Sarah Donnelly

Kath Russon

John Plowman

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Maine

Over 50 techniques for making and embellishing handmade paper 

Papermaking Techniques Book provides the clear, step-by-step instruction necessary to help crafters of any experience level create unique and elegant handmade paper. Talented papercrafter Kath Russon guides beginners in discovering the pleasures of handmade papers--from textural papers in all shades to scented papers containing flowers, leaves seeds and grasses; watermarked papers; embossed papers, and shaped papers. She details over 50 step-by-step techniques from start to finish, including selecting the right equipment, choosing and preparing fibers, sheet forming, sheet sizing, and how to employ a wide range of embellishments to create lovely papers of every description. Finished handmade papers from professional papermakers are pictured to provide inspiration and show the practical application of each technique, while full projects appropriate to each chapter allow readers to put the skills they have learned into context.Kath Russon is an enthusiastic, talented papermaker who has perfected a beautiful, original technique using silk fibers. She has a successful business and Web site, the Paper Shed based in her home in Yorkshire, England, from where she sells her papers, kits and products. She frequently travels to exhibitions to display and sell her wonderful selection of papers. She is also the author of Handmade Silk Paper.

Papermaking Techniques Book

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Cheryl Stevenson

Bottom edge of front cover show shelf wear with a small dent/crease in the center. Book is otherwise in very good condition.

Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

The Art of Handmade Paper and Collage

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Angela Ramsay

Dust jacket has rips and wrinkles but book itself is in excellent condition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

This essential reference covers absolutely everything you need to know about papermaking, from the basics to advanced techniques such as shaped sheets, embossing, laminating, and watermarking. Also includes thorough step-by-step instructions for processing pulp, building papermaking equipment, and making paper-based projects like cards and lamp shades.

The Handmade Paper Book

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Kurt Schnaubelt

The Science of Essential Oil Therapy

A chemist and aromatherapy practitioner provides scientific proof for the effectiveness of using essential oils. Aromatherapy is the fastest-growing segment of the body care industry, an effective and deeply pleasurable way to maintain well-being. Now, Kurt Schnaubelt, a chemist and longtime aromatherapy practitioner, provides scientific proof for the efficacy of essential oils, explained clearly and logically. Advanced Aromatherapy draws on the most recent research to demonstrate how essential oils work on the cells and microbes of the body. These chemical changes affect emotional states as well as physical ones. Advanced Aromatherapy explains how to treat symptoms ranging from hay fever to stress disorders with predictable results. An essential textbook for aromatherapy practitioners.

Advanced Aromatherapy

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Some creases on the back cover and bent top right corner of front cover. 

Handmade Silk Paper

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Sarah Lawrence

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Guide to Making It and Using It in Textile Art

"Making and using silk paper is easier than you may think! silk paper is all you need to start making this amazing paper and using it in your own creations."--Back cover

Silk Paper

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Diane Flowers

Dust jacket with some wear and discoloration. Otherwise very good condition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Handmade Paper from Naturals

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Back left corner if cover bent. Otherwise very good condition.

Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Luxurious Handmade Soaps

The Complete Soapmaker

Robert S. McDaniel

Katherine J. McDaniel

The Art and Craft of Natural Homemade Soap

Indulge in the luxury of homemade natural soaps! Preserve the timeless craft of artisan soap making using Soap Maker's Workshop. As you enter the world of hand-crafted soap, you'll discover its moisturizing, glycerin-rich, cleansing and soothing benefits--all-natural soap without added chemicals, preservatives or synthetic fragrances and colorants. Commercial soaps found at local stores can contain chemical additives that not only dry out skin, but also lead to rashes and other irritations due to synthetic additives and the removal of glycerin. The bonus DVD takes you step-by-step through the soap-making process. Dr. McDaniel will teach you to: • Use everyday kitchenware for at-home soap making • Set up a safe workspace environment • Prepare lye, oils and water to make perfect homemade soap Filled with 30 recipes and multiple soap-making techniques, Soap Maker's Workshop offers instructions for making bar and liquid soaps, shampoos and more. Using coconut oil for a rich lather, palm oil for a longer-lasting bar, olive oil for soft smooth skin, and natural botanical essential oils and herbs for aromatherapy benefits--you'll never want to leave the shower!

Soap Maker's Workshop

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Judy Pollard

Tricia Lund

Joanne Lauterjung

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Use foundation-piecing techniques to simplify the construction of seven difficult shapes. Fifteen quilt plans in a variety of styles are provided.

