A short erotic/fantasy tale paying homage to the erotic spirit of Christmas. Featuring Antonia Allupato's unique blend of wit and wisdom in all things sexual. Overall a nice short 4,000 word Christmas themed story containing the erotic magic of the holidays, a sexy ride for all your joyful senses

Natalie Dvorak Mystery #4 Fifty years after Calvin Coolidge's death, Leonard Hemmings, the late president's greatest fan and impersonator, has been murdered. Detective Sergeant Natalie Dvorak of the Vermont State Police must find out why the kindly grandfather was targeted and by whom. Complicating the investigation is Natalie's ex-husband, back in her life after many years for a not-so-happy reunion. Meanwhile, Natalie deals with the pressures of being a supportive wife, a responsible stepmother, and a caring aunt. A suspected conspiracy reaches into both Natalie's work and family lives as she draws closer to solving the case.

Reese Mackenzie built a life around fantastic fabrication. As a top reporter at an international tabloid magazine, she made headlines with stories that involved mythical creatures in modern settings. Real life was often quite a scary place for Reese, who had battled her entire life against eerie premonitions that always managed to come true. Things get a little too real when the photo of a dead girl right from her nightmares ends up on Reese's desk. Instead Reese finagles her way all the way to Romania to investigate something a lot safer: a vampire. However once Reese and her co-worker, Brody, hit Bucharest, she makes a disheartening discovery. Her psychic gift - or curse - kicks into overdrive, especially concerning the victims of a serial killer who fancies himself a vampire. Victims turn up completely drained of all their blood from puncture holes in the neck, in some gruesome encore performance of the Transylvania of lore. Instead of limiting themselves strictly to her dreams, Reese's premonitions begin to arrive via physical contact with future victims. While she tries to piece together her erratic psychic evidence, Romanian police, desperate to find their killer, zone in on her implausible connection to each of the victims. It's a pathway of clues that could lead her to the killer, or send her completely over the edge. TASTE OF BLOOD is the psychological thriller from author Ginger Voight, whose genre-bending novels like MY IMMORTAL and DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS dig into the macabre to unearth suspense, romance and drama.

Tired of going to the fabric store only to discover the colors you need aren't in stock? Always wanted to try hand dyeing your own fabric but found it too intimidating? Now you can put those worries aside and create beautiful colors to fit your every whim. And the best part is there are no confusing, complicated formulas to follow.

Using wax and paint to create inspired decorative items for the home, with over 35 step-by-step projects is shown in this title in 300 easy-to-follow photographs. It includes decorate luxurious home furnishings and fine silk clothing with stylized motifs, bold designs or subtle patterns using two of the most beautiful craft skills: batik and silk painting. Using wax and paint, decorate a lightweight silk folding screen, add drama to a plain cotton deckchair with a tiger motif, or apply a random pattern or bright colours to a leather book cover. Learning to paint on silk is easy - follow step-by-step instructions and photographs and make a poppy painting for a plain wall, a salt-patterned tie or a pretty flowery camisole. This inspirational book contains 35 stunning projects to make, ranging from clothing such as ties, camisoles, scarves and a sarong, to home furnishings such as cushion covers, wall hangings, screens and even a deckchair. There are projects to suit all levels of ability from an abstract picture frame for a complete beginner to try, to a leather book cover for a good intermediate, and a complex batik cushion cover for those with more advanced skills. Each project is original and explores the varied approaches and styles of working with these two decorative crafts. With step-by-step photographic sequences to show how each project should look at every stage of creation, this is an essential technical reference and inspirational sourcebook of ideas.

For anyone interested in creating Dead-show quality tie dyes, Trinity's book is the hippest resource and how-to around. Learn from Trinity's 20 year experience as he shows you, step-by-step, how to create the coolest designs for tee shirts and tapestries - from simple spirals, to hearts, peace signs, and even complex mandalas

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Design (Industry, Graphics, Fashion), grade: 2,0, language: English, abstract: Digital printing is a new dimension in textile printing. Compared to conventional methods there are many strengths, but also weaknesses. As far as the design process is concerned, the digital technology has an impact, to some extent being able to produce small, highly individual patterns, at a lower price and with a lower lead time than traditionally. These facts also positively support the trend of mass customization. Currently some designers embrace the new technology but at the same time it is also criticised. Key Words: digital textile printing, textile design, ink-jet printing, design influence.

Leggett's classic text, Ancient and Medieval Dyes, is an informative and easy-to-read introduction to the most common animal and vegetable dyes used before the introduction of synthetic chemical dyes.

Jan Smiley sets off dramatic batiks with traditional patterns for delightful quilts such as Salt Water Taffy, Malaysian Marketplace, and Cosmic Carousel.