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  A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking

  by Ali Edwards

  In "A Designer's Eye For Scrapbooking," Ali shares her design secrets on how to create attractive, charming and well-balanced pages that tell a story and reflect your unique personality. This inspirational guide to scrapbook page design will teach you how to preserve your memories in a meaningful way.
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  Where Women Create: Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women

  by Jo Packham

  More than twenty superstars from the world of crafting--including Anna Corba, April Cornell, Sandi Genovese, and Andrea Grossman--offer their expert advice on how to design a work space where creativity can blossom. Like the bestselling Business of Bliss , it's practical, inspirational, and beautiful to behold. Research by Craft Trends Magazine reveals that 89% of all crafters are women, and that they want to... (more)
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  Knitting Lingerie Style

  More Than 30 Basic and Lingerie-Inspired Designs

  by Joan McGowan-Michael

  The only knitting book focused on lingerie and lingerie-inspired designs Underwear has come out. Once kept demurely concealed, lingerie now pervades every fashion category, inspiring designs for day looks, loungewear, evening clothes, and accessories. Slips have become dresses unto themselves. Bra straps are meant to peek out from under tank tops. Camisoles are worn on their own or as layers over or under other... (more)
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  The Cute Book

  by Aranzi Aronzo

  The world of craftsters is full of things Japanese Cute - kawaii , and the look created by Aranzi Aronzo is familiar to many but not until now has a single one of the hundreds of bootleg American copies they've sold been in English. Finally these priceless books of mascots, accessories, clothing and well, just about everything, come in ready-to-read English!
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  Making Bead & Wire Jewelry

  Simple Techniques, Stunning Designs

  by Dawn Cusick

  “This inspiration-filled volume <has> instructions for more than 70 unique jewelry pieces from a diverse group of designers. Learn the tricks of using a jig, wire wrapping, twisting, coiling and hammering to create incredible effects. Combine...wirework with beautiful glass or semiprecious stone beads to create wonderful necklaces, chokers, bracelets, earrings, hair clips, pins and eyeglass chains.”— Crafts... (more)
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  Doodle Stitching

  Fresh and Fun Embroidery for Beginners

  by Aimee Ray

  Asian-inspired lampshades embellished with flying fish. Canvas sneakers decorated with pink and white swirls. A pretty pillow adorned with a sleeping bunny, sweetly curled up. All it takes to create these appealing projects—or add charming embroidered touches in no time at all—are a few simple stitches, some easy techniques, and the nearly 30 projects in this book. Begin by learning several styles for outlining,... (more)
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  Cobbled Court Novel: Book 1

  A Single Thread

  by Marie Bostwick

  It's a long way from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Bern, Connecticut, yet it only takes a day in the charming Yankee town to make Evelyn Dixon realise she's found her new home. The abrupt end of her marriage was Evelyn's wake-up call to get busy chasing her dream of opening a quilt shop. Finding a store front is easy enough; starting a new life isn't. Little does Evelyn imagine it will bring a trio like Abigail... (more)
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  Handmade Home

  Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures

  by Amanda Blake Soule

  Handmade Home offers simple sewing and craft projects for the home that reflect the needs, activities, and personalities of today’s families. Filled with thirty-three projects made by reusing and repurposing materials—from vintage feedsacks to old sheets and towels—and including some projects that children can help with, all of the items here offer a practical use in the home. Amanda Soule does much more than... (more)
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  101 Wire Earrings

  Step-by-Step Projects & Techniques

  by Denise Peck

  Providing detailed descriptions on how to intricately craft stylish wire earrings, this beautifully illustrated guide offers simple yet elegant projects that are inexpensive and easily accomplished. Easy-to-follow instructions and comprehensive definitions guide the jewelry maker through the many elements of wire working, such as headpins, jump rings, hoops, loops, spirals, and ear wires, clearly highlighting the... (more)
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  The Farm Chicks Christmas: Merry Ideas for the Holidays

  by Serena Thompson

  For “Farm Chick” Serena Thompson, Christmas means a house overflowing with ornaments, lights, and cherished treasures, and the aroma of baking cookies to welcome family and friends. Here, she shows us how to spread the magic of the season, with ideas for entertaining, decorating, tree trimming, charming crafts, and 17 recipes for yummy holiday sweets-plus tips for wrapping food and gifts. As in The Farm Chicks... (more)
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  World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects

