers. Their joy in the process is evident in the originality of their work....
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Toe-Up Socks for Every Body: Adventurous Lace, Cables, and Colorwork from Wendy Knits

Wendy D. Johnson - Potter Craft; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Acclaimed knitter, author, designer, and teacher Wendy D. Johnson is back with the perfect sequel to her hit book Socks from the Toe Up. In Toe-Up Socks for Every Body, Wendy shows knitters, whether they’re knitting their first or hundred-and-first sock, how to use the toe-up technique...
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Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

Thomas Rainer - Timber Press
Format: Print book

"As practical as it is poetic...an optimistic call to action." - The Chicago Tribune This powerful guide presents a powerful alternative to traditional horticulture - designed plantings that function like naturally occurring plant communities. Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading...
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Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty

Will Beemer - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions,...
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T-Shirt Quilts

Linda Causee - Leisure Arts, Inc.; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

What do you do with all the T-shirts that family members no longer wear but cant bear to throw out because of the memories involved? Linda Causee shows how to use the best parts of those treasured T-shirts to make quilts to hang on your walls or keep you warm. Seven example quilts include...
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Embroidered & Embellished: 85 Stitches Using Thread, Floss, Ribbon, Beads & More

Christen Brown - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

This richly illustrated reference guide from embroidery expert Christen Brown covers everything you need to make beautiful magic with needle and thread. Learn to sew traditional and silk ribbon embroidery, make raised stitches, and embellish with beads, charms, buttons, and mirrors. Christen...
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In the studio with Judy Murrah 13 playful quilted projects

Judy Murrah
Format: Book

In the Studio with Judy Murrah 12 Playful Quilted Projects Judy Murrah Discover a world full of new potential for creating original quilts with bestselling author Judy Murrah's inventive techniques! A dozen quilted designs will challenge you to relax and get playful with your projects....
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Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures

Derek Diedricksen - Storey Books
Format: Print book

If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you'll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around...
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War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love

Rebecca Frankel - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

*A New York Times Best Seller*Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog charged their attacker....
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Concrete Crafts: Simple Projects from Jewelry to Place Settings, Birdbaths to Umbrella Stands

Susanna Zacke - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Pouring concrete doesn’t have to be left to the professionals—decorate your home with concrete poured, mixed, and molded by your own two hands! Versatile, inexpensive, and easily casted, concrete is the perfect medium for crafters, tinkerers, and home improvers. Now, lifelong...
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War I: The Comprehensive Guide to Weapons Systems, including Tanks, Small Arms, Warplanes, Artillery, Ships and Submarines

Chris Bishop - Amber Books
Format: Hardcover

From the first tanks to early submarines to the repeating rifle to the biplane, Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War I examines key weapons from the Great War. It includes more than 300 pieces of equipment from handguns to zeppelins. Each weapon system is illustrated with a detailed profile...
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Hand Lettering 101: An Introduction to the Art of Creative Lettering

Chalkfulloflove - Paige Tate Select
Format: Print book

If you follow Chalkfulloflove on social media, you and thousands of others already know how adorable her hand-lettered creations are. Well, we have awesome news for you: Sarah brings her fabulous Hand Lettering 101 workshop right to you with this beginner's workbook! In this book, you will...
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Flint Knapping: A Guide to Making Your Own Stone Age Tool Kit

Robert Turner - The History Press
Format: Paperback

A guide to an essential skill of our prehistoric ancestorsFlint knapping was one of the primary survival skills of our prehistoric ancestors. This highly original guide will enable the reader, with practice, to manufacture their own Stone Age tool kit. The expert author guides...
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Straw Bale Gardens: The Breakthrough Method for Growing Vegetables Anywhere, Earlier and with No Weeding

Joel Karsten - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

You'll find a bumper crop of vegetable gardening books on the shelves today, but it is a very rare title that actually contains new information. Straw Bale Gardens teaches gardening in a way that isn't only new but is thoroughly innovative and revolutionary to home gardening. It solves...
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Secrets of a Stylish Home

Cate Burren - Merrell Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Many of us dream of hiring an interior designer to create the perfect home, but it’s an expense that few of us can manage these days. The affordable alternative is to undertake the work yourself, and Secrets of a Stylish Home is just the book to show you how. Written by interior designer...
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Potter Craft Books-Once Upon A Knit

Genevieve Miller - Random House Inc
Format: Paperback

RANDOM HOUSE-Potter Craft Books Once Upon A Knit Iconic fairy- tale characters from storybooks movies and television inspire this collection of magical knitting patterns perfect for modern knights villains and princesses This book contains twenty-eight grimm and glamorous fairy-tale projects...
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Crafting a Colorful Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Personalizing Your Space with Color

Kristin Nicholas - Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Knit, stitch, and paint your way to a more colorful and happy home with color expert and crafter Kristin Nicholas. Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting...
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Handmade for the Garden: 75 Ingenious Ways to Enhance Your Outdoor Space with DIY Tools, Pots, Supports, Embellishments, and More

Susan Guagliumi - Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Format: Paperback

The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room and into the garden! Relying on easy-to-find, inexpensive, and repurposed materials, Handmade for the Garden is a treasure trove of original projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal...
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Freakin' Fabulous on a Budget