Classic Quilts with Precise Foundation Piecing

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Vanessa Arbuthnott

Gail Abbott

50 Projects for Curtains, Shades, Pillows, Cushions, and More

Add texture, colour, warmth, and character to your home with 50 easy-to-follow projects Soft furnishings—from curtains and pillows, to bed and table linen—can provide the perfect finishing touches to a room, adding an injection of color and pattern. So often, store-bought furnishings are either hugely expensive or mass-produced, but The Home-Sewn Home shows you the easy way to create your own, using the wonderful fabrics designed by Vanessa Arbuthnott. There are 50 inspiring step-by-step projects, all with easy-to-follow step artworks and instructions. The projects range from a simple pillow and table runner for the novice stitcher, through to lined curtains with an array of different headings, blinds, bed throws, and table linen. There is a chapter on accessories, including a cook’s apron, a tote bag, and table mats, which also make great presents, while the basic techniques chapter teaches you all the skills you need to make any of the projects. Throughout the book, Vanessa offers practical advice on mixing fabrics, colors, and patterns, helping you to achieve a truly individual look in your home. There are variations, too, allowing you to adapt the projects to suit your own surroundings. Whether you have just bought your first sewing machine, or want to find new ways to use Vanessa’s stunning fabrics, The Home-Sewn Home will show you the way.

The Home-Sewn Home

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Torie Jayne

Over 35 Sewing Projects to Make Your Home Beautiful

Bring color and style to your home with Torie Jayne’s beautiful sewing projects. Torie Jayne is a successful young designer, blogger, and author with a keen interest in creating beautiful accessories for the home. Her blog, toriejayne.com, receives over 100,000 hits a month, and features her trademark sewing in beautiful saturated pastels, as well as baking and other crafts. Now Torie has created over 35 projects for you to make, to bring some of her style to your home. The kitchen chapter includes table linen, a bread basket, and utensil holder, while the bedroom chapter features an eye mask, make-up bag, and a padded headboard. The entrance hall chapter includes useful storage projects, such as square storage boxes made from fabric plus fabric and oilcloth bags. The garden chapter showcases practical projects such as a garden kneeler with carry-handles and a polka-dot tool belt, as well as decorative bench cushions, a child’s play tent, and bunting. Every project is in fresh, appealing colours, and reflects Torie’s sewing expertise, as well as her eye for patterns.

Torie Jayne's Stylish Home Sewing

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40-page Leisure Arts booklet with small sewing projects and recipes

Thoughtful gifts and easy accessories 

Sew Simple

Stewart O'Shields

Patchwork--the piecing together of many different fabrics--is back! And it’s making a splash on fashion runways, in the hottest magazines, and on the coolest indie craft blogs. No wonder, because patchwork gives stitchers an exciting way to make use of their old fabric scraps; in effect, they’re designing new material by creating original combinations of patterns. Thanks to a pool of talented designers and this new entry in the popular Pretty Little series, anyone can pick out some fabrics and get started. Thirty projects showcase a variety of creative ideas, including funky ornaments, a silk scarf, star pincushions, a yoga-mat carrier, and much more. An introduction teaches the basic techniques, and all the projects appear in full-color, close-up photos.

Pretty Little Patchwork

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T. Colin Campbell

Nelson Disla

An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right

2020 Foreword Indie Award Winner in the “Health” Category From the coauthor of The China Study and author of the New York Times bestselling follow-up, Whole Despite extensive research and overwhelming public information on nutrition and health science, we are more confused than ever—about the foods we eat, what good nutrition looks like, and what it can do for our health. In The Future of Nutrition, T. Colin Campbell cuts through the noise with an in-depth analysis of our historical relationship to the food we eat, the source of our present information overload, and what our current path means for the future—both for individual health and society as a whole. In these pages, Campbell takes on the institution of nutrition itself, unpacking: • Why the institutional emphasis on individual nutrients (instead of whole foods) as a means to explain nutrition has had catastrophic consequences • How our reverence for "high quality" animal protein has distorted our understanding of cholesterol, saturated fat, unsaturated fat, environmental carcinogens, and more • Why mainstream food and nutrient recommendations and public policy favor corporate interests over that of personal and planetary health • How we can ensure that public nutrition literacy can prevent and treat personal illness more effectively and economically The Future of Nutrition offers a fascinating deep-dive behind the curtain of the field of nutrition—with implications both for our health and for the practice of science itself.

The Future of Nutrition

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Nancy Schwab

Crease on back cover as seen in photo. Otherwise, all pages and binding clean and intact.

