Presents decorating and gift ideas with suggestions and projects to adorn the table, mantel, windows, doors, and the Christmas tree

Holiday Decorations: A Collection of Inspired Gifts, Recipes, and Decorating Ideas (Holiday Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Sterbenz, Genevieve A.

Crafts & Hobbies

Smithmark Pub.

Nothing says it better than a handmade card, and Instant Gratification: Cards will help you send your message with flair and sophistication. Whether you're looking for a unique birthday greeting, or the perfect holiday card, this artfully photographed collection of 38 projects features elegant designs for every occasion. With readily available materials and simple step-by-step instruction, even absolute beginners can quickly create beautiful cards they'll be proud to give.

Instant Gratification: Cards: Fast and Fabulous Projects

Endler Sterbenz, Carol

Chronicle Books+

Give the gift of light. Nothing radiates warmth and good cheer like a handmade candle--and their incredible popularity proves it. Instant Gratification: Candles demonstrates how easy it is to achieve truly elegant results by decorating purchased candles or creating beautiful candles from scratch using simple dipping and pouring techniques. With gorgeous photographs and step-by-step directions, this collection of 38 simple projects puts all of the candle-making essentials within everyone's reach.

Instant Gratification: Candles: Fast and Fabulous Projects

Spread the joy and magic of the Christmas season with beautiful ornaments you make yourself. The projects in Instant Gratification: Ornaments range from elegant beaded affairs to adorable miniature toys. Readily available materials, inspiring photographs, and clear and thorough instructions make it simple to assemble and complete each sparkling piece in the space of an afternoon. With unique gifts for sharing or for hanging right on the family tree, Instant Gratification: Ornaments takes the stress out of the holidays.

Instant Gratification: Ornaments: Fast and Fabulous Projects

Mastering the Art of Beading will do for jewelry making what Julia Child did for French food. In this definitive guide to all things beads, expert jewelry maker Genevieve A. Sterbenz covers all of the terms, tools, skills, and shortcuts necessary for creating beautiful beaded jewelry. With more than 800 how-to photographs, detailed and illustrated techniques, a photographic glossary, and useful resources, this book is packed to the brim with beading essentials. In addition, Sterbenz presents step-by-step instructions for 50 stunning projects in a range of techniques and styles. An accessible compendium dissecting every aspect of this popular craft, Mastering the Art of Beading will be the resource craftersdabblers and experts alikewill want on their bookshelf for years to come.

Mastering the Art of Beading: Essential Tools and Techniques Every Jewelry Maker Must Know

Faux Chic: Creating The Look You Want For Less

Why create a single faux element a painted table, wallpaper, or window treatment when you can design an entire room in faux decor? This exciting book will enable home decorators and artists to swath their homes and workspaces in faux fashion without breaking the bank. 
Sidebars and photographs illustrate how to fake it from floor to ceiling, with projects including special Gallic effects such as trompe l’oeil; glazing, marbling, and striping techniques for walls and ceilings; antique furniture look-alikes transformed from flea- market finds; floors that recall the cobblestone streets of New England; art prints and collectibles; accents such as fireplaces, trellises, and Brittany lace window treatments. 
A fun and practical guide to decorating in the Faux Chic philosophy of style, color, comfort, and charm, this book will help readers transform ordinary living spaces into fabulous fake London flats, charming Tuscany farmhouses, and more. 
Carol Endler Sterbenz is a well-known lifestyle author, syndicated columnist, and media personality. She is the author of more than 30 lifestyle and home-decorating books, including best-sellers like The Gnomes Book of Christmas Crafts and American Country Folk Crafts. She was founding editor-in-chief of Handcraft Illustrated, a leading home decorating and craft publication. She lives in New York City. 
Genevieve A. Sterbenz is a professional designer. She is the author of 5 home-decorating and craft books, has written for leading trade publications, and has worked as creative consultant and photo stylist for the nationally syndicated column "By Hand." Currently a spokesperson for Krylon’s Home Décor and Kid’s Tuff Paint, she lives in Manhattan.

Faux Chic: Creating the Look You Want for Less

Sterbenz, Carol Endler

Quarry Books

The Decorated Bag is a fun, stylish collection of 25 “must-have” bags inspired by the look of designer originals. Shown in full-page color photographs, purses, envelopes, totes, and shoulder bags are accompanied by simple, step-by-step directions. Most of the designs are created by embellishing inexpensive store-bought bags, but patterns for sewing four popular styles are also included. From a velvet purse with a faux leopard lining and shimmering rhinestones to a casual knitted tote decorated with vintage buttons, The Decorated Bag presents an array of stylish bags for every occasion.

The Decorated Bag: Creating Designer Handbags, Purses, and Totes Using Embellishments

Arts & Photography

Fashion

Home Arts

Bead Style is an exuberant collection of bracelets, necklaces, and rings made in the chunky style using beads of every description. Wildly popular, the chunky look exudes high and funky style when shapely beads in gorgeous colors are combined to create multi-strand necklaces in robin's egg blue, pale salmon, milky pink, and raspberry, bracelets loaded with plumb faceted crystals in pomegranate red, burnt orange, and lime green, and dazzling cocktail rings in chunky quartz in gemstone colors. 150 full-color photographs and 25 illustrations. Over 25 sparkling and unique beaded projects. Unique spiral-bound, easel-style format allows for "hands-free" beading and access to all information at a glance.

Bead Style: Fabulous Chunky Jewelry

Why create a single faux element?a painted table, wallpaper, or window treatment?when you can design an entire room in faux decor? This exciting book, now in paperback, will enable home decorators and artists to swath their homes and workspaces in faux fashion?without breaking the bank. Sidebars and photographs illustrate how to ?fake it? from floor to ceiling, with projects including special Gallic effects such as trompe l?oeil; glazing, marbling, and striping techniques for walls and ceilings; flea-market finds transformed into antique furniture look-alikes; floors that recall the cobblestone streets of New England; art prints and collectibles; accents such as fireplaces, trellises, and Brittany lace window treatments. A fun and practical guide to decorating in the Faux Chic philosophy of style, color, comfort, and charm, this book will help readers transform ordinary living spaces into fabulous fake London flats, charming Tuscany farmhouses, and more.

Home Improvement & Design

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