Create distinctive floor coverings to match your home's decor Canvas floorcloths are an inexpensive way to add style and beauty to any room in the house. Whether your style is contemporary or Victorian, elegant or whimsical, a custom-designed floorcloth will transform your ordinary floor into a work of art. And you can do it yourself - it's fun and surprisingly easy. In Fabulous Floorcloths you'll find projects for all skill levels - from the novice crafter to the experienced artist. The complete easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations help you create exactly what you want. No more paying high prices for custom carpeting or area rugs - canvas floorcloths are inexpensive to make and long-lasting. Choose from the 15 projects included or design your own to suit your individual style. Techniques include: • Stamping and veining • Painting • Stenciling • Lattice • Paper decoupage • Paper and fabric applique • Doily spray From "Rainbow Hopscotch" for the game room, "Victorian Lace" for the bedroom, or "Stained Glass" or "Santa Fe" for the family room, you'll find a floorcloth project to complement any decor.

Creating handmade decorator tiles can be fun and easy! This friendly approach to making handmade ceramic tiles demonstrates how to design, fire, and decorate stunning tiles and provides ideas for creatively utilizing them in the home. More than 200 photos guide readers through each step of the creation process and then into four projects: culinary tiles, twig tiles, house numbers, and a mirror. Suitable for every skill level, this book also contains inspiration and insight from established artists from around the country. • Detailed instructions, photographs, and illustrations ensure success • Includes diverse designs and inspiration from artists throughout the country

Why settle for plain floors when you can turn them into decorative accents that add as much to the beauty of your home as the furniture? From dramatic backdrops with broad expanses of colour to repeated stamped motifs, you can make masterpieces underfoot - indoors and out and even up the stairs.

Can add a personal touch or professional finish to beautiful handcrafted work -- but making the letters is often an area of struggle for even the most gifted crafter. In this useful guidebook, you'll find simple instructions, practical tools, and traceable templates for crafters seeking to embellish their work with the power of words. Here are approachable, easy-to-learn calligraphy secrets that don't require hours of practice, along with practical lettering advice for the range of crafts surfaces, from paper and fabric, to glass and wood. Romantic, Modern, Decorative, and Vintage lettering offers a universe of choices -- practical applications on everything from frames and clocks, to lamp shades, plates, and journals provide wonderful crafting inspiration. Book jacket.

Completely revised and updated. Chapters have been rewritten. Also added in a substantial new chapter on contemporary Maori and Pacific Island painting, as well as an acknowledgement of the coming wave of Asian artists.

“Lavishly illustrated. Clear, easy-to-follow directions.”—Library Journal. “A creative way to splash color and de-sign across your floors. Covers a wide range of innovative techniques from sponging to collage.”—The Washington Times. “Helps you decorate floors with eye-catching results. Plenty of samples are at hand displaying a wide range of styles.”—Decorative Artist’s Workbook.

Applies the principles of scrapbooking--using punches and decorative paper edgers--to upscale home decorating projects. Step-by-step photography shows crafters how to make an Asian lantern, create a personalized border for a teenager's room, decorate furniture with an inlaid wood pattern, achieve a tin ceiling tile look, and complete more than 50 projects for the home.

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

"Includes comprehensive information on installing, repairing and maintaining all of the most common and popular floor types"--Provided by publisher.

Paint Imaginative Murals Especially for Kids! Transform an ordinary room into a playground of imagination. Creative Kids' Murals You Can Paint blends inspiration with instruction so you can create the perfect mural for every special child you know. More than 50 whimsical wall paintings by author and children's muralist, Suzanne Whitaker, offer you a range of unique ideas, themes and color combinations, complete with 32 step-by-step demonstrations that make these murals easy and fun to recreate on your own walls. All the guidance you need is in this book, including: • Start-to-finish steps for painting kids' favorites like a castle, Mother Goose characters, sports paraphernalia, bunnies, dog and cat, letters, numbers and much more • Clear instruction for choosing materials, performing basic techniques, preparing surfaces, selecting colors and creating customized compositions • Several theme-based galleries of additional designs for extra inspiration You can paint murals exactly as they're shown or use them as a jumping off point to design your own. These step-by-step demos allow you to mix and match mural components to suit you and your child's preferences. Wow your family and friends! With this guide, you really can paint creative kids' murals.