The ideal accompaniment to every store's silk floral section, this guide shows crafters and home decorators how to create beautiful and timeless silk floral arrangements that make every holiday even more special. From garlands and table arrangements to door decorations, it features 19 step-by-step projects for a range of festive holidays, including Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Each project includes complete materials lists, numbered steps and in-depth instructions that guarantee gorgeous results. Inspiring beauty shots show every arrangement in glowing detail, and a special "Getting Started" section covers basic techniques and supplies. Best of all, floral styles range from traditional to contemporary, providing the perfect project for every decor.

This resource gives novice knitters easy-to-follow instructions and tips for creating beautiful picture knits the first time out! With more than 50 color designs and motifs, knitters will discover a variety of fun and simple projects in this guaranteed guide to success. Row-by-row instructions and color charts easily lead knitters through motifs of varying difficulty. This unbeatable reference features motifs of geometric shapes, birds, flowers and childhood themes, which can easily be incorporated into purses, bags, sweaters and wall hangings. -More than 50 full-color illustrations easily guide knitters through projects -Level of difficulty indicator helps knitters prioritize projects -Easy-to-follow instructions suit any level knitter

Santa Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundredsof thousands have scoured Christine Mather’s previous books, eagerto incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now,in Santa Fe Houses, Mather combines concrete and practicalhome-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of herlongtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an invaluable guidefor anyone interested in building, decorating, or remodeling a homein Santa Fe style. Santa Fe Houses draws inspiration from the four traditionalNative American elements—fire, earth, water, and air—and shows howthey can be used to wonderful effect in kitchens and dining rooms,entry-ways and living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, porches, andpatios. Along the way, Mather showcases furniture, rugs, lighting,hardware, tiles, shutters, and other expressions of the Santa Felook, and ends with a comprehensive directory of sources.

THE ACCESSORIES WE DISPLAY, THEIR COLOR AND TEXTURE, abundanceor restraint, similarity or variety, combine to establish a uniquepersonality for each room. The way we put them together is art.Focusing on tablescapes, wall decorations, mantels, and fabrics,Charles shows not just the results, but the wonderful journey andprocess of giving a room its soul and identity. Charles Faudree wasnamed one of America s top 100 designers. He maintains a retailshop and his Charles Faudree Collection of fabric is marketedthrough Vervain. He s the author of four previous books publishedby Gibbs Smith. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jenifer Jordan hasbeen a photographer of home interiors and architecture for morethan 25 years. She has photographed all of Charles Faudree s booksand also Modern Country. She lives in Tulsa. Finishingaccessories-by far the most important part of decorating

Learn how to make the most of available space, set uppractical anti-clutter systems, organize hot spot storage and findstorage space in places you never dreamed of.

Hit the Road and leave your comfort zone behind. Step aboard a four-wheeled home that allows you the freedom to stay wherever you want, whenever you want, and however you want. Watch the passing landscapes, follow the desire to see what is just over the horizon line, and escape from modern monotony. Be it the story of a couple that traveled across Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom in a Volkswagen T4 on a journey to enrich their culinary education to a trek from one tip of Canada to the other behind the wheel of a Honda Element with the aurora borealis as a guiding light to a group of friends who perseveringly drove a Porsche 944 from England to Cape Town: Hit the Road welcomes you to follow these nomads and their journeys with stunning photography and details of their intrepid transportation. Rides range from classic Volkswagen Bullis to refurbished Airstream trailers and unstoppable 4x4s. From the deserts of Africa to the snow-capped mountains of Mongolia: prepare to hit the road.

Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 978-0762452385 Author 作者 Climo, Liz Pages Number 页数 160页 Publisher 出版社 Running Press Book Publishers Publication Date 出版日期 2014年09月23日 Product Dimensions 商品尺寸 1.9 x 17.8 x 24.1 cm Language 语种 ENG Book Contents 内容简介 Artist Liz Climo has charmed her fans with her comic world of whimsical animal characters, where everyone from grizzly bears, dinosaurs, rabbits, and anteaters grapple with everyday life with wit and humor. Through her comics, we discover that an armadillo can dress for Halloween, a dinosaur can be a loving parent ... and a rhino can squeeze orange juice This new collection features more than 100 of her comics, starring her beloved characters in all kinds of funny situations, from celebrating holidays to helping friends. Liz Climo is a character artist for The Simpsons TV series and has worked on The Lebrons and Seth Macfarlane's Cavalcade o

An attractive alternative to piecing traditional patterns! *Discover the fun of folding fabric pieces and make your quilts more visually interesting without adding complex cutting and piecing steps. *Enjoy 15 simple folding techniques, then apply these techniques in 11 fabulous quilt projects. A bonus section includes 5 more folding techniques for endless pattern possibilities. *Realistic, step-by-step illustrations make folding fabric a snap! Each project is complete with yardage, cutting, and sewing instructions. *To illustrate the abundant applications of folded fabric, a colorful gallery showcases photos of blocks and block combinations - all made using the various folding techniques in the book. AUTHORBIO: Joyce received a National Quilting Association grant to study the use of Native American designs by quilters. This study directly led to Joyce writing five books. She has now written over a dozen books and 70 articles on quilting subjects. Quilting appeals to Joyce for the aspects of encouraging creati

It is an indispensible visual resourcefor anyone looking for interior design inspiration. Although oftenseen as functional and formal, the dining room is one of the mostimportant rooms in any home - it is a space that projects yourpersonality and style more than any other. Filled with superbfull-colour photography, "Design Inside: Dining Rooms" is an idealsource of inspiration and guidance for anyone wanting to createtheir perfect dining space.

This book helps designers handle those odd projects by detailing all the inside info they so desperately need--from specs and templates, to quick fixes and gritty solutions. Projects cover: * menus, order forms, catalogs and annual reports * compact disks, hang tags, labels, polybags and videos * book covers and magazines * self-mailers, invitations, advertisements and solicitations * signage, billboards and trade show booths * awards, forms, buttons, tickets and more Designers will find a bounty of approaches and solutions, insider advice for working with printers, photographers, illustrators, and tips for stopping emergencies before they start. Scott Boylston is a professor of graphic design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He previously worked as an art director for a New York City design firm, where he developed packaging for cosmetic companies, including Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, and Yves Saint Laurent. * Provides sketches, illustrations and instructions

Fashionary Bag Design book is the most practical bag encyclopedia, a complete handbook for bag designers and bag lovers. Differential from ordinary bag design books, the Fashionary Bag Design is a complete handbook focusing on the practical needs of handbag designers.,

Learn how to create breathtaking bouquets from the masterflorists of Flower School New York. Trendsetting celebritydesigners, whose high-profile clients include Calvin Klein, GiorgioArmani, Anna Wintour, Gucci, and Tom Ford, join forces withentrepreneur Eileen Johnson at this famed floral arranging school.They now offer instruction and insight into the art and aestheticof flower arranging taught by a faculty of world-renowned florists.Discover the tips and techniques for handling and combining flowersand creating hand-tied bouquets, seasonal arrangements, flowers forentertaining, mixing flowers and fashion, and much more.

美国园艺作家对花园芳香的一次带插图的完整概述。 受欢迎的园艺作家Ken Druse在一部充满新知识的重要著作中对花园的芳香进行了全面概述。他将我们熟悉的和不同寻常的园林植物、灌木和树木分成12类，为园艺师们提供了类别广泛的香味供他们探索和享受，他还提供了能给人带来和谐香味愉悦感的花园设计实例。Ellen Hoverkamp贡献了由她拍摄的在文章中讨论的花卉和植物的巧妙的植物图像。这些配上Druse获奖的花园照片，创造出一本外观漂亮，富含信息量又引人遐想的书。 A complete illustrated survey of fragrance in the garden by America s leading garden writer Popular garden writer Ken Druse offers a complete survey of fragrance in the garden, in a major work filled with new knowledge. He arranges both familiar and unusual garden plants, shrubs, and trees into 12 categories, giving gardeners a vastly expanded palate of scents to explore and