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Awesome projects to redo your kid's bedroom, ranging from very easy
to difficult. It offers solutions for all age groups - from babies,
toddler to pre-teen and young adults. It also includes many tips
and advice for small changes. Step-by-step instructions combined
with full-colour pictures will ensure success. A great source of
inspiration if you are looking for ideas.
'This book is a chance to slow down and find stillness. Self-care
in the most beautiful, creative ways.' - Fearne Cotton Fifty
imaginative ideas for crafts that encourage a sense of joy and
mindfulness. Includes a foreword by Melissa Hemsley. The Joy
Journal For Grown-ups invites you to experiment, play and unlock
your creative potential with a range of simple crafts that can
bring a little more calm into your everyday life. Using
store-cupboard ingredients and easily foraged supplies, this
beautifully illustrated handbook includes new and inspiring ideas
for adding a personal touch to celebrations, creating unique gifts,
and making stunning keepsakes. Whether you are a beginner or
confident crafter, bestselling author Laura Brand gently guides you
through a host of delightful projects including beautiful
flower-pressed candles, scented body butter, and origami hearts.
She invites you to carve out 'me time' and enjoy shared creative
experiences with friends that can help us to feel more connected
and harness the freedom of play from childhood. Imaginative,
engaging and easy to follow, this gorgeous, step-by-step guide
features all the encouragement you need to find inspiration, awaken
your creativity and brighten your mood.
Decoupage (from the French, decoupe, meaning to cut out) entails
gluing cut-out pictures to an object and covering with varnish.
It's a fun and easy way to decorate just about anything, from small
household items to large pieces of furniture. Find out just how
simple it is to personalize your favorite things with these twelve
gorgeous projects, suitable for beginners and also as a source of
inspiration for those who have already got some experience with
this lovely craft.
The art of fire-writing is a returning trend, and there is no
better way to learn the technique and inspire yourself than through
this up-to-date edition of Daniel Wright's ultimate introduction to
pyrography. Daniel Wright's enthusiasm for his subject is
beautifully captured in a sequence of clear, easy-to-follow
step-by-step photographs and unique projects. Taking his
inspiration from pen-and-ink, engraving and watercolour techniques,
he demonstrates many exciting methods and traditional ways of
woodburning to create myriad patterns, pictures and motifs
including landscapes, trees, flowers, animals and buildings.
Information is included on the types of wood to use, how to prepare
surfaces, working with the grain and enhancing designs. He goes on
to illustrate shading and faux marquetry, and there's a section on
using photographs and sketches to produce your own designs. With
each new technique, a project is introduced by Daniel to help you
learn and explore your new skill - from burning your own chessboard
to a stunning fairytale stool design for your little one's bedroom.
Finally, advice and demonstrations are provided on decorating old
wooden objects, revitalizing much-loved pieces by working patterns
into their worn, textured surfaces. This book will inspire,
entertain and instruct you, whether you are a complete beginner or
an experienced pyrographer.
This title offers 20 charming ideas for creating beautiful displays
shown in more than 130 step-by-step photographs. It is an inspiring
craft book full of imaginative designs to dress up the humble egg.
It contains 20 creative projects using skills such as traditional
folk painting, modern dyeing techniques and classic gilding styles.
How to make your own golden fairy-tale eggs, create glittery
decoupage eggs or use leaves as stencils on natural eggs. Every
project is shown in clear step-by-step photographs, making it easy
to create your own stunning displays. It is a helpful introduction
that contains a guide to the different types of egg, information on
equipment and materials, and the basic techniques you will need to
master. It includes over 130 specially commissioned photographs.
Decorating eggs has become more and more popular in recent years,
for all kinds of events, festivals and celebrations. It is a
wonderful opportunity for family crafting, combining classic
traditional folk with the potential for fun and simple ideas. Using
hard-boiled or blown eggs as your canvas, you can paint, dye,
scratch, cover and bleach to create stunning and original objects
d'art - whether for an Easter table or a permanent display. The egg
has been a powerful symbol of hope and new life in many different
cultures throughout history. The purity and strength of its form
have made it a classic shape and motif for design. Hen, duck, goose
and quail eggs can all be decorated in countless ways, and this
unique volume reveals a range of art techniques for embellishing
eggs, such as simple dyeing, painting, gilding and sgraffito. From
traditional to contemporary designs, the easy-to-follow projects
provide enough inspiration to adorn a whole barnyard full of eggs.
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