Even a beginner can start right out producing uniquely charming and elegant journals, albums, scrapbooks, and more. Envision handmade books to hold your writings, poems, photos, and keepsakes. More than 170 photos to inspire, and hundreds of illustrations to guide readers through the basics of an almost infinite variety of imaginative styles.

Cover To Cover: Creative Techniques For Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

LaPlantz, Shereen

Crafts & Hobbies

Lark Crafts

In Color, Texture &amp; Casting, jewelry teacher extraordinaire Carles Codina covers a wide swath of techniques in depth, in a book packed with excellent instruction and cover-to-cover superb how-to photography: keum, boo, plating, melted filings, mokume gane, and granulation; textures, finishes, and patinas; and microcasting, working with waxes, sand casting, cuttlebone casting, ceramic coating, and casting in a closed crucible. Several wonderful and innovative projects to explore the teachings and a beautiful gallery round out this valuable, hands-on volume. Along with the other important material covered in the book, with Color, Texture &amp; Casting Carles Codina has created the best modern casting book on the market--one that's authoritative, approachable, and loaded with fantastic creative techniques.

Color, Texture & Casting for Jewelers: Hands-On Demonstrations & Practical Applications

Codina, Carles

What do you get when you combine a rainbow of cheerful yarns with playful (and practical) knitting patterns for kids? These hip garments and accessories! Authored by the owners of The Sassy Skein, which specializes in children's wear, this appealing package features 20 projects for boys and girls ages 5 to 10. Bright colors and cool embellishments add to the fun.

Simply Knits for Kids: 20 Knitting Projects (Simply Pamphlet)

Murchland, Jo Lynne

Bonnette, Mary Hélene

Amigurumi (Japanese-inspired crocheted dolls and objects) is one of the freshest crafts around-and here are ten cute creations that will charm crocheters. From a sweet-looking cupcake to a little darling mouse, these projects are completely adorable. And just imagine a blue monkey with dimpled knees wearing a fashionable pair of flip flops-no one could resist!

Simply Amigurumi: 10 Crochet Projects (Simply Pamphlet)

Doherty, Elisabeth A.

Charm jewelry is the hottest accessory! Whether your style is vintage or hip, you'll find a lot to love in this great collection of 20 relatively easy projects selected from the popular book Beading with Charms for a fantastic price in this format. From small photos encased in glass to flashy trinkets with Swarovski crystals to playful dice, dominoes, or jacks, every project here is charmed (!), and the book includes instructions in basic bead and wire techniques and clear directions for beaders, crafters, and anyone looking to have a good time enhancing their jewelry collection!

Simply Charms: 20 Beading Projects (Simply Pamphlet)

Lark Books

With nearly 100 selections taken from the book 500 Handmade Dolls, these handmade art-doll creations range from representational to abstract, from skillful realism to provocative surrealism--and they're made from every conceivable material, including beads, gourds, and polymer clay. Dollmakers, crafters, collectors, and anyone who appreciates beautiful objects will love the amazing diversity showcased here. The acclaimed artists include Chris Chomick and Peter Meder, Kathryn Walmsley, Annie Wahl, and Marlaine Verhelst.

Lark Studio Series: Handmade Dolls

Arts & Photography

Decorative Arts & Design

Contemporary ceramic sculpture is wildly diverse in its form and approach, with ceramists eager to embrace a wide variety of styles. Photographs of about 100 inventive pieces selected from the best-selling book 500 Ceramic Sculptures are presented in this beautiful pocket-sized book. This little book will provide inspiration and enjoyment for ceramists, collectors, and art fans of all stripes. The world-renowned artists include cover artist Virginia Scotchie, Kenneth Baskin, Anita D. Powell, David Furman, Susan Schultz, Robert L. Wood, Anna Velkoff Freeman, Tyler Lotz, Jenny K. Dowd, Paula Winokur, Von Venhuizen, Ken Eastman, Ruth Borgenicht, Sewon Minn, Gerhard Lutz, Clive Tucker, Kinu Watanabe, and many more!

Lark Studio Series: Ceramic Sculptures

Sculpture

Presenting about about 100 works drawn from the popular book 500 Tables, this stylish, pocket-sized book presents amazing tables in a wide array of materials, styles, and forms: from pieces that showcase masterful woodwork to tables made with alternative materials that display edgy aesthetic sensibilities. The selected tables offer breathtaking craftsmanship, striking beauty, and constant surprise. Represented makers include Arnt Arntzen, Boris Bally, Chris Bowman, Jennifer Costa, Kerry O. Furlani, Kino Guérin, Jan Huling, Chris Martin, Craig Nutt, Todd Ouwehand, Gord Peteran, Sylvie Rosenthal, Paulus Wanrooij, Stephen Whittlesey, John Wiggers, and many more!

Lark Studio Series: Tables

Earrings are among the most sculptural of all jewelry forms, with virtually unlimited design possibilities. Poring through the beautiful images in this exquisite, pocket-sized gallery book, which draws about 100 images from the best-selling book 500 Earrings, is like stepping inside a little jewelry store filled with remarkable pieces from the finest, most innovative contemporary jewelers, including such international stars as Claude and Francois Chavent, Barbara Heinrich, Babette Dohnanyi, Tom Ferrero, Rosemary Pham, Giovanni Corvaja, Cynthia Eid, Beate Eismann, Leila Tai, Ingeborg Vandamme, Octavia Cook, Hyejeong Ko, Birgit Laken, Todd Reed, Marjorie Schick, Masumi Kataoka, and many more. This little book provides great beauty that you can carry with you in your purse or jacket pocket or simply keep by your bedside to inspire your dreams!

Lark Studio Series: Earrings

It takes only two short hours to grow a cross-stitch garden! These 300 easy, quick, vintage-and-retro inspired designs all feature lovely and richly colorful flower-based motifs. Some are singular blossoms, while others are gathered in wreaths or placed in pretty flowerpots. Plus, there are other charming images to help fill out a sampler, including windmills, children on garden swings or bestowing a bouquet, and even flower-bearing teddy bears. Every stitcher will cherish this charming collection.

Two-Hour Cross-Stitch: Flowers: 300 Quick & Easy Designs

Boerens, Patrice

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