Everyone loves to receive a beautifully decorated and filled gift basket and here Catherine Woram shows how to create and decorate 35 beautifully themed baskets, ranging from traditional wicker baskets, to cookie jars and baskets that you make yourself. So all you need to do is to follow the simple step-by-step instructions to make unique and personalised gifts for family and friends for every occasion, including a basket for a bride-to-be, a glorious Christmas basket, the perfect basket for a k...
Decorative Paper Crafts (Contemporary Crafts S.) (Contemporary Crafts (Henry Holt))
by Vivien Frank
This work is designed for keen florists and flower arrangers. Based on the National Floristry Training Requirements, it covers basic terms and equipment, principles of design, working techniques, buying materials, and the care and storage of plant material. Weddings and funerals are covered too.
Tapping into the recent craze for cycling and craft, Craft Bomb Your Bike creates the perfect gift purchase for your crafty cycling friends. A cute collection of 20 multi-craft projects from a vintage dress guard, shopping tote basket liner, bike bunting to crocheted arm and legs warmers there is a craft for everyone. Including designs from popular bloggers Lulu Loves, Cara Medus, Ali Burdon, Kate from Greedy for colour and Claire Belle Makes, craft bomb your pedals with this assortment of easy...
Casting in concrete is an exciting project that is both enjoyable and practical. You can create all sorts of decorations and furniture for your home that are sure to be the envy of all your neighbors. But the fun doesn't have to stop there! Concrete lends itself to many unique and exquisite projects, and decorating these pieces with beautiful mosaic patterns makes them all the more impressive. Here, interior decorating journalists and stylists Sania and Susanna show you how to do that. Decorati...
This is a gorgeous guide with detailed instructions to creating stunning wire jewellery. It explains all the basic techniques needed, from bending and wrapping to making simple spirals. Anyone will be able to craft the author's distinctive, stylish pieces. Boutiques, galleries and juried fairs everywhere exhibit Kathy Frey's distinctive wire jewellery, enhanced with stone, glass and pearl accents. Thanks to this gorgeous guide, with detailed instructions explaining all the basic techniques from...
What is the fitting wrapping for which gift? This book gives the answer - and even provides the wrapping material at the same time. Choose from the variety of themes that these beautiful high-quality gift-wrap papers offer - from flowers and ornaments to abstract patterns and with simple step-by-step instructions learn the optimal way to wrap your gifts. The variety of designs will more than meet your demands, and turn this booklet itself into an ideal gift.
Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez has made her name as a designer of furnishings and interiors in warm climates. Her first book showcases far-flung stylish homes, replete with indoor and outdoor spaces that blend artisanal craftmanship with a fresh naturalistic design approach. Through beautifully photographed residences, which have an exquisite layering of classic and modern furnishings, Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez discusses how to bring sustainable elements into your living space....
Lee is the former producer of The Oprah Show, and has collaborated with some of the biggest celebrities on their design techniques. Includes both inspiration and instruction, and is modelled after the popular Eat This, Not That! series A DIY guide for small spaces that also includes what not to do, based on the author's personal home project. Following her wildly successful debut book, Decorating in a Nutshell, Janet Lee's insightful Decorate This, Not That! is chock-full of budget-friendly tip...
Discover how to make unusual and unique homeware with Creating the Vintage Look. Upcycling is about taking something old, vintage, treasured, or possibly even broken, and giving it a new lease of life by turning it into something new. It's a stylish and thrifty way of decorating and enhancing your home that avoids waste. Here, Ellie Laycock shows you how you can make truly beautiful objects from things you might otherwise have thrown away. Be inspired by the ingenuity of her projects – includin...
Choose from 35 gorgeous projects by designer and maker Jenny McCabe, which range from stylish pillows to curtains and bedsheets, to tea towels and other practical designs that will be endlessly useful. Try making a simple set of napkins, with a gorgeous leaf pattern, or a cheerful table runner in a colourful dotted design, created using potato circles. The roller blind has a cool bird design, while the elegant curtains, covered in a delicate vine pattern, will make your living room look chic and...
