Self-Made Style - May 10, 2012
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 Chris H. Olsen's five seasons : unique & stylish ideas for your home & garden Olsen shares his visions of unique and stylish ideas for the home and garden in this book focusing on décor for the five seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter, and holiday. |
 Delish cupcakes by color : more than 100 cupcakes to dazzle and amaze As the leading website for home cooks, Delish has something for everyone, whether the hottest food blogs and news, the best tips on party and holiday planning, or mouth-watering recipes and menus. With this fantastic book, you'll learn how to whip up the most gorgeous cupcakes and frostings to complement a variety of occasions. The decorating ideas for these divine little treats are organized by color so you can mix and match the cupcakes to suit your taste and theme. With these simple recipes and frosting instructions, it's easy to plan for a birthday, wedding, or holiday celebration. |
 Destination cocktails :the traveler's guide to superior libations Destination: Cocktails is a travel guide to over 350 of the best craft cocktail bars in over 40 cities across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The book is illustrated with beautiful color photographs of the bars and their signature craft cocktails, and also includes a special recipe section with directions for making your own original craft cocktails! |
 Eco-friendly crafting with kids : 35 step-by-step projects for preschool kids and adults to create together Kate Lilley's hugely popular blog, Mini-eco, grew out of her desire to teach her own kids to be resourceful and use recycled items or what's around them for creative play. parents and kids alike will love the 35 bold, colorful projects featured in the book and divided into sections that include Music, Nature, Recycle, Paper and Card, Sewing and Threading, and Science. The final section contains a list of 50 quick boredom busters that harassed parents can pull out of the bag in an emergency! |
 Happy home : twenty sewing and craft projects to pretty up your home Each project showcases Jennifer's fresh, whimsical style-from luxe drapery to cheery tablecloths and napkins. Featuring simple step-by-step instructions, a comprehensive glossary of techniques, pattern sheets tucked into a handy front pocket, and lush color photos. |
 I heart stationery Organized by technique, it includes everything from screen printing to papercutting and woodblock. Each chapter begins with an overview to provide an understanding of the processes involved, which is then followed by stunning contemporary examples of stationery created employing that particular technique. Examples include everything from invitations and notepaper to gift tags, wrapping paper, notebooks, and journals. Brief profiles of top designers are interspersed throughout the book, offering insights into their designs and working practices. |
 I spy DIY style: find fashion you love and do it yourself Publisher's Weekly says Radosevich collects some of her best ideas from the monthly do-it-yourself fashion column she writes for InStyle Magazine noting that "instead of breaking the bank for the trend du jour" readers can "grab some simple supplies and re-create it for less." Here, the ideas definitely tend to the trendy and cheap, taking inspiration from celebrities on the red carpet or from designers' Fashion Week. Pink feather earrings, a dress bleached with a chopstick design, and checkered sunglasses are just three of the well-illustrated projects that employ craft and dollar store finds to yield a cute reward. |
 Knit your own cat : easy-to-follow patterns for 16 frisky felines Cat lovers, rejoice! It's the highly anticipated follow-up book to Knit Your Own Dog. With easy-to-follow instructions for 16 distinct felines, Knit Your Own Cat is the irresistible guide to knitting the pet you've always wanted. The book is packed with knitting patterns for 16 different fanciful felines, from a pretty Persian to a sleek Siamese, from a cuddly kitten to a traditional tabby. The cats are surprisingly easy to make: With a few evenings of work, you can have a covetable companion for life. |
 Lovely knits for little girls : 20 just-right patterns, just for girls For Lovely Knits, knitwear designer Vibe Sondegaard creates a bright, stylish, little-girl wardrobe of fabulous projects that knit up quickly and allow knitters plenty of opportunity for trying a few design tricks (cables, bobbles, lace patterns) on a manageable, kid-sized scale. Best of all, the pattern shapes size up or down easily (with back of book instruction on doing just that), making this collection versatile enough to use again and again. |
 Make it sew modern :gather, twist, pleat, texture More than 20 simple sewing ideas, including eye-catching quilts, pillows, scarves, purses and an assortment of clever embellishments Instructions for three-dimensional flowers, raw-edge ruffles, tasteful tucks and pleats, and more Unique, doable projects for expressing one's individual style. |
 Mastering the art of fabric printing and design : techniques, tutorials, and inspiration This authoritative guide outlines everything readers need to know to create gorgeous fabrics. There's nothing like it on the market! Collected within are step-by-step tutorials for designing patterns (both digitally and by hand), a comprehensive section on printing techniques-including digital printing, screen printing, stenciling, block printing, and resist dyeing-and even insider tips for developing a collection and bringing it to the marketplace. Beautifully illustrated with swatches of exquisite fabrics and hundreds of photos, and featuring interviews with established designers. |
 Modern minimal : 20 bold and graphic quilts Quilts get super sleek and ultra modern with these gorgeous graphic designs that use lots of white space to show off the simplicity of the quilting. |
 The New Artisans: Handmade Designs for Contemporary Living The practice of handmade craft has undergone a huge resurgence in recent times. This book captures the new mood -- a return to the unique and the artisanal. The first part of the book profiles over seventy international artisans who represent an astonishing array of crafts. The second part of the book consists of an invaluable directory of products, divided into categories: art, ceramics, furniture, glasswork, jewelry, lighting, metalwork, paper and woodwork, stationery, tableware, and textiles. More than 800 color photographs illustrate the huge variety of design work on offer, including exquisite paper flowers, handthrown pots and jugs, beaded necklaces, folk-inspired knitted scarves, handblown chandeliers, wooden table lamps, embroideries, and more. |
 Paper made! 101 exceptional projects to make out of everyday paper. This is not about how to use costly, artsy paper, but how to turn stuff around the house--magazines and shopping bags, candy wrappers and paint sample cards, wrapping paper, old maps, and paper towel tubes--into stunning jewelry, gifts, home decor, party favors, and much more. Chances are you've seen the author's cutting-edge work in the windows of Anthropologie, where she is the chain's merchandising manager. An inveterate crafter who creates projects and styles photo shoots for magazines like Parents and Vogue Knitting, Kayte Terry takes the most versatile of materials and the most basic of crafts (remember snipping valentines out of construction paper?), and creates something completely trans- formative. |
 Pop knitting : bold motifs using color & stitch Using a variety of innovative stitch manipulation techniques, this book explores how to construct highly textured fabrics and gorgeous knitted strandwork. You'll also learn how to create knitted fabrics with holes, pleats, double-fabrics, and more. |
 The textile artist's studio handbook : traditional and contemporary techniques for working with fiber, including dyeing, painting, and more Plus, where else can you get behind-the-scenes access to setting up the best home textile studio for you? Inside, you'll find exploration of basic materials (including fibers, dyes, paints, and other media); visual tutorials for spinning, felting, crochet, weaving, sewing, and quilting; primers for surface decoration techniques such as dyeing, painting, stitching, and screen printing; and patterns and project instructions. |
 The truck food cookbook : 150 recipes and ramblings from America's best restaurants on wheels Obsessively researched by food authority John T. Edge, The Truck Food Cookbook delivers 150 recipes from Americas best restaurants on wheels, from L.A. and New York to the truck food scenes in Portland, Austin, Minneapolis, and more. |
