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3) A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space

"Every kid can be an artist with this book as their guide! Using basic art supplies--from paint, markers, paper, and glue to household finds like cardboard boxes and fabric scraps--children aged 6 and up learn that as long as they can imagine it, they can create it. Curated by two art educators with decades of experience, this rich collection of 53 arts and crafts activities offers up a ton of freeform fun, from Doodlemonsters and Painted Animal Rocks...

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Larson, Elsie

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4) Complete Crochet Course: The Ultimate Reference Guide

Step inside the world of Elsie and Emma, the sisters behind the décor blog A Beautiful Mess. With tiny budgets and a crafty, can-do attitude, they overhauled each room in their first homes with DIY projects using family photos, vibrant fabrics, flea-market finds, and affordable furniture. Now, you can learn how to paint, craft, and decorate your way to a happy, bright space with distinct personality. In the same upbeat spirit and...

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Mullett-Bowlsby, Shannon

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5) Digital hand lettering and modern calligraphy: essential techniques plus step-by-step tutorials for scanning, editing, and creating on a tablet

"Their approach is thorough . . . a well-organized reference, up-to-date with the different cable, ribbing, and pattern stitches that are now popular." —Booklist (starred review)
Filled with step-by-step photography throughout for an easy-to-follow and fully visual experience, this unparalleled guide teaches you how to crochet from the very first stitch—and will keep you crocheting as you gain experience! Complete Crochet...

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Kim, Shelly

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6) Draw Your Day: An Inspiring Guide to Keeping a Sketch Journal

For lettering enthusiasts of all levels, learn easy ways to develop and adapt hand lettering skills and techniques to a variety of digital platforms.
Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructor Shelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering artists from beginner to advanced step-by-step instruction, along with ample photos and lettering examples. Start with lettering essentials that show how to create different styles...

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Baker, Samantha Dion

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An instructive guide to creating an illustrated journal based on artist and Instagram sensation Samantha Dion Baker's unique creative process, featuring information on materials, creative inspiration and instruction, prompts, and helpful tips and tricks.
Samantha Dion Baker is a widely admired and followed artist on Instagram, where she shares her "sketch journal," an illustrated daily record of her life, drawn in a fresh, modern...

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"Spend a lazy crafternoon with your friends. From pretty school supplies to colorful tech accessories to perfect party decor, Lazy Crafternoon guides tween crafters through simple steps to create amazing projects."--

8) Learning to Knit. the Basics

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Butters, Kerry

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Educational Books

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9) Little book of book making: timeless techniques and fresh ideas for beautiful handmade books

Learning to Knit, The Basics by Kerry Butters. Welcome to the wonderful world of knitting! From casting on to basic techniques, you'll find all the information, straightforward instructions, clear diagrams and illustrations that you need to get those needles clicking and stitching.

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Rivers, Charlotte

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10) Paint It: The Art of Acrylics, Oils, Pastels, and Watercolors

"Making books by hand has never been cooler, with this inspiring guide to 30 top bookmakers working today, plus 21 tutorials for essential techniques to make your own books. Crafters, artists, writers, and book lovers can't resist a beautifully handbound book. Packed with wonderfully eclectic examples, this book explores the intriguing creative possibilities of bookmaking as a modern art form, including a wide range of bindings, materials, and embellishments....

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Bolte, Mari

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11) The potter's bible: an essential illustrated reference for both beginner and advanced potters

Any master starts at the beginning. Dip your brush into oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints, and sharpen your pastels. Develop essential techniques that will propel your art from scribbles to masterpieces.

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An essential guide for beginner and advanced potters, featuring step-by-step photographs to guide you through a comprehensive range of techniques.
Begin making beautiful ceramics, even if you've never attempted pottery before, following detailed information about:

Essential tools and studio equipment

Different types and constituencies of clay—including earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and raku

Forming methods—including

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12) Print it!: 25 projects using hand-printing techniques for fabric, paper and upcycling

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Jolliffe, Joy

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13) Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun

Prints are in! Take a walk down the high street and you won't be able to escape beautiful prints on everything from dresses and bags to gorgeous printed sheets. All these prints help us express our unique style and make vivid personal statements. Joy Jolliffe demonstrates that printing is a simple, effective way to make your mark on a multitude of surfaces from clothes to bedding. The book features chapters on block printing, stencils, transfer and...

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Kingloff, Amanda

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14) Secrets of watercolor: from basics to special effects

Perfect for crafty parents who are eager to get their kids excited about DIY, ProjectKid is everything you could want in a craft book: 100(!) stylish, inventive projects; step-by-step photographs; tips for the novice crafter; easy-to-follow instructions; and a fresh, modern look. What really sets these projects apart are the unexpected, ingenious ways Kingloff uses everyday objects and materials. (Did you ever think a body-wash bottle would

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Garcia, Joe

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Essential Artist Techniques

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15) Sew Step by Step: How to use your sewing machine to make, mend, and customize

A must-have reference for every watercolorist! This complete guide to watercolor covers everything from basic art concepts and techniques to special effects and pointers for painting popular subjects. Secrets of Watercolor: From Basics to Special Effects is a handy reference that beginners and experienced artists simply can't be without.

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DK

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Dk Step by Step

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16) Stitch Camp: 18 Crafty Projects for Kids & Tweens – Learn 6 All-Time Favorite Skills: Sew, Knit, Crochet, Felt, Embroider & Weave

Need to learn how to shorten a hemline? Eager to make some cushion covers or a simple tunic dress? Sew Step by Step will come to your rescue.

Packed with more than 200 easy-to-follow techniques, from sewing on a button to personalizing a garment, Sew Step by Step brings these traditional, practical, and artistic crafts up to date with advice on contemporary styles and new materials, introducing these immensely satisfying skills to

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Blum, Nicole

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17) Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials: Includes Origami Book & Downloadable Video Instructions

In today’s thriving maker culture, kids are hungry for hands-on guidance in creating stylish wearables and practical objects, or hacking and customizing existing ones. Authors Nicole Blum and Catherine Newman get them started with complete instructions for mastering six favorite fiber crafts. Step-by-step photos teach kids ages 9–14 the basics of how to sew, knit, crochet, felt, embroider, and weave, plus how to make three projects...

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LaFosse,Michael G

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18) Urban watercolor sketching: a guide to drawing, painting, and storytelling in color

Make fun and functional origami out of your spare paper with this easy origami book.
Don't dump your wastepaper into the garbage—it's time to fold! World-renowned origami artists and award-winning authors Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander show you the way with Trash Origami. This origami book presents unique and fun projects from their Origamido Studio and from some of the world's best paper designers, including...

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Scheinberger, Felix

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19) The Zentangle Untangled Workbook: A Tangle-a-Day to Draw Your Stress Away

A guide that shows painters, drawers, doodlers, and urban sketchers how to bring their drawings to life with colorful, bold, yet accessible painting methods.

Watercolor sketching is a rapidly emerging technique that enlivens sketches done in pen or pencil with the expressive washes, glazes, and luminous hues of watercolor . This lushly illustrated resource teaches artists on the go how to sketch with watercolor, rendering subjects efficiently...

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Hall, Kass

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"Life is short, certainly too short to be concerned too much with rules about drawing." —Kass Hall
In Zentangle Untangled, Kass Hall introduced you to the relaxing, innovative art of Zentangle. Now in The Zentangle Untangled Workbook, you'll get enough Zentangle instruction and inspiration to last all year long.
Filled with dozens of new tiles and four never-before seen tangles designed especially for this book, you'll be using...

20) Hooked: how crafting saved my life

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Foster, Sutton

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