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Crafts, Hobbies, & Collecting November 2019
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Taste of Home Handmade Christmas
by Taste of Home
Showcases an array of seasonal homemade gift ideas that are creative, easy and fun - and guaranteed to make anyone’s holiday merry and bright,
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Boutique Wire Jewelry : Easy and Elegant Necklaces, Bracelets, Rings, and Earrings
by Yuko Shimojima
It is so easy to make beautiful, elegant, boutique-style jewelry with artistic wire. All you need is the wire and a few basic tools and you are ready to make any of the designs in this book. Step-by-step instructions teach you ten different wire techniques, including coiling, wrapping, making headpins and eyepins, and working with flat wire. Project instructions show you how to apply these techniques to create stunning earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Choose your favorite beads and findings to personalize your style and complete your one-of-a-kind designs. Once you learn the basics, there is no limit to the beautiful jewelry you can make with wire.
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Scroll saw wooden bowls : 30 Useful & Surprisingly Easy-to-Make Projects
by Carole Rothman
"While wood bowls are commonly made on a lathe, this guided resource offers 30 projects for crafting a variety of beautiful bowls with the more accessible scroll saw. Organized in a progressive learning format, beginning crafters can start with basic stacked bowls and work toward more elaborate laminated wood bowls, multiple-angle bowls, thin wood bowls and more"
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Paint pouring : mastering fluid art
by Rick Cheadle
Introduces the basics of acrylic fluid art, providing advice on paint mixes, substrates, mediums, additives, and such techniques as pouring, swiping, dipping, and negative space pours, with examples from the author's artwork
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Playing with paints : acrylics : 100 prompts, projects, and playful activities
by Courtney Burden
Courtney Pilgrim shares 100 prompts, projects and playful activities that will build your confidence, inspiring you to roll up your sleeves and play with acrylic paint in a pressure-free way. There is no right or wrong way to create a painting, so enjoy the journey, relax, unwind and have fun!
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Sew bags : the practical guide to making purses, totes, clutches & more : 13 skill-building projects
by Hilarie Wakefield Dayton
Sew stylish shoulder bags, totes, clutches, and drawstring bags! Whether you're a total beginner or a confident sewist who loves to finish a project in one sitting, you'll love this modern collection of thirteen bags you can truly make your own. Turn flat fabric into handbags of any shape when you learn the basics of construction, transferring a pattern, and finishing details. A must-have primer for the beginning sewist!
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Gardening & Hobby Farming
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50 Simple Indoor Miniature Gardens : Decorating Your Home With Indoor Plants
by Catherine Delvaux
Learn how the smallest window sill, the tiniest balcony, or a sliver of space on a bookcase can be adorned by thriving greenery! This book is the inspiration you need to make your small living space greener--whether you rent a small apartment, own a small home, or just want to bring some living color to your indoor space. 50 Simple Indoor Miniature Gardens is filled with 50 inventive micro-garden ideas that were specifically selected for their simplicity and easy upkeep. You'll find terrariums, mini greenhouses, hanging plants, and other original compositions among these stunning garden projects. Create and maintain a variety of charming and low-maintenance mini indoor gardens, whether you prefer succulents, cacti, greenery, flowering plants, vegetables, or orchids! The chosen plants within these pages are all inexpensive, easy to find at your local garden center, and can each thrive with simple care. But the containers and displays are creative and out-of-the-box! Long gone are the days of the basic terracotta pot. Recycle and transform everyday objects into amazing and beautiful plant displays, from glass jars and tin cans to sieves, seashells, and even old chairs! Think of 50 Simple Indoor Miniature Gardens as a visual recipe book to help you create and modify your own personal mini garden. You'll learn how to transform unique items into decorative plant containers, grow inspired with the beautiful photography and helpful tips, and awaken the creative gardener in you!
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Container Succulents : Creative Ideas for Beginners
by Kentaro Kuroda
Learn how to care for and display individual succulent varieties, or get creative with groupings that combine multiple plants with complementary colors, shapes and sizes. Whether you prefer a garden that is simple or intricate, this book covers all the basics of container selection and succulent care to ensure healthy plants.
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Kovels' antiques & collectibles price guide 2020
by Terry H Kovel
Providing 15,000 listings and more than 2,500 full-color photos, a latest edition of an expert reference features prices based on actual recent sales and includes coverage of American and international items. Illustrations. Index.
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Antiques handbook & price guide 2020-2021
by Judith Miller
Featuring more than 8,000 antiques compiled by a world-renowned antiques expert, this authoritative and trusted guide to the antiques market is a must-have for dealers, collectors and auctioneers.
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