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Felting is not just for fashion - it s great for jewellery too! Plus, the craft s quick, easy and inexpensive: all you need is wool, soap, water, your hands and a sense of fun. Aimed at both general crafters and jewellery artists, this rich collection offers an accessible introduction to the important techniques, including forming a flat sheet of felt; shaping the felt ball; adding embellishments; and stringing and wirework. Plus, it s packed with trendy beading and needlework ideas. The jewellery box of 20 boutique-worthy projects features boldly coloured stickpins, bracelets and sassy cherry and berry dangling earrings.
With types to suit every style, buttons are becoming an obvious choice for embellishing home decor, decorating jewellery, and more. These 50 stylish and versatile projects require only a basic knowledge of gluing stitching and stringing and are great fun to make."
A Native American woman's struggle to substantiate foul play after being told her daughter (two weeks Into her 13th birthday) has committed suicide In an unmonitored Women's Cell at the County Jail. Experience the treatment given to American Indians when little was done to purge the wrongs done to the broken spirits of Natives living during a period of condoned racism and indifference. Only a person who's lost a child can know the depths of grief this story entails.
A guide to creating more than 30 jewelry projects with one-of-a-kind findings to showcase your beadwork.
With items specifically tailored for--and organised by--key canine types, these one-of-a-kind stitched, knitted and crocheted projects will make great gifts for your loyal best friend or loving social butterfly.
Christmas is a sparkling time--and beads make the season glow even brighter. Everyone crafts at Christmas, and beautiful seed, crystal, felted, and lampwork beads are an easy way to add twinkle and shine to everything: ornaments, centerpieces, handmade gifts, and more. Anyone who can string or glue or stitch can make these contemporary, charming wreaths, holiday cards, one-of-a-kind stockings, and gift bags. Lavish, colorful photographs showcase the projects.
From collars and chokers to princess-length baubles and ropes to twirl and spin, here is a wardrobe of 40 necklaces to make and proudly show off. Expert crafter Candie Cooper shares her “necklaceology” secrets in an informative, gorgeously illustrated how-to guide that covers tools and materials, all manner of techniques, making components like wrapped loops and jump rings, and combining beads with wire, chain, silk cord, ribbon, and other materials. These accessible, sophisticated projects will inspire and delight.
Beads offer endless creative potential. Combine them with the fun of handmade cards, and the sky's the limit! This entry in a new beginner-friendly, richly photographed series explains exactly how to pair the two crafts perfectly. Creating the cards requires only straightforward techniques, such as sewing, gluing, or wiring the beads-all thoroughly explained in a basics section-and most projects require just a few simple steps.
Explore a world of beads! The newest entry in Lark’s popular Beading with...series goes international and multicultural, with more than 30 dazzling jewelry projects that showcase popular "tribal” and "ethnic” beads. As with the other books in the series, this lavishly illustrated volume offers an introduction to scores of different beads, illustrates all the basic techniques, and presents both beginner and intermediate projects from a pool of talented designers. The one-of-a kind pieces range from Jean Campbell’s jangly Milagros Charm Bracelet to Elizabeth Glass Geltman and Rachel Geltman’s porcelain-beaded "A New Chinese Twist”--with stops in India, Africa, and many other countries along the way.
For the first time, The Merchant of Venice looks at the place and role of the late medieval merchant nobility in the great international trade that took place in the world known at the time, from China and Asia to Flanders and England. These merchants who travelled the world were also shipowners, sailors and bankers. They used modern banking techniques and credit based on bills of exchange held no secrets for them. They traded spices, porcelain, cotton and silk, dyes and glassware for drapery, wool and metals. These merchants used part of their profit to embellish their city, which amazed foreign visitors, and were always on the lookout for the latest discoveries and inventions. Venice was at the height of its power at the time, but it was also on the eve of its weakening.