Sustainable Crafts, Gifts and Projects for All Seasons


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Take advantage of nature’s bounty and craft in time with the seasons! Whether potting up dandelion honey, cooking and crafting with rose petals or preserving autumn leaves and acorns, there are so many wonderful gifts, ornaments and treats that can be made from either a short walk in the woods or a rummage in your cupboard. With an emphasis on foraging and upcycling, Becci explores the ways we can create beautiful projects using materials readily available in the garden and home. Upcycled projects include gorgeous home textiles woven from bed linen, mini lampshade fairy lights for a summer’s evening and even a fabulous picnic table from an old suitcase. Capture the breeze of autumn with wind chimes made from old necklaces and cutlery and learn how to felt old sweaters, turning them into cosy wreaths, brooches and purses for winter. There is also a section on working with willow, with projects encompassing everything from woven bird-feeders (with home-made fat balls!) to festive ornaments.




Bible Crafts for All Seasons


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Bible Crafts for All Seasons provides you with over 50+ unique crafts that are flexible enough to be used with large or small groups and that require simple, inexpensive supplies. Plus theyoucan select the difficulty level to fit the skill-level of the class! Covering not only major holidays and seasons, but also special days such as birthdays, Grandparents Day, Back-to-school, Friendship Day and more, Bible Crafts for All Seasons is sure to be a favorite resource teachers reach for again and again!




Pressed Flower Art


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The art of using pressed flower materials to create pictures and designs has been popular throughout history in cultures around the world. Acclaimed artist W. Eugene Burkhart Jr. passes on the craft in this handy, full-color how-to guide, sharing information on tools and materials, detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs that demonstrate basic skills, an assortment of projects, patterns and design ideas, tips for choosing the right frame, and more. Hidden lay-flat spiral binding for easy use.




Crafts for All Seasons


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Charming holiday crafts and projects related to each season, including elegant wreaths, winsome quilts, decorative painting crafts, and so much more Step-by-step instructions and photographs as well as beautiful color photos of the finished projects 160 pages in a durable spiral binding that lays open to make following instructions easier than ever.




Clay Art for All Seasons


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Easy-to-follow instructions for making soft air-dry clay creations including works of art like the classic rose, tropical hibiscus, and elegant orchid. Also includes seasonal and holiday crafts and decorative ideas. Step-by-step guidelines and stunning photos make this exquisite art form accessible to all.




Crafts Throughout the Year


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Teaching religious education can be a challenge. Crafts Throughout the Year is a fun and informational way to help kids learn about scripture and the tenets of faith by doing crafts.




Flowercrafts


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The Storytime Handbook


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Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.




Fashion Victims


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From insidious murder weapons to blaze-igniting crinolines, clothing has been the cause of death, disease and madness throughout history, by accident and design. Clothing is designed to protect, shield and comfort us, yet lurking amongst seemingly innocuous garments we find hats laced with mercury, frocks laden with arsenic and literally 'drop-dead gorgeous' gowns. Fabulously gory and gruesome, Fashion Victims takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the lethal history of women's, men's and children's dress, in myth and reality. Drawing upon surviving fashion objects and numerous visual and textual sources, encompassing louse-ridden military uniforms, accounts of the fiery deaths of Oscar Wilde's half-sisters and dancer Isadora Duncan's accidental strangulation by entangled scarf; the book explores how garments have tormented those who made and wore them, and harmed animals and the environment in the process. Vividly chronicling evidence from Greek mythology to the present day, Matthews David puts everyday apparel under the microscope and unpicks the dark side of fashion. Fashion Victims is lavishly illustrated with over 125 images and is a remarkable resource for everyone from scholars and students to fashion enthusiasts.