  by Susan Beal

  Geek meets craft in this fun collection of 25 kooky projects for geeks of any affiliation, from D&D dice earrings, Star Trek pillows, and Super Mario cross-stitch to Star Wars terrariums, a Morse code quilt, and much more! Organized by difficulty from "Not a Jedi Yet" to "Warp Speed," World of Geekcraft covers a range of popular crafting techniques including beading, quilting, appliqué, embroidery, and... (more)
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  Sew Liberated: 30 Stylish Projects for the Modern Sewist

  by Meg McElwee

  Resurrecting the art of appliqué—a technique in which pieces of fabric are sewn onto clothing, bags, quilts, and other creations—this enlightening resource provides today’s generation of “sewists” with a technique that can be combined with embroidery, beadwork, buttons, ribbons, and more to imbue works with a creative and personal style. Ideal for those with some sewing experience looking to break away from the... (more)
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  The Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion

  37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life

  by Janet Bristow, Victoria A. Cole-Galo

  The Prayer Shawl Ministry is an extraordinary group that has touched lives in extraordinary ways across the world for more than a decade. With their latest book, Janet Bristow and Victoria A. Cole-Galo continue to reach out to people of all faiths in sadness and celebration, this time with crocheted wraps, or prayer shawls. In their follow-up to the 2008 bestseller The Prayer Shawl Companion, the authors have once... (more)
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  Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things

  by Editors of Real Simple Magazine

  "New Uses For Old Things" is one of Real Simple's most popular franchises. It showcases how to repurpose everyday items in clever ways. These ideas appeal to readers because they're a) economical, b) green, and c) surprising. Over the past decade, Real Simple has developed 800-plus ideas for all sorts of common items, from accordion files to zippered plastic bags. It seems fitting that in honor of their ... (more)
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  Stitched in Time

  Memory-Keeping Projects to Sew and Share from the Creator of Posie Gets Cozy

  by Alicia Paulson

  In Stitched in Time Alicia Paulson shares 30 beautiful, inventive, and thoughtful projects that encourage you to take your memories down from the bookshelf, out of the closet, or off the hard drive and bring them into your daily life. Creator of a charming line of handmade gifts and accessories called Posie: Rosy Little Things, Paulson organizes these adorable handmade mementos—each one incorporating unique... (more)
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  Christmas Handcrafts

  Book Two

  by Nancy J. Fitzpatrick

  A great book for Christmas projects, including crocheting, knitting and quilting ideas.
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  Outstanding Mini Albums: 50 Ideas For Creating Mini Scrapbooks

  by Jessica Acs

  Mini albums have become a popular medium for scrapbookers - they are small enough to complete in a timely manner but big enough to tell a story. Features 50 albums with step-by-step instructions for over 30 projects - perfect for scrapbookers of all levels. Outstanding Mini Albums celebrates everything about the mini scrapbook. Because of their ease of use, variety and smaller size, mini albums are... (more)
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  Fairy Houses

  Fairy Houses and Beyond!

  by Tracy L. Kane, Barry Kane

  Have you ever seen a Fairy Village? Fairy Houses are evolving. Discover fairy neighborhoods, villages and even art colonies! Built with natural materials and a pinch of creativity ... the possibilities are infinite. View interiors, with rich details and delightful fairy comforts. Explore the enchantment of nature through this inspiring activity, for all ages!
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  Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching

  by Heather Ross

  More than just a pair of days, a weekend is also a state of mind—a feeling of relaxation and freedom to immerse ourselves fully in a favorite activity. In Weekend Sewing, designer Heather Ross presents creative projects for clothing, accessories, and home items that can be made in a weekend or less. Some, like the Quick Garden Gloves and Ruby’s Bloomers, take a few hours; others, like the Weekend-Away Travel Bag... (more)
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  Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts

  An A-to-Z Guide with Detailed Instructions and Endless Inspiration

  by Martha Stewart Living Magazine

  Book Description For nearly 20 years, home crafters have turned to the pages of Martha Stewart Living for all kinds of crafts projects, each presented in the magazine’s inimitable style. Now, the best of those projects, including step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs, have been collected into a single encyclopedia. Organized by topic from A to Z, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of... (more)