Yes you can finish your nuno felt project in under one hour! Learn to nuno felt faster & better using tips & techniques that lead to better results! Intended for the nuno felter with medium level experience and skills, not a basic how-to. Includes special detailed chapters on how to use a microwave, a portable electric sander and how to pick the best fabrics & fibers plus quick & easy ways to fix mistakes. Second edition.

Nuno Felting Tips and Tricks - Second Edition

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Kathleen Taylor

All pages, cover and binding clean and intact. Truly like new.

Discover the Magic of Knitted Felt with 25 Easy Patterns

Presents step-by-step instructions and twenty-five patterns to create a variety of hats, bags, slippers, and mittens.

Knit One, Felt Too

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Beverly Galeskas

All pages, cover and binding clean and intact. Black marker line along edge of barcode on back. 

Knitters will find specific techniques and instructions for felting their knitting in this detailed step-by-step introduction, including how to felt on purpose and not by mistake, techniques for both hand and machine felting, and choosing and testing yarns. They'll also learn whether knitting swatches is really necessary and how big to knit a piece before felting. Twenty-four detailed projects include stylish bags, totes, hats, and mittens; warm and fuzzy vests and slippers; and decorative pillows, placemats, and coasters. With a section on embellishing felting and felting on felt (needle felting), knitters will be inspired to create these beautiful projects for friends and family, from the baby's first felt hat to the furry slippers for cold winter nights.

Felted Knits

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Tina Skinner

Penny Rugs and Pretty Things from Recycled Wool

It costs very little to get started, the skills are easy to master, and the projects take only a few hours. You'll quickly be addicted to this enjoyable craft; and friends and family will rave about their gifts. Christmas ornaments, decorative penny rugs, pretty pouches, and floral brooches are among the featured projects. With some recycled old wool clothing, a few pretty yarns and threads, sharp scissors, and a good needle, you're on your way, and this is a portable craft that tucks in a purse and goes with you to boring meetings, hockey matches, and doctors' waiting rooms. Clear, illustrated instructions and templates will help you create dozens of fun projects.

Fun Felt Crafts

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Jason Thompson

Creases on back cover as noted on photos. All pages and binding intact.

The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book

In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art.

The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, upcycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques, along with a healthy dose of experimentation and fun.The beautiful high-end presentation and stunning photography make this book a delightful, must-have volume for any book-loving artist or art-loving book collector.

Playing with Books

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Erin Zamrzla

20 Bookbinding Projects for Explorers, Travelers, and Nature Lovers

The handmade books presented here are meant to spark outings and offer creative ways for you to explore your personal style and interests: Make treasure hunts even more special with a personalized Treasure Hunt Collection Bag and Notebook. Take notes at the beach with a Waterproof Book made with Tyvek pages. Make a canvas-covered Camping Songbook to take with you to the campsite. In this collection of twenty Japanese bookbinding projects, traditional techniques meet contemporary style, from easy-to-fold accordion books to the intricate Japanese stab-stitch bindings. Book artist Erin Zamrzla makes bookbinding easy and unintimidating. Her clear step-by-step instructions make even the more complicated stitches easy to re-create. Information on the basics of bookbinding—including terminology, tools, and techniques—is included, and many projects encourage the creative use of ordinary and recycled materials. The projects are: Everyday Outings • Grocery List Pad • Lunch Box Notes • Necklace Book • Cross-Stitch Cover • Write Your Own Story Journal Outdoor Play • Treasure Hunt Collection Bag and Notebook • Little League Score Book • Waterproof Book • Bicycle Book • Texture Collector Nature Excursions • Observation Journal • Leaf and Flower Press • Fishing Log • Stargazing Log • Camping Songbook Road Trips • Tiny Tickets Memorabilia Book • Photo Notes • Notes from the Road Postcard Book • Fold-Out Map Booklet • Things to Check Out

Handmade Books for Everyday Adventures

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Mary Reimer

Heidi Reimer-Epp

Cover, pages and binding intact. Some impressions on the front cover, likely from writing on a paper placed over the cover. Good readable condition.

300 Papermaking Recipes

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Paul Jackson

Purchased used and have read through. Cover corners slightly bent. Cover, pages and binding intact. 

Creating Beautiful Things with Origami, Papier Mâchê, Pop-Ups and Other Papercrafts

Describes a variety of art techniques that involve paper, including origami, papier mache, decoupage, weaving, and others; and features illustrated instructions for numerous projects, and photographs of finished works.

Artistry in Paper

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Terry Taylor

Purchased used and have read through it. Red dot remains mark on bottom edge. Cover corners a bit dented. Completely readable with no missing or torn pages. Intact binding.

Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin

A collection of projects and ideas for making books out of common everyday items normally placed in the recycle bin.

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