A warm doodly welcome to the very first a Monkeys in my heada colouring book by The Doodle Monkey. He has been very busy creating strange, funny and interesting art for you to scribble, scrawl, and doodle on. This is the first of one hundred colouring books, with one hundred unique and crazy doodles in each, for you to colour and collect. There's no pretense, no promises and no bananas claims of zen-like qualities. It's just a mixed muddle of creative moments for you to enjoy. The Doodle Monkey hopes you have a doodlier day!

Complete step-by-step instruction, full-color project photos, detailed step illustrations, diagrams, and tips."Creating Books & Boxes" presents a new volume on book-making techniques by contemporary book instructor Benjamin Rinehart. Rinehart presents a comprehensive resource for creating basic book-making structures as a starting point, but then adds unique twists to make them a little more surprising, fun, and dimensional. The book includes all the basics (tools, adhesives, archival properties, cutting and terminology), through detailed and highly illustrated instructions and includes unique and special methods for finishing the pages. It covers adding elements such as paper dying, copy transfers, stamping, and paste papers. Sophisticated, beautiful, and original projects in a simplified and accessible presentation make this a perfect book for beginners and experienced book-makers alike.

Artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish walks you through all the basics of woodburning. You can learn about using temperature, time, layering and texturing to create artistic tonal values. Nationally recognized artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish makes it easy for beginners to learn the creative craft of woodburning in Pyrography Basics. All that aspiring beginners need is this book and an inexpensive woodburning tool to start adorning wood, gourds, leather, paper and more with beautifully burned images and patterns. The author provides a thorough introduction to basic tools, materials and techniques. Readers learn how to set up a practice board to experiment with strokes and settings before moving on to working projects with confidence. Seven skill-building projects provide step-by-step exercises in using temperature, time, layering, and texturing to create artistic tonal values.

Scrapbooking has proved to be one of the most popular hobbies in recent years and the interest shows no signs of abating. Filled with useful tips and alternative suggestions, Baby and toddler scrapbooking contains 130 photographed sample pages - with informative text on how they were put together - that will inspire you to haul out your photographs and start working right away. The authors' decoupage background serves them well, as they include handy tips on painting, cutting and 'scrapoupage' - a technique they developed adapting decoupage for scrapbooking. As they've included a variety of styles, there's something for everyone, from beginners to advanced scrappers.

More Weekend Sewing will ensure that you never run out of quick-to-make designs. Each pattern can be completed in a weekend, with some of them taking only an afternoon, making them perfect for last minute gifts.

A hands-on guidebook chock full of recipes for cooking with goat, making cheese and soap, and crafting with goat fibers. Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the producst from a goat requires special skills, handling, and recipes. Here's The Whole Goat Handbook, chock full of recipes, crafting projects, advice, and more. Cooking with goat meat requires special, adapted recipes because the meat is so strong in flavor; there's no devoted goat-meat cookbook on the market-until now! Here as well are recipes for making cheese with goat milk as well as goat-milk soap. And for those raising goats for fiber, here are hard-won recommendations on crafting, knitting, and weaving. This book will shows you how to do all this-and more.

Woorde vir papier, kuns & kreatiewe skeppings is enig in sy soort. Hierdie titel sal handwerkers en kunstenaars inspireer en wys hoe om woorde in hulle skeppings te gebruik - van kaartjie- en plakboekwerk tot muurkuns en skilderwerk. Wat jy sal leer. Waarom dit belangrik is om woorde in skeppings te gebruik. Waar om inspirasie en woorde te kry. Hoe om woorde deel te maak van skeppings. Die grootste deel van die titel is met woorde gevul, wat die soektog na die regte seding om 'n spesifieke situasie te beskryf 'n absolute plesier maak. Die skrywer se liefde en passie vir Suid-Afrika blyk uit die inhoud en maak die titel uniek. Die meeste van die gedigte, rympies, frases en woordkombinasies wat in die boek voorkom, is oorspronklik of van Suid-Afrikaanse oorsprong. 'n Moet vir elke kreatiewe siel!

An inspirational practical guide with bold and colourful designs, Polymer clay is a popular medium suitable for and loved by crafters of all ages and skill levels.

It is available in every imaginable colour and easily cured in a home oven, making clay art accessible to everyone. Clay surfaces can be enhanced in many ways and borrowing techniques from other crafts, such as stamping, punching, mosaicing and embossing adds tremendously to the versatility of this craft, making it fun and rewarding. This book shows you how to use it to create exquisite jewellery, stylish gifts, decorative boxes, buttons, faux finishes, attractive home accessories and much more.

Lots of step by step photographs ensure that not even a rank beginner can go wrong, and full page pictures of the finished items will inspire clay crafters to try the terrific projects. Many techniques, from basic conditioning to creative canework and millefiori-finishes, are clearly explained and illustrated, then contextualised in the various projects. Use these techniques to create your own unique pieces and custom designs. Owing to the nature of the medium, no two pieces will ever look exactly the same.

So go get your clay and start playing!

Following the same approach as the runaway bestseller, Jewellery in a jiffy, this follow up will not disappoint. Once again aimed at the impatient beader, it contains loads of original jewellery designs with the focus on crystals, pearls and gemstones. Some pieces can be completed in a few minutes while many others will take no more than an hour or two - quick results indeed. Pearls, crystals and gemstones all come in a dazzling variety of shapes and colours and were used either singly or in splendid combinations for necklaces, chokers, bracelets and earrings for every taste and occasion. Whether you want it glitzy and glamorous, sophisticated or casual, you will find suitable creative ideas and suggestions in this titel. Clear step by step instructions and photographs explain the amazingly simple techniques so anyone can achieve attractive results quickly and easily. A treasure trove of handcrafted jewellery, this title also has stunning commissioned photographs of all finished pieces.

It is impossible not to have fun adding colour to this stunning collection of woodland sprites. Whether you're applying the finishing touch to a fairy in the forest or bringing a fairy in flight to life, The Fairyland Colouring Book will enthral you for hours. With over 120 charming designs to colour, this activity book is the perfect gift for the artist in your life and a fantastic source of inspiration for anyone wanting to create their own designs.

Harsjuwele is baie maklik om te maak en die tegniek is ongelooflik veelsydig. Sara Naumann, 'n gewilde handwerkskrywer, wys jou hoe om pragtige harsjuwele met eenvoudige tegnieke en goedkoop materiaal vir mans en vroue te maak. Die juwele kan in 'n japtrap gemaak word en jy kan papier, lap, foto's, skulpe, droe blomme, naelpolitoer en ander materiaal by die hars voeg om unieke harsjuwele met 'n professionele, stylvolle voorkoms te skep. Meer as 50 projekte sal jou inspireer om jou eie harsjuwele vir jouself of as geskenke vir familie en vriende te maak. Dit is ideaal vir beginners en meer bedrewe handwerkers, maar wees gewaarsku - dit is verslawend! Wat hierdie boek uniek maak, is dat papier ingesluit word - die skeppings is dus eintlik papierjuwele. Ou papier soos kaarte en bladmusiek skep 'n vintage voorkoms terwyl fotoplakwerk- of origami-papier vars en kontemporer lyk. Die boek sal dus byval vind by papier- sowel as juweelhandwerkers.

A beautifully crafted concertina colouring book featuring 15 unique colouring templates that allow you to bring the world’s great fashion runways to life.

Printed on premium weight matte paper and featuringan elastic closure, each album seamlessly unfurls to form a 10-foot (3 metre) -long panorama.