Join pastor's wife, mother of four, and entrepreneur, Angel Williams, on a journey of faith, frugality, and family, as she finds treasure in the most unexpected places. We live in a society where it's not uncommon to buy something one week and throw it away the next. We constantly throw out serviceable and even valuable items without a second thought. But to Angel Williams that's an opportunity. Angel started dumpster diving out of curiosity when a woman at church mentioned it to her, but it...
Learn what things you can do right now to reduce your carbon footprint with this inspiring, accessible, stunningly illustrated book based on Eduardo Garcia’s popular New York Times column. “This beautiful and practical book on the climate crisis is for people of all ages, packed with wonderful pictures, powerful stats, and sound advice.”—Mike Berners-Lee, author of There Is No Planet B Award-winning climate journalist Eduardo Garcia offers a deeply researched and user-friendly guide to the...
Beauty in imperfection! Learn the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi and understand why, in the way of kintsugi artists, broken is better than new. This is your guide to putting the pieces back together to restore broken plates, vases, and other ceramics and glass items to be even better than before. Starting with repairing a simple dent or crack, you'll gain the skills to reconstruct goblets, vases, plates, spherical objects, and statues. Transform your broken pieces and heirlooms or create new w...
CRAFT YOUR OWN SUCCESS Whether you're a master crafter, a carpenter, a jewelry designer, or have become passionate about making the best home decor in town, now is the time to go from hobby to full-time business owner. And with million shoppers ready to discover your unique offerings it only makes sense to join the largest, most successful online community of creative entrepreneurs on Etsy (R). Our experts have teamed up with successful shop owners to provide you with Start Your Own Etsy (R) Bu...
Author Megean Weldon, aka The Zero Waste Nerd, gently guides you on an attainable, inspirational, mindful, and completely realistic journey to a sustainable living lifestyle. Find tips, strategies, recipes, and DIY projects for reducing waste in this approachable, beautifully designed and illustrated guide. What is zero waste living? Although the practice has been around for generations out of necessity, it is making a comeback as concerns grow about the fate of our environment. To put it simp...
Repurpose natural materials into beautifully useful items and reduce your plastic waste in the process with projects for homemade tote bags, grocery bags, gift bags, and more! Eco-Chic Bags offers forty handmade projects with step-by-step instructions and visual aids for popular machine and hand sewing techniques. Appropriate for sewers of all skill levels, projects are budget-friendly and made with a variety of fabric-based materials like canvas and cotton, making Eco-Chic Bags the perfect r...
As life gets less formal, neckties don’t get worn like they used to, leaving your customers with a stash of unused ties. Show them how to recycle lonely ties into spectacular quilts and home accessories that look nothing like the typical stodgy necktie quilt! Christine Copenhaver draws on years of experimenting to teach the best techniques for working with silk tie fabric. Quilters will love using necktie colors, patterns, and textures to make striking Hexagons, Log Cabins, Lone Stars, Flying Ge...
Britain is a country of crafts. From Cornish hedging to Sussex trug making, Scottish kiltmaking to the Stokes potteries, the UK, steeped in local knowledge and centuries of handed-down wisdom, is home to some of the rarest and most prized crafts in the world. Yet, many of these skills are in danger of dying out, currently possessed by people unable to share their knowledge with new generations. With 259 endangered and critically endangered crafts on the Heritage Craft Association's Red List, and...
Transform your favorite vintage tablecloths into beautiful quilts! Learn how to convert the best parts of each cloth into quilt blocks and appliqué elements that can be combined with commercial fabrics for extra color and vibrancy. Dig into your grandma's attic, visit your local flea market, buy new reproduction panels…even old tablecloths with holes or stains can become part of a lovely wallhanging or bed quilt. *Use this unique quiltmaking approach to preserve personal memories or create new...
"Build This Bong" offers step-by-step directions for 40 bongs, pipes, hookahs, and stash boxes. You'll find everything from your standard gravity bong to a wild and wacky rubber ducky bong to a state of the art vaporizor. Each project is paired with Popular Mechanics inspired technical diagrams making it a cinch to build the best bong ever.
Christmas Treasure Hunt For Our Mother Earth (With Little Tipi Re-Cree-Ations)
by Sheila Callingbull-Owen
Transforming pre-loved clothes into stylish, unique garments for your baby or toddler is great for the environment, great for your bank balance and, most of all, great fun! In Restyle & Restitch for Little Ones, you will find 30 sewing projects for creating stylish baby clothes, from newborns to two-year-olds, including trousers, dresses, sweaters, mittens, rompers and socks. The projects are accompanied by colourful, full-size patterns to help you make the most of your repurposed clothing. Y...
Kids are on a mission to save the Earth! Recycle and Remake is the hands-on, practical guide you need to get started. This gentle, but empowering book is full of creative making activities, information, and ideas that give young eco-warriors (like you!) the know-how to really help the environment. With Recycle and Remake, you will soon be saving trees by making your own seeded recycled paper from junk mail, cleaning up the oceans by turning old carrier bags into kites, friendship bracelets, and...
Flip it, Make it, Love it! In DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes into Fun, Wearable Fashions, expert thrift flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, gives you the ultimate guide to turning secondhand finds into trendy, one-of-a-kind fashions. Perfect for anyone with big fashion dreams and a small budget, whether you’re looking to slay your style game or create an Insta-worthy wardrobe makeover, this book has everything you need to go from “meh” to “OMG!” Getting Starte...
Create adorable tiny block prints easily with the magic of eraser carving! When artist Serena McRae first shared her pink eraser carvings online she had no idea they would become a viral sensation. Often an overlooked office supply, pink erasers began flying off the shelves as artists discovered they make the perfect canvases for making fun new designs. Now for the first time McRae shares all her tips and tricks on eraser carving in this handy, colorful guidebook. Including: Best materials and...
The long-awaited guide to upcycling your sneakers into unique kicks by French artist and TikTok star Kenza Trasfi (@knz.tv)! Packed with fresh designs for 5 iconic sneakers, easy step-by-step instructions, photos by Alexi Pav, a technique F.A.Q., and bonus inspo you to feed your imagination. Dare to be yourself! Learn everything you need to know to customize your sneakers with global streetwear artist KNZ (@knz.tv)! KNZ delves into the cultural phenomenon of sneakers, exploring their role as...
Rescue your fabric scraps-even the smallest pieces-with 16 satisfying quilts and projects. Sew modern quilts for everyday use that will help you get back to the roots of quiltmaking, with projects designed to help you use up every last scrap. Learn sorting and storage tips to help you plan your next quilt, with projects categorised by type of scrap-squares, strings, triangles, or little snippets. Sew pretty pincushions and cards for instant gratification, saving the most treasured pieces for a f...