Learn the secrets to designing showstopping monochromatic arrangements in this spectacular guide from floral artist Kiana Underwood. Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. Organized by season, the book includes how-tos for 40 arrangements- including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design...

Quick and easy doesn't mean boring, as this vibrant crochet guide attests. Twenty-four simple patterns, each of which can be finished in 24 hours or less, include garments, bags, and home accessories. They're easy to pick up whenever you have a few moments to spare - but they're hard to put down! You'll be amazed at what you can create in such a short time. Patterns include stylish hats, scarves, sweaters, and purses as well as afghans, doilies,...

Girls will love creating crafts for their rooms that reflect their style and personality with these fun-to-make decorations. Using low-cost or no-cost materials, girls can make over their rooms and create colorful getaways!

Step-by-step instructions with full-color illustrations introduce Valentine's Day crafts, including paper hearts, heart flowers, and Valentine's Day cards.

Discover how to transform jellyroll scraps into stunning little quilts and wonderful patchwork gifts with this gorgeous book. Packed with 30 colorful and inventive projects-and all the techniques needed to create them-this book contains an abundance of guidance and inspiration for quilters and patchworkers of all abilities. The book is broken down into two sections: "little quilts" and "gifts." Each section contains a comprehensive step-by-step photographic...

This text teaches readers how to locate library resources to bring their creative ideas to fruition. The author shares her hunting and gathering tips with creatives of all types, informing on how to access inspiring resources online and in person, such as historic watermarks and millinery instructions or Japanese family crests, both online and in person. She also showcases the work of artists who have collaborated with her.

Plant a pumpkinseed with a child, and cultivate wonder. This simple act of reconnecting with children with nature is Sharon Lovejoy's purpose and joy and gift. Author of Sunflower Houses: Garden Discoveries for Children of All Ages and Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart, Sharon Lovejoy is a nationally known garden writer whose books, television specials, and projects at her learning landscape in California have introduced thousands...

Provides information on Native Americans with instructions for creating a number of inspired crafts.

Shares instructions for creating Earth-themed craft projects, including turning recycled paper into a barrette, giving old shoes new life with painted shark portraits, and building a beehive out of used straws.