Clinton Kelly - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

You’ve seen him dish out lifestyle tips on ABC’s The Chew and serve up fashion advice on TLC’s What Not to Wear. Now Clinton Kelly—America’s favorite expert on, well, everything—applies his brilliant sense of style and humor to all aspects of life, from...
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Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks

Tula Pink - David & Charles
Format: Paperback

Create a sampler quilt as unique as you are! Tula Pink gives you an inspiring quilt block collection with Tula Pink's City Sampler. Make a beautiful, modern quilt of your own design with the 100 original quilt blocks or try one of the 5 city-themed sampler quilts designed by Tula. A note...
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Origami Master Class Flowers

Marcio Noguchi - Race Point Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Origami Master Class Flowers is an expert-level course in folding breathtakingly beautiful origami flowers. Arranged by designer, this book offers you step-by-step instructions to make 12 of the most complex flower models ever designed. Master diagrammer Marcio Noguchi will guide you through...
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The Year of Cozy: 125 Recipes, Crafts, and Other Homemade Adventures

Adrianna Adarme - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the popular blog, A Cozy Kitchen, comes a beautifully photographed one-stop-shop book with all the recipes and projects you'll need for some cozy inspiration this holiday season--and all year long. You'll love Adrianna Adarme's easy-to-follow instructions...
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Hoop La!: 100 Things To Do with Embroidery Hoops

Kirsty Neale - David & Charles
Format: Paperback

There are endless practical and decorative uses for the humble embroidery hoop: from pretty wall art and hanging mobiles to functional pin boards, key racks, mirrors and storage. Kirsty Neale explores the numerous different ways to decorate your hoops with a range of techniques including...
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Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction

Abigail Patner Glassenberg - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

Are you ready for a soft toy book that goes beyond the basics Here for the first time in decades is a comprehensive reference that teaches you how to sew heirloom-quality stuffed animals from four-legged friends that actually stand to a classic poseable Teddy bear Each of the projects...
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The Princess Craft Book: 15 Things a Princess Can't Do Without

Laura Minter - GMC Publications
Format: Paperback

Make crafting dreams come true for anyone who loves princesses and all things sparkly and sequined. Cut, stick, sew, and paint your way into an ice princess's world, from the skirt, gloves and crown that she wears to the castle she lives in and the puppets and snow globe that she plays...
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Glass: A Short History

David Whitehouse - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Illustrated with 120 superb pieces, Glass: A Short History brings to life a centuries-old craft that has served many purposes, styles, and cultures. Until the first century BC, glass was made only in Western Asia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean regions; its manufacture then spread to China...
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A Year to Clear: A Daily Guide to Creating Spaciousness In Your Home and Heart

Stephanie Bennett Vogt - Hierophant Publishing
Format: Print book

With all our best intentions and rich resources, why is it so hard to slow down, simplify, and care for ourselves? Why do we feel so overwhelmed? Why are we afraid to let go?In A Year to Clear, leading space clearing expert, Stephanie Bennett Vogt takes you on a journey of self-discovery,...
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A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space

Elsie Larson - Potter Style
Format: Book

Step inside the world of Elsie and Emma, the sisters behind the dcor blog A Beautiful Mess. With tiny budgets and a crafty, can-do attitude, they overhauled each room in their first homes with DIY projects using family photos, vibrant fabrics, flea-market finds, and affordable furniture....
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Sewing for the First Time

Mary Jo Hiney - Sterling
Format: Book

By anticipating beginners' questions, this illustrated guide teaches everything needed to fashion beautiful hand-crafted goods. Create a table runner; make buttonholes; stitch a handbag, throw pillows, curtains, and more. "A boon to learning....Large photos and ample illustrations...
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Skirt-a-Day Sewing: Create 28 Skirts for a Unique Look Every Day

Nicole Smith - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Design a skirt for every day of the week! With these 28 irresistible projects, you'll learn all the techniques you need to custom-design and sew fabulous skirts that fit you perfectly. Smith shows you how to draft a pattern for a custom fit and then alter that pattern into one of four...
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101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home: A Nerdy Farm Wife's All-Natural DIY Projects Using Commonly Found Herbs, Flowers & Other Plants

Jan Berry - Page Street Pub Co
Format: Print book

Go Green in Every Part of Your Life with These Easy, All-Natural Herbal ProductsKick toxic, synthetic skin care products and cleaners out the door and bring the healing joy of nature into your life with the simple, versatile projects in 101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health...
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Painted Blossoms: Creating Expressive Flower Art with Mixed Media

Carrie Schmitt - North Light Books
Format: Paperback

Do you long to cultivate more creative joy in your painting?Flowers are organic, wonderfully forgiving subjects. Each one is unique; you can't paint one wrong! Painted Blossoms will encourage you to welcome creativity with ease as you discover ways to tend the garden within. In addition...
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The Weaver's Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom

Jane Patrick - Interweave; Spi edition
Format: Hardcover

New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet,...
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The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient Dense Food

Steve Solomon - New Society Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital nutrients, but centuries of intensive agriculture have depleted our soils to historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today may have less than half of the vitamins and minerals that the equivalent serving would have...
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Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men

Debbie Stoller - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

Debbie Stoller knows that at least half the projects women knit are intended for the men in their lives. She also knows that knitting for a boyfriend or husband or father is full of pitfalls. The answer Son of Stitch 'N Bitch, the hip, smart knitter's guide to knitting for men....
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