The Queen of Crafting turns her attention to one of today's hottest crafting mediums, Paper! Paper Crafting with Carol Duvall contains chapters on cards, containers, photo displays, home decor, paper & beads and a special section devoted to paper--plus! Step-by-step instructions make the more than 55 projects quick and easy to complete. Carol also reveals her favorite hints and tips for working with paper.

In the time it takes to pick out a card at the store, you can fold a beautiful, handmade card specifically designed for your special someone. With Origami Card Craft, you can impress your friends with origami-inspired cards, boxes, and envelopes that pop up, fan out, and even hold hidden messages. Wow your sweetie with the Fold-Out Heart card or give a thank you to be remembered with the Pinwheel card. Here you’ll also learn to make five different envelopes to store and protect your creations. With over 25 years of experience in origami and paper crafting, author Karen Elaine Thomas shows you how easy it is to create unique cards out of folded paper, and gives you the skills necessary to read any origami pattern, in any language. With a few basic techniques under your belt and the endless opportunities that paper offers, there’s no limit to the dazzling cards you can create simply and quickly.

"This book shows how to sew a whole menagerie of wonderful handmade stuffed animals, creatures, and veggies, plus cute habitats for your creations to hang out in."--Page 4 of cover.

Sixteen step-by-step craft projects, ranging from baby room decorations to decorative embroidery, from birth announcements to memory projects are included here, with baby care information and facts. Many of the projects start with a plain item for the crafter to embellish, using the templates.

Nowadays glitter is a sophisticated, high-quality product available in hundreds of shades, sizes, and styles. Barbara Trombley discusses the difference between opaque and transparent glitters, the diverse sizes, from chunky to ultra fine, the categories of sheen, appropriate adhesives, and a variety of exciting techniques.

My Dolly Looks Just Like Me! Every little girl loves to dress up her dolly. What could be cuter than dressing up dolly to look just like her! Learn to sew charming coordinating outfits for girls and their 18" dolls with Sew Fun for Girls and Dolls. Sixteen complete projects are provided for creating delightful matching clothes and accessories for the girl in your life and the doll in hers. Step-by-step photographs, instructions, and patterns make it easy to complete each project using only basic sewing techniques, tools, and supplies. Personalize each outfit with your own choices of fabric and color. Your special girl will always remember the love that you put into her happy playtime. Learn to sew adorable matching outfits for 3- to 13-year-old girls and their 18" dolls: - Bandana Apron - Beach Cover-Up & Bucket Purse - Beauty Queen Sash - Cat & Mouse Scarf & Purse - Tooth Fairy Pillow Case With Pocket - Flower Fairy Skirt & Top - Ladybug Cape & Headband - Slumber Party Sleeping Bag

The host of HGTV’s Knitty Gritty presents “craftographies” of the most influential designers in the industry and profiles of under-the-radar newbies. Bestselling author and stitchery dynamo Vickie Howell puts down her needles to pay tribute to her fellow crafters! Her extraordinary new collection features interviews with thirty successful professional craftspeople as well as profiles of a diverse group of approximately sixty amateurs. And every interview includes a photo of the subject, plus a peek at their work or their studio. This project—a true labor of love—also documents how social networking sites, groups like Stitch ’n’ Bitch, and alternative sales outlets such as Etsy have helped create a close community of crafters passionate about their work and each other. Includes interviews with such influential crafters, designers, and business people as: Renowned quilter Denyse Schmidt The Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo Artist and designer Mary Engelbreit Emmy-nominated host of Creative Juice, Cathie Filian Indie craft documentarian Faythe Levine Scrapbooking legend Sandi Genovese Project Runway winner and fabric designer Jay McCarroll TV Host and author Mark Montano Craft pioneer Carol Duvall Famed fabric designer Amy Butler “Bad ass!”—Christina Batch-Lee, marketing for Etsy “The kind of book you can’t stop devouring from the moment you open the cover and when you’ve finished reading you’re hungry for more . . . It’s the kind of book that changes lives.” —Margot Potter, The Impatient Crafter “[Vickie’s] heart, soul and intentions [with Craft Corps] are touching, and crazy cool!”—Amy Butler, world-renowned fabric designer

Discover how to transform mason jars into modern gifts, decorations, storage, and party trimmings, with decoupage, stencil, glitter, paint, light, embellishments, and more.

Soft, light air-dry clay is the perfect material for everyone from grade school crafters to professional sculptors. Here is everything you need to know. Learn the basics of working with clay. Develop your skills and know-how. Sculpt amazing designs to give as gifts. Create functional art for practical uses. You will discover amazing abilities you may not have realized you possessed. Plus, it's perfect for any age, so you can get the kids involved. Clay art is a wonderful rainy-day activity that entertains the whole family! Try creating with hearty clay. It is an easily worked material that doesn't require heat to cure. It's easy to work with on small projects. For bigger projects, this book contains advice on the simple steps you can take to ensure that your clay doesn't dry out. Coloring clay is another way to add pizazz to your work. Hearty clay provides a color clay scale that will give you perfect outcomes every time you mix and blend. The results of your efforts will pay off in beautiful, colorful forms. Your clay can be rolled in a pasta maker, torn, or cut. Use decorative scissors for an additional design element. Hand-rolling and stamping are great options as well. Punch, press, or emboss amusing shapes into clay. Co-authors Donna Kato, Emi Fukushima, and Ting-Yao Chen bring an unmatched pool of knowledge to you. They'll inspire you with their many ideas, including: *Cards: shape unique sentimental expressions *Blended Vessels: mold pencil holders and more *Dolls: fashion intricate and endearing figures *Florals: encourage fabulous flowers to bloom *Blended Masks: decorate intriguing elements of home decor *Containers: fabricate trinket boxes, bowls, and more. The only limit for what you can create is your own imagination!