Collage is a wonderful way to display the ephemera, notions, and scrap materials that are meaningful and pleasing to you. What's more, the techniques are well suited to card-making which is the focus of this project-filled beginner's guide.

Beads offer endless creative potential. Combine them with the fun of handmade cards, and the sky's the limit! This entry in a new beginner-friendly, richly photographed series explains exactly how to pair the two crafts perfectly. Creating the cards requires only straightforward techniques, such as sewing, gluing, or wiring the beads-all thoroughly explained in a basics section-and most projects require just a few simple steps.

Youngsters can create a brilliant bouquet of garden flowers by coloring drawings of cone flowers, sweet William, columbines, irises, fuchsia, pansies, and cosmos. To color, use felt-tip pens, crayons, paints, or other media and place near a source of bright light for glowing effects.

Paper quilling is enjoying a bold resurgence, with artists who are reinterpreting and revitalising the technique with exciting new ideas. These 50 diverse designs feature breathtaking quilled cards for holidays, special occasions and just for fun. Start with simple, fundamental forms, all shown in close-up photographs that novices can easily follow: a tight roll, teardrop, square, scroll and more.

Good things come in small packages and this is the perfect, fun-size travel companion. Take this coloring book with you on trips, to the doctor's office, or anywhere you need to pass the time. It has 50 original, hand-drawn pages with varying images for any skill level and all ages. The styles range from geometric to floral and have an abstract twist to them.

Create a fun, stylish new wardrobe from tired old pieces and found treasures! Cynthia shows you step-by-step how to take what you have on hand and turn it into unique, eco-friendly fashion. • Only basic machine- and hand-sewing skills required • Tips for sourcing materials and adding details and embellishments • Colorful ideas for creating one-of-a-kind fashions on a budget

Research-based mini units to encourage students to learn more about their country.

Twenty-eight full-page, ready-to-color illustrations from one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages depict Celtic spirals and interlacings, celestial figures, saints, Celtic crosses, and other finely detailed elements.

Friends Fire Truck and Dragon demonstrate what a good team they make at campfires, cookouts, birthday parties, and more, but in unexpected and unimpressive ways.

Dressing Nifty After Fifty is the quintessential guide for any woman over the age of 50 who wants to create a simple, stylish wardrobe. While the challenge for women over 50 and the upcoming baby boomers is to figure out the how, when, where and why of the rest of their lives, no matter what - the one problem that continues throughout their lives is what to wear. Dressing Nifty After Fifty provides the answer. Just as one size does not fit all, one wardrobe does not fit all. The process outlined is highly individualized, asking the reader to list of her activities during a typical 14-day period, learn about the clothes that flatter her body type and make her appear thinner and taller, and complete the easy steps to a personalized wardrobe plan. Tips are included for clothing maintenance, shopping, grooming, travel, and ways to stay gorgeous as time goes by.