The Jolly Book of Boxcraft


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In 'The Jolly Book of Boxcraft' by Patten Beard, readers are taken on a whimsical journey through the art of crafting using simple cardboard materials. The book is filled with step-by-step instructions, creative ideas, and colorful illustrations that inspire readers to unleash their imagination and create one-of-a-kind projects. Beard's writing style is approachable and engaging, making this book a delightful read for craft enthusiasts of all ages. The literary context of this book lies in the DIY and crafting genre, offering a fresh perspective on using everyday materials to create innovative and fun projects. It serves as a unique addition to the world of crafting books, with its focus on boxcraft as a creative outlet. Patten Beard, a seasoned crafter and DIY enthusiast, brings her passion for creativity and recycling to 'The Jolly Book of Boxcraft'. Her background in arts and crafts has led her to appreciate the potential of simple materials like cardboard in sparking creativity and imagination. The author's expertise in this field shines through in the practical tips and tricks shared throughout the book, making it a valuable resource for novice and experienced crafters alike. I highly recommend 'The Jolly Book of Boxcraft' to anyone looking to explore their creativity through crafting. Patten Beard's unique approach to boxcraft is both inspiring and accessible, making it a must-read for those seeking new and innovative ways to express themselves through art and design.







Clever Crafts with Cardboard Boxes


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Calling all clever crafters! Get ready to transform cardboard boxes into fun crafts. Turn sliced cardboard into magnificent mosaic art. Make a mini maze for a marble. Construct a cozy cardboard cottage for a pet. What will you make?




Craft Shaping Society


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This book focusses on the role of craft as a continuing cultural practice and the revival of disappearing skills in contemporary society. It includes twenty-five essays by highly regarded artisans, academics, technologists, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, curators, and researchers from many countries representing a wide range of global craft traditions and innovations. The authors explain their professional practices and creative pathways with knowledge, experience, and passion. They offer insightful analyses of their traditions within their culture and in the marketplace, alongside the evolution of technology as it adapts to support experimentation and business strategies. They write about teaching and research informing their practice; and they explain the importance of their tools and materials in function and form of the objects they make. The essays reveal a poignant expression of their successes, disappointments, and opportunities. This book offers case studies of how artisans have harnessed the traditions of the past alongside the latest design technologies. The authors reveal how global craft is not only a vehicle for self-expression and creativity, but also for being deeply relevant to the world of work, community and environmental sustainability. The book makes the vital link between skills, knowledge, education, and employment, and fills a much-needed niche in Technical, Vocational Education and Training TVET.




The Complete Book of Retro Crafts


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Baby boomers feeling nostalgic, hipsters longing for the handmade, and anyone interested in going retro can stop right here! This is the definitive guide to the fun and quirky world of retro crafts, written by a diva of the style. It’s jam-packed with history and wonderful images from vintage pamphlets, collections, and flea market hunts. Everything memorable is included, from the ridiculous to the sublime, along with the lowdown on collecting, Junking 101, and creating a crafting group. Forty retro-inspired projects run the gamut from glitter frames and matchbox purses to bottlecap men and teacup ladies, plus lovable Plastic Flower Pixies; the Sparkling Sputnik and its desk-top compadre, the Beauty Orb; and the unforgettable Reinbeer. Variations and creative suggestions will keep readers inspired.




Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts


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For nearly 20 years, home crafters have turned to the pages of Martha Stewart Living for all kinds of crafts projects, each presented in the magazine’s inimitable style. Now, the best of those projects, including step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs, have been collected into a single encyclopedia. Organized by topic from A to Z, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts contains complete instructions and brief histories for more than 30 techniques, detailed descriptions of the necessary tools and materials, and easy-to-copy templates. Martha and her team of crafts editors guide readers through each subject, from botanical pressing and decoupage to rubber stamping and wreaths, with characteristic clarity and unparalleled attention to detail. Crafters of all skill and experience levels will appreciate the many variations presented for each technique. For example, candlemaking presents a comprehensive array of poured, rolled, and cutout candles, including instructions for making your own one-of-a-kind rubber candle molds, floating candles, sand candles, and more. Each craft in the book takes on charming new dimensions with innovations that could come only from the team behind Martha Stewart Living. In addition, each entry in Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts is chock-full of tips and advice. Handy glossaries in the entries–such as a comprehensive gem glossary, a glitter glossary, and a color glossary for making tinted wax–are valuable references that crafters will refer to again and again. What’s more, the Tools and Materials section outlines the best essential supplies that every crafter needs to have on hand, and the Sources pages clue readers in to the vendors and suppliers that the magazine’s crafts editors rely on most. Filled with solid technical know-how, and presented with gorgeous color photographs, this handy guide can be read page by page and kept as a lasting reference by crafters and artisans alike.




Self-Love for Kids


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Teach your kids to be confident, independent, and happy with over 150 easy, fun activities you can do with your children to encourage everything from body positivity to positive self-talk. It’s more important than ever to make sure your child develops a strong sense of self-love, even at a young age. But how do you make sure you’re building up their confidence while keeping them safe and exposing them to even greater challenges? Introduce some self-love into your daily routine with over 150 activities specifically designed to keep your child (and their friends) entertained, all while giving them a positive self-view. In Self-Love for Kids, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how self-love, self-esteem, and a growth mindset develop in children and what you can do to support that development. From there, you’ll find games for both a group setting and for some one-on-one time to encourage self-love, such as asking your child to share what they are most proud of and problem-solving activities that will boost their confidence. So, whether you’re looking for new activities to entertain a few friends during playtime, searching for fun (but educational) games you can play with your child yourself, or even interested in ways to include virtual interactions, this book has all the tools you need to help your child build their self-love for a happy, healthy, confident life.




