Crafts & Hobbies

Featuring ideas for relieving the tension and tedium of a cramped plane, train or car, this title includes great gags for the traveller, and helps them to find famous landmarks to desecrate, exotic foods to spice up and the stereotypical holiday situations just waiting to be turned into something fresh.

The skeletons, skulls, and other traditional images of this CD-ROM and book set are optimized for embroidery digitizing software and allow crafters to customize the motifs. 88 designs in different color combinations.

Take Your Scrapbooking Out of Bounds Life is full of rules, both written and unspoken—and scrapbooking is no exception. Rules are great guidelines, but they can quickly become boundaries that stifle creativity. It's time to Cut Loose and break free from the confines of typical scrapbooking to breathe ...

Women are the primary home buyers and more and more want to do their own repairs and improvements. A cross between a home improvement and a home decorating book, this book is divided into: Walls and Ceilings; Floors and Stairs; Plumbing; Doors and Windows; Furniture and Accessories, and Outdoors.

Class is in session for an industrial twist on mixed-media art! &break;&break;Grab a seat in the front row and get ready to take notes: You're about to be introduced to Plexiglas as you've never seen it before. Quickly gaining popularity among crafters and do-it-yourselfers, acrylic sheeting (commonly ...

"Kick your creating into high gear and learn new scrapbooking tricks from some of the hippest scrapbookers around. In this fabulous book, Creating Keepsakes' magazine's 2007 Scrapbooker of the Year, the amazing Elizabeth Kartchner, and her talented team of designers challenge you with fun, imaginative ...

Aims to teach readers how to get the most out of their tools, supplies, and their own handwriting to create pages that integrate text into successful designs. This book helps you learn how to: choose the perfect lettering to portray mood or theme; have fun mixing and matching letter types; create titles; and journal with maximum impact.

Looking for the perfect gift for a baby or toddler? Nursery Stitch is brimming with beautiful projects to make for babies and young children.

Glitz It Up is packed with over 50 brilliant, easy and stylish ideas for personalizing your clothes - everything from edging a skirt or top with sequins, beads, ribbon, feathers and velvet to decorating clothes with embroidery or applique. Whether you want to give a new lease of life to a tired-looking ...

Good Quality Colour Pictures and full Details of How the Layout was Constructed

Once you've got the basics covered, you will be amazed at the variety of paper techniques there are to explore. Paper treatments are covered in Colouring, Decorating and Texturing. Learn how to make beautiful cards for family and friends in the Cardmaking chapter, and learn to make your own Envelopes, Giftwrap and Gift Boxes, as well as much more.

This standard work details the names, general uses, and correct operation of all of the basic hand and power tools, fasteners, and measuring devices you are ever likely to need. The book also covers grinding, metal cutting, soldering, and much more. 329 illustrations.

In 1968, Mattel introduced the first 16 Hot Wheels cars and revolutionised the world of toy cars. Fifty years and a few billion cars later, Hot Wheels are still number one. These die-cast cars are a hot collectible and a favourite toy for kids of all ages. Hot Wheels recounts the story of the world's ...

Explores the various types of beadwork, including beading on fabric, fringing, bead weavings, bead embroidery and beaded jewelry via simple instructions and 500 full-color photos. Original.

Origami 101 provides hours of family fun with step-by-step instructions for 40+ captivating origami figures, illustrated with 400 photos and online video demonstrations.

Knitting 101 is a comprehensive beginner's guide to knitting. With close to 400 step-by-step photographs and an online instructional video companion, this book will help you achieve success from the start.

A collection of over 400 original verses, sentiments and sayings for cardmakers, scrapbookers and anyone who wants to find the perfect message at Christmas. It includes over 50 seasonal copyright-free motifs and illustrations for crafters to copy on to cards or festive projects, or just use for inspiration.