French-Inspired Jewelry
Creating with Vintage Beads, Buttons & Baubles
Kaari Meng

144 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-096-9
ISBN 13: 9781600590962
$19.95 US
$23.95 Canadian
Hardcover with Jacket
9" x 9"

Celebrated designer Kaari Meng — owner of the Hollywood-based store, French General — invites beaders along to learn all about her distinctive French flea market style. Meng’s projects charm with their vintage flair and feminine beauty, yet all require very little experience to make. Follow Kaari as she digs through her vast personal archives of classic beads and creates unique pieces; along the way she teaches all the basic techniques, from simple wirework to bezel setting, and explains how to build a bead collection, develop a palette, and get exquisite results from easy-to-find reproduction beads. All the chapters are organized by places of inspiration throughout the French countryside, each with its own color scheme and special necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and hair ornaments to craft.

 

Make It in Minutes: Party Favors & Hostess Gifts
Roxi Phillips

128 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-126-4
ISBN 13: 9781600591266
$12.95 US
$14.95 Canadian
Concealed Spiral-Bound Hardcover
6" x 9"

It’s always nice to thank your guests with a memorable take-home gift — or give your hostess a thoughtful token of appreciation. From coaster sets to personalized votives, this charming volume presents 40 quick yet creative projects that say “thank you” beautifully. There are ideas for baby showers (a diaper-shaped goodie cup), girl’s night out (scented soap tied up with ribbons and herbs), children’s birthday parties, weddings, and more. With choices that include handmade note cards packaged with a holder and pen, a goodie-filled “pamper yourself” basket, and a mini-vase made from a glass tube, all the hottest crafting categories are fully represented.

 

Make It in Minutes: Wedding Crafts
Catherine Risling

128 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-228-7
ISBN13: 9781600592287
$12.95 US
$13.95 Canadian
Concealed Spiral-Bound Hard
6" x 9"

Today’s bride is always looking for innovative ways to put her personal stamp on every part of the wedding, to create a day filled with fun and unusual touches. She’ll find plenty of great ideas, inspiration, and projects in this bright and glorious collection, as festive as the event it celebrates. It’s all here, from “save the date” notices to flowers and favors. Fashion beautiful bird’s nest place cards, embellished with tinsel, candied almonds, and guests’ photos. Decorate tables with bead-encrusted pens, hand-designed toasting glasses, and a paper flowers centerpiece. These 40 fabulous items are not only easy and quick to craft (important for the busy bride) but also beautiful.

 

Make It in Minutes: Felt Accessories
Taylor Hagerty

128 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-127-2
ISBN 13: 9781600591273
$12.95 US
$14.95 Canadian
Concealed Spiral-Bound Hardcover
6" x 9"

Lovely and vibrant, embroidered felted wool is the perfect material for delightful, durable accessories. Each of these small projects can be made using readily available felted wool sheets, but more ambitious crafters will find a handy primer on creating and dyeing felt from scratch. (There’s even a shortcut for shrinking an old knitted item into “fast felt.”) Explore a simple guide to fundamental embroidery stitches, including beading techniques. Lovely watercolors illustrate each stitch. Forty projects range from a change purse and cell phone cover to a pincushion, needle holder, and sewing kit.

 

French-Inspired Jewelry
Creating with Vintage Beads, Buttons & Baubles
Kaari Meng

144 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-096-9
ISBN 13: 9781600590962
$19.95 US
$23.95 Canadian
Hardcover with Jacket
9" x 9"

Celebrated designer Kaari Meng — owner of the Hollywood-based store, French General — invites beaders along to learn all about her distinctive French flea market style. Meng’s projects charm with their vintage flair and feminine beauty, yet all require very little experience to make. Follow Kaari as she digs through her vast personal archives of classic beads and creates unique pieces; along the way she teaches all the basic techniques, from simple wirework to bezel setting, and explains how to build a bead collection, develop a palette, and get exquisite results from easy-to-find reproduction beads. All the chapters are organized by places of inspiration throughout the French countryside, each with its own color scheme and special necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and hair ornaments to craft.

 

Crowns & Tiaras
Add a Little Sparkle, Glitter & Glamour to Every Day
Kerri Judd & Danyel Montecinos

128 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-097-7
ISBN 13: 9781600590979
$14.95 US
$17.95 Canadian
Paper
9" x 9"

For the world’s best mom, cherished girlfriend, or diva in need of adoration, this royal volume presents more than 35 projects for a proper coronation. Written in the sparkly spirit of celebration, its fabulous creations are adorned with everything from silk flowers to glitter and beads, and fashioned from bases made of wire, paper, cardboard, or even a store-bought headband. Add glamour to girl’s night out with glimmering tiaras crafted from salvaged costume jewelry. Make a Sweet 16 unforgettable with a gold filigree crown. Each one is fit for a real princess, and appears in a shimmering close-up shot.

Tinsel Trading Company Beautiful Bedrooms with Ribbons & Trims
Marcia Ceppos, foreword by Martha Stewart

128 pages
ISBN: 1-4027-2566-3
ISBN 13: 9781402725661
$24.95 US
$35.95 Canadian
Hardcover with Jacket
8 1/2" x 10"

Tinsel Trading Co., is one of Martha Stewart’s favorite stores — and as she notes in her foreword, “[this] lovely book… introduces all of us to even more opportunities and possibilities found at this extraordinary establishment.”

In business since 1933, Tinsel Trading Co. is where the biggest designers in New York get their embellishments — from ribbons and tassels to textiles and appliqués. Marcia Ceppos owns this treasure shop, and she, with many of her top-name customers, has contributed designs to this collection of spectacular bedroom projects. Shown in color-saturated pictures, they showcase the elegant, vintage style so popular at present. And even though the rich and famous look to Tinsel Trading Co. for their needs, all these items are well within the average family’s budget.

 

Red Hats & the Women Who Wear Them
Foreword by Exalted Queen Mother Sue Ellen Cooper

128 pages
ISBN: 1-57990-994-9
ISBN 13: 9781579909949
$14.95 US
$19.95 Canadian
Paperback
8 7/8" x 8 7/8"

A fun and vibrant celebration of red hats and the women who wear them. On festive display here are some of the most amazing, unique, elegant, and just plain wacky works of millinery art ever designed since the first red hat was donned in 1997. Best of all, the models showing off the impressive headgear are the very inspirational ladies who created them. These women happily offer colorful commentary on their handiwork, from information on the hats’ construction to anecdotes about the reactions they evoke. Irresistible, proud Red Hat hattitude shines through in chapters such as Hoity Toity Crowning Glories, Mad Hatter Tea-Time Toppers, Blooming Brims, and, best of all, Over-the-Top Hats.

An introduction by Founder and Exalted Queen Mother Sue Ellen Cooper (author of the bestselling Fun and Friendship After Fifty) focuses on the history of the hat, fun hat facts, and the basics of embellishing a hat — and the sassy Ruby Red Hat provides amusing narration throughout.

Make It in Minutes: Faux Flower Arrangements
Melody Thompson

128 pages
ISBN: 1-60059-203-1
ISBN 13: 9781600592034
$12.95 US
$14.95 Canadian
Concealed Spiral-Bound Hardcover

The craft of faux flower arranging is ready for a contemporary update — and Melody Thompson, a Texas Master Florist, is just the person to do it. Founder of a successful Austin, Texas floral boutique, Melody has extensive experience creating personal and original designs for weddings and special events. Here, she reveals her secrets for getting professional results in less than one hour. Vivid color photos display 40 beautiful and varied arrangements and styles for accents, centerpieces, wreaths, topiaries, and bouquets.