The Mini Pressed Flower Kit


Book Description

Here's a way to make special memories last a lifetime! Complete with a mini flower press, acid-free paper for mounting flowers, and a 32page book with instructions and information on the art of pressing flowers, The Mini Pressed Flower Kit contains everything needed to make a keepsake out of any violet, forget-me-not, or buttercup. Also available in a full-size kit




The Mini Pressed Flower Kit (ars Edition)


Book Description

Here's a way to make special memories last a lifetime! Complete with a mini flower press, acid-free paper for mounting flowers, and a 32page book with instructions and information on the art of pressing flowers, The Mini Pressed Flower Kit contains everything needed to make a keepsake out of any violet, forget-me-not, or buttercup. Also available in a full-size kit




Gilded Rosettes Journal (Diary, Notebook)


Book Description

Record your dreams, make grand plans, and discover your true self as you journal within the pages of this elegant journal. Lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty of space for personal reflection, sketching, making lists, or jotting down quotations or poems. Acid-free archival paper takes pen beautifully. Journal cover is a reproduction of a 19th-century gold-tooled binding of a volume of poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who wrote, ''Bless love and hope, true soul; for we are here.'' Sophisticated design is embellished with delicate gold foil tracery. Raised embossing lends dimension. A gold satin ribbon bookmark marks your place. Gilded-gold page edging is a classic touch. Journal measures 6-1/4 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches high. 160 pages.




The Art of Pressed Flowers


Book Description

The craft of pressing flowers helps capture seasonal blossoms at their loveliest, and the results make a splendid decorative accent. They can be pressed into a scrapbook or used in greeting cards, framed arrangements, and other projects. This unique kit, appropriate for older children or adults, contains an easy-to-use wooden flower press, plus an assortment of the special acid-free papers necessary for creating permanent pressed flower pages. The kit makes a great gift for Mother's Day, or for anyone who is passionate about gardening or crafts. The accompanying full-color 64page guide provides complete instructions for a variety of projects based on this venerable and enduringly beautiful pastime.




Harry Potter Crochet


Book Description

Create your own magic with this Harry Potter crochet book! Create your own magic and conjure up these adorable figures of “the boy who lived” and his friends. This book gives step-by-step directions to make Harry Potter, Dobby, and twelve more magical amigurumi models, and the full-color photos will ensure your projects turn out completely enchanting.










Everlastings


Book Description

Everlastings is a celebration of the life of flowers, showcasing the ethereal beauty of dried flowers. Bex Partridge takes you on a journey, starting with practical advice on how to pick flowers both at your home and outdoors, with in-depth descriptions of the many methods of drying blooms, seed heads and foliage, before sharing her favourite ways to style with dried flowers in the home as well as wearable items such as floral crowns and hair clips. The main section of the book features over 20 projects to try at home, all accompanied with beautiful photography. Suitable for both those that have never worked with dried flowers before and the seasoned professionals, the projects span many levels of experience. Bex shares ideas on how to capture the memories and moments of special days, through the gathering and preserving of flowers, to be treasured for years to come. She also shares her knowledge of the ecological benefits of dried flowers, as well as chapters on foraging and thoughts on the meditative benefits of working with dried flowers. Filled with stunning imagery that Bex has become known for online, Everlastings presents a modern take on an age-old craft.




Wonders with Pressed Flowers


Book Description

This book helps you to create innumerable beautiful pressed flower designs to suit your mood, requirement and your gifting needs. Clear step by step instructions and various hints and tips given in the book will assist you to achieve technical perfection, over a period of time. Be further inspired with your own innovative ideas and colour combinations, and stylish designs in a variety of shapes and colours. Whichever flowers you choose and whatever style you follow will ultimately lead to your own unique design.




Herbal Adventures


Book Description

Discover the flavors and uses of common wild plants with this herbalist guide featuring recipes and tips on foraging right outside your door. When we think of wild plants with medicinal or culinary benefits, we typically think of something exotic and obscure. But many of the plants growing in our own neighborhoods can be just as useful and tasty as anything sold in a health food store. In Herbal Adventures, herbalist Rachel Wolf reveals the properties and uses of ten common plants—including chickweeds, dandelions, catnip and others. With the tips and recipes in this book, you can enjoy delicious homemade soda, flower petal pancakes, chickweed pesto, or your own herbal tea. Plus you'll be able to make a soothing balm for cuts and scrapes, syrup to quiet your cough, a rejuvenating herbal hair rinse, and much more! "A real gem . . . a perfect beginners' book no matter your age." —Rosemary Gladstar