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160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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English
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The creator of the blog Posie Gets Cozy introduces thirty simple, creative, and fun-filled projects for showcasing memorabilia, displaying photographs, and preserving valuable memories, in a craft guide that utilizes a variety of techniques, including hand-sewing, embroidery, appliqué, and stenciling to preserve one's treasured keepsakes.
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xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"How artists work, how they ritualize their days with the comforting (mundane) details of their lives: their daily routines, fears, dreams, naps, eating habits, and other prescribed, finely calibrated "subtle maneuvers" that help them use time, summon up willpower, exercise self-discipline and keep themselves afloat with optimism. Artists considering how they work--in letters, diaries, interviews, beguilingly compiled and edited by Mason Currey. Portraits...
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196 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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By 2025, some 70 percent of the workforce will work remotely at least five days each month. But to succeed, Takako Hirata believes that leaders can't simply transfer what they've been doing in the physical office to the remote environment. It takes new leadership principles. In The Virtual Leader, Takako shares the unique remote work strategies she developed and tested over a decade as Head of International Business Development at ROHTO Pharmaceutical...
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256 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Bursting with fabulous ideas and illustrated with 1100 stunning colour photographs, this comprehensive and practical book is the ultimate guide to card-making, and offers crafters the chance to create truly inspiring cards that will make a lasting impression.
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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If you thought origami was just about making peaceful cranes, flowers, and sailboats, you're in for a wicked treat. Horrorgami is a new and dark way to look at the once gentle art of paper folding. Follow simple step-by-step instructions for creating 25 creepy creatures like evil witches, ghoulish goblins, sinister skulls, fearsome fangs, Frankenstein's Monster, and more. Also included is level of difficulty for each project, a glossary of fiendish...
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xi, 117 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Projects in this book include: DIY flavored edible paper and ink, Self-folding paper models, Light-up paper projects, Paper windmill and paper machines, 3D designs with paper, and Origami and other fold and cut designs.
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128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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English
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Papercutting has a long history, originally as a traditional folk art practised across Europe and North America, and now elevated to new, sophisticated levels. Here, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell presents a stunning collection of 35 papercutting projects, ranging from party decorations, decoupage pictures and paper flowers, to greetings cards and gift tags. All have easy-to-follow instructions, with advice on the best paper to use for a superb result....
95) Holes
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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
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viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we can be more successful in all areas of our lives by...
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160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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English
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Beautiful, sustainable bamboo is one of the most popular materials around for gardens and home décor, the "it" plant of the green movement. This highly regarded introduction to the material, revised and updated, offers rich history, fascinating background and great projects, and illustrates how to contain bamboo in the landscape. It covers all the tools and techniques you need for harvesting, storing, and making things with bamboo. Thirty how-to...
100) Stumpwork
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1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.
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English
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The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. Written by RSN apprentice and tutor Kate Sinton, this book contains an extensive guide to stitches and techniques, as well as guidance on the materials and equipment you need; how to design your own stumpwork embroidery; framing up; and positioning and transferring your design. Each stitch is clearly illustrated with step-by-step...
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