Kayan Kollyn


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Central Idea of the "Kayan Kollyn" Adventure Saga Book. 'Kayan Kollyn' is a fictional adventure and mystical saga story set up in the Atouls World. 'Ellmott' is the almighty power, which works in conjunction with various forms of 'Craffartt.' Craffartt is the ancient craft of the atouls world, in which mysterious powers work. Much of the ellmott mystery is extinct today, but efforts are being made on this land to unravel it. And thousands of miles long- the 'Great Atoulian Mountain Ranges' is the mysterious abode of this Ellmott. "Many people of the 'Atouls Land' adore and bow down the three basic forms of this nature and existence, namely, the Element, the Essence, and the E'light* (pain-n-pleasure) give them the pure thought and wisdom. The Elements are contained within the 'Attor Spiral,' the Essence is contained within the 'Meddo Spiral,' while the E'light is contained within the 'Solloh Spiral,' which were the ancient science, art, and 'Craft' of the land of atouls, THIS ART IS CALLED 'CRAFFARTT*' in atouls world. Empo and Espak are the subtle Ellmott-Elements in 'Atouls World,' "in which Empo is the experience of the mind and the body exists and moves in Espak," This is the ancient belief of Atoulian. When the mind rises above the realm of Empo, it pervades the whole spectrum of a Great Time. When the body's consciousness transcends the boundaries of the finite body, the infinite Ellmott becomes its marvelous abode. But, "how does such merit come about?" Perhaps, a person can touch this land's hidden and mysterious dimensions; however, the answers to the mystery are also unknown. So, Let's dive into this story. The Story: A Seed that Becomes a Huge Tree There are three main geographical areas in the Atouls world; the 'States of Atouls,' 'Nymos town,' and 'Kingdom of the Atouls.' Each region has its uniqueness, while access to the Kingdom, in particular, is not easy. Kayan is a fourteen-year-old boy, Kayan's life is connected to these three geographical areas of the 'Atouls World,' where Kayan learns the ancient 'Atoulian' Esoteric Craft,' which the people of Nymos town call Craffartt*. And, Kollyn, who is a fourteen-year-old girl, is the girl of a nomadic herdsman of the Atoulians Mountains. Special classes of 'Atouls World' reveal the art and science of incorporating the mysterious powers of Existence and the 'Nature' in their various crafts (Craffartts). It was the ancient and extinct heritage of the 'Atouls World.' Accepting whatever is contained within this life is our first gratitude towards life. The ability to think and imagine is one of life's best gifts; If these abilities are used to the fullest, they can do good to oneself and others. And while contemplating, when anyone's thought develops, it first takes the form of a 'Story' because the mind has a good relationship with the story; this story deserves to be told in a language that the world can understand. And, any story becomes exciting and successful only when its 'Subject' can touch by every mind, so it is essential to contemplate the subject of the story constantly; The Effort of the Storytelling has a specific 'Purpose.' Here, I find only three words after a long thought process: fearlessness, freedom, and peace, But this path goes through a lot of conflict and pain; the absolute joy of life is in the journey because, in it, this vast existence is always ready to reveal its Secrets. The Theme: Depth of Time Many Characters walk on the ground; there are a lot of Characters that slide on the ground, hardly anyone floats, and very few are able to fly in the sky of Freedom and Fearlessness. And these characters are associated with all three dimensions of Time, and often a rare character touches even the fourth dimension of Time and Place. This story paints a picture of 'Ancient Times,' At the same Time keeps pace with the 'Present' and takes a flight into the 'Future;' Because Time has always been a witness to the eternal order of life and death. Effect of these Adventure Sagas called 'Kayan Kollyn.' The probability and ability were, are, and will be endless at any time stage; this journey goes through sorrow, pain, anguish, joy, pleasure, and bliss, which are a natural process for parity and purity. However, the new generation is always ready to embrace change. Today's new generation wants to understand the past of various civilizations and wants to enjoy the modern conveniences of the present. With this, they want to give the best direction to their future. This book, this long story divided into parts, I hope it will communicate a new feeling, a new imagination to people of all religions and races once they read and watch; This may inspire them to find answers to their unanswered questions. “KNOWLEDGE-word has a wide and comprehensive meaning in ancient D’Hoptik-Language of Atouls World, Including ‘i am (to be),’ thought, imagination, experience, intuition, dream, sleep, and union with ellmott-power,” master Hyubos said. Attempt as an Author "When the 'living story' descends into the utmost excellence, the mystery opens," It attempts to solve many internal and external unresolved questions of childhood and youth. "I invite you to join this journey wholeheartedly, and I am grateful to you." - V VN Mangukiya.




Party Party


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Moms (and dads) simply can’t get enough of Jenny Dodd’s lifesaving party books, to ensure that their children’s parties are, well, a piece of cake to organise. Party Party continues in similar style to Party Ideas for Children and Party Fun! with an all-new line-up of fabulous themes for the best parties ever, and which won’t break the bank. She guides you on planning, invitations, food (including cake recipes), decorations, themes and entertainment. Best of all the themes are highly adaptable to suit ages from the youngest to teenagers (and sometimes beyond), as well as other types of occasion. Themes are: Dotty Do; Putting Par-tee; Small Affair; Formula One; Birthday Bugs; Cooking Up Fun; Cutting the Ice; Destination Mars; Enchanted Forest; Farmyard Frolics; Feisty Fire Engine; High School Rock; Karate Kicks; My Special Pony; Shipwrecked and Stranded; Soccer World Final; Stone Age; Big Number One; Crime Scene; Travel to Egypt.




The Complete Book of Papercraft


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Over 50 designs for handmade paper, cards, gift-wrapping, decoupage, and manipulating paper.