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Photographs have always evoked strong emotions - special memories caught on camera have their own special magic. But photos must be displayed for us to share their magic with others. Now there are many more display possibilities than placing them in an album or simply framing them.
This book shares more than 75 ideas for turning your photos into attractive and interesting displays. It is the result of much experimenting and trial and error. While some projects are both functional and decorative, others are delightfully quirky. They all have one thing in common: the creative use of photographs, and whatever you have at hand for embellishment. Bases used include canvas, glass, porcelain and ceramics, wood (MDF and soft wood), fabric, candles and skirting boards. In fact, there is hardly a surface that cannot be covered with a photograph in some way or another.
Various techniques are used, including several transfer methods, decoupage, photomontage and covering with resin. Use these ideas to turn your photos into valued gifts by personalising general-use items or simply create eye-catching decor for your home. Once you start, you may not want to stop! Illustrated with step by step photographs as well as magnificent photos of each finished project, the book will both teach and inspire.
So give your creativity free rein and fill your life with your special moments.
A complete and contemporary update to this best-selling resource
for woodburners, reknowned artist Lora Irish reveals her secrets in
this newly revised edition. Beginner and advanced pyrographers
alike benefit from more than 40 original traceable line art
designs, and step-by-step instructions for transferring a
pyrography pattern.
This panoramic illustrated history explores the varied styles,
techniques and materials used to make jewellery throughout the
world since earliest times. Egyptian necklaces, Celtic torcs, South
American gold masks, Renaissance pendants and Art Nouveau buckles
are among the range of masterpieces described by a team of experts
from the British Museum and illustrated with 400 superb
photographs. This reissue includes images of major acquisitions
made in the last ten years, particularly from Europe since 1700 and
from Asia.
Can doughnuts get any cuter? You can sew your own adorable
doughnut-shaped animals in this fun kit! These treats are too sweet
to eat, so we are making them out of felt. This kit includes
pre-cut felt pieces to make 6 doughnuts and a paper-craft box to
put them in. There's Cookies-and-Cream Panda, Waffle Cone Narwhal,
Coco Kitty, Pineapple Parrot, Strawbunny and Cinna-Chicken. All you
need are scissors, a ruler and a pen or pencil! Components: 66
pre-cut felt bases for 6 doughnuts pre-cut eyes and cheeks 8
colours of embroidery thread 2 needles Poly-Fil stuffing doughnut
box paper-craft.
As a highly experienced community midwife and teacher, Bridget
Sheeran knows that pregnancy should be a time for vital physical
and mental preparation. The body and mind do much of this
automatically but there are many ways to support this process, and
to resist the day-to-day stresses that can hinder it. Through
detailed images for colouring-in, Bridget invites pregnant women to
allow their natural curiosity to rise up and lead them to discover
how they can help themselves through the process of birth. As women
relate to their interpretation of the illustrations, this book can
powerfully: Allow them in their own time to focus on their needs in
pregnancy, birth and becoming a mother; Motivate them to prepare
for birth and the responsibility of caring for a newborn; Enable
personal well-being through relieving stress via the 'right brain'
activity of colouring-in; Motivate women to evaluate their personal
resources and find the support structures they will need to do the
most important job in the world: give birth and nurture their baby.
Sandy Griffiths shares fresh, original ideas for a range of pewter
jewellery. Choose from various brooches, bracelets, necklaces and
earrings. Make them for yourself or as sure-to-be-appreciated
gifts. 20 projects, several with illustrated variations; Diagrams
for all designs included; Easy to make, yet stylish and fabulous.
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