By Maureen Carlson

The Whimsical creatures of myth spring to existence via polymer clay initiatives during this appealing tutorial booklet. Readers will learn how to create a whole delusion land from the key door to go into this brilliant realm to the trolls gnomes, fairies and mermaids who inhabit it. step by step photos permit for re-creating the characters precisely, and readers are encouraged to make their very own imaginary creatures via a gallery of the author's personal figures.

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First-class situation.

By Donna Andrews

Each year, Yorktown, Virginia, relives its position within the innovative battle via celebrating the anniversary of the British give up in 1781. This 12 months, plans contain a re-enactment of the unique conflict and a colonial craft reasonable. Meg Langslow has back to her domestic city for the festivities--and to promote her wrought-iron artworks. other than, in fact, for the pink-painted flamingos she reluctantly made for her mother's top friend--she's hoping to convey them secretly, so she will not get a name as "the blacksmith who makes these lovable wrought-iron flamingos."Besides, she has taken on one other responsibility--making yes none of her fellow crafters wreck the ancient authenticity of the reasonable with forbidden sleek devices--like wrist watches, calculators, or cellphones. She's in basic terms doing it to maintain peace with the mum of the fellow she loves. And Michael himself will don the white-and-gold uniform of a French officer for the re-enactment--what actor may possibly withstand a task like that?Meg's additionally attempting to retain her father from scaring too many travelers along with his impersonation of an 18th century health professional. And to avoid a snooping reporter from publishing any tales approximately neighborhood scandals. let alone saving her naive brother, Rob, from the clutches of a con guy who may well scouse borrow the pc video game he has invented. it is a difficult job--at least, until eventually the swindler is located useless, slain in Meg's sales space with one in every of her personal wrought-iron creations.Now Meg needs to upload one other merchandise to her already long to do checklist: "Don't fail to remember to resolve the murder!"Fortunately, the extra hassle Meg faces, the extra enjoyable the reader will have--and Meg faces lots of difficulty during this lighthearted and humorous novel.

By Francis M. Y. Ow

Origami Hearts - Шестьдесят шесть разнообразных оригинальных схем по оригами с мотивом - Сердце. Introduces sixty-six richly diversified, unique origami middle motifs which are ideal for Valentines Day, together with specific directions for such inventive and sensible designs as earrings, bins, caps, coasters, and frames.

By Editors of Bead&Button Magazine

Inventive Beading, Vol. three: the simplest tasks from a 12 months of Bead & Button journal КНИГИ ; ХОББИ и РЕМЕСЛА Название: inventive Beading, Vol. three: the simplest tasks from a yr of Bead & Button journal Издательство: Kalmbach Publishing corporation Год: 2008 Формат: PDF Размер: 30.40 Mb Страниц: 236 Язык: английский Для сайта: www.mirknig.comВ книге представлены лучшие проекты популярного журнала "Bead & Button" с пошаговыми иллюстрациями и схемами. uploading.com.com eighty five

By Donna Kato

One thousand and one principles for making attractive polymer clay millefiori. In Venetian glassmaking, narrow rods of molten glass are formed, then reduce to bare amazingly exact styles: flora, geometric shapes, dancing shades. those slices are referred to as millefiori, “thousand flowers,” simply because they shape a carpet of vegetation while put part by means of part. Now star writer Donna Kato indicates crafters precisely find out how to re-create those elaborate, interesting designs in polymer clay. The artwork of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques finds the whole method: tips to paintings with the polymer clay, the fundamentals of making plans and making a cane, and utilizing colour successfully. Dozens of canes, from basic to easily attractive, are incorporated, and every little thing is obviously defined and illustrated with full-color pictures, the Donna Kato method. through the publication, examples of wonderful paintings via such millefiori artists as Kathy Amt, Pier Voulkos, and Kathleen Dustin supply concept. There needs to be one thousand how you can make attractive millefiori . . . discover all of them in The paintings of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques.

By Daniel Carter Beard

Lengthy ahead of a "dangerous" e-book was once the entire rage there has been The American Boy's convenient Book by means of Daniel Beard, a liked vintage for generations of kids. particularly designed to supply a great deal of rules for adventures and video games either interior and outside in the course of every one season of the 12 months, The American Boy's convenient Book used to be initially released in 1882 and have become an immediate bestseller.

Now, Tuttle Publishing is bringing this much-loved booklet again for a brand new new release of boys to take pleasure in. if you are no longer too younger to fly a kite or too outdated to take pleasure in an afternoon fishing, The American Boy's convenient Book is chock filled with enjoyable actions meant only for you! there is something for each day of the 12 months: making an aquarium, rigging and crusing small boats, camping out with no tent, creating a cornstalk mess around, trapping, development a snow fortress, and naturally hundreds different video games and crafts, too.

Daniel Beard firmly believed in letting boys make their very own playthings, encouraging them to worth their very own labor and achieve the abilities wanted all through lifestyles to effectively invent, build and dream. during this global of immediate gratification with ever-younger generations coveting the ever present cellphones, desktops and iPods, it sort of feels as if the mind's eye and experience of event that permeated our country's earlier have all yet disappeared. Welcome again the thrill of early life with The American Boy's convenient Book, and get ready to make outdated favorites new back!

By Katherine Dewey

Книга по работе с полимерной глиной, учит как лепить человеческие фигурки. Прекрасные пошаговые фотографии и понятные схемы.The sequel to Katherine Deweys well known booklet developing Life-Like Animals in Polymer Clay, this time she pulls out the entire stops to educate either amateur and complete sculptors alike simply how she creates the reasonable figures she has been popular for over her 30 12 months specialist occupation. when you aspire to be a figurative sculptor or already are one, it is a booklet you need to have. In her no-nonsense, show-how-its-done instructing variety, Katherine indicates with greater than four hundred complete colour photographs, distinctive illustrations, and step by step directions the best way to do all of it. Her modeling equipment will not be complex. instead of counting on classical muscle on bone body structure, she teaches the best way to sculpt beautiful collectible figurines in any scale utilizing her easy applique strategy.

By Ann Mitchell

Liquid Sculpey[registered] is a brand new medium with never-ending chances, and those famous specialists have constructed a substantial following for his or her hand made jewelry and add-ons. Now they percentage their unique sculpting suggestions, so all people can discover the interesting crafting possibilities provided via liquid polymer clay. every one bankruptcy offers info at the improvement of the suggestions and the medium or artwork software that encouraged it. Twenty-two tasks educate crafters the right way to mix polymer clay with beads, steel filigree and old glass cabochons to create eleven specified jewelry and eleven domestic ornament goods.