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Sewing in No Time: 50 Step-by-step Weekend Projects Made Easy
Emma Hardy
Cico., 2008
Lovely projects to complete easily and quickly
My favorite craft magazine is Marie Claire Idees even though I speak very little French. When I see a project in the magazine that I'd like to make, I painstakingly translate the instructions with the help of a French/English dictionary.
Looking through this book ...
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Joey Yap's Pure Feng Shui
Joey Yap
Cico, 2008
A true Classical/Authentic Feng Shui Author
Let me first say that there are few Classical/Authentic Feng Shui experts out there. Even fewer (almost non-existent) English authors. When I began researching the subject Joey Yap was at that time the ONLY English Author I could find any books from.
I would ...
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Green Crafts for Children
Emma Hardy
Cico, 2008
What better way to encourage children to be creative than with fun ideas for traditional crafts using natural, recycled, and found materials? "Green Crafts for Children" by Emma Hardy has four chapters, each focusing on a different organic craft. The Salt Dough chapter shows how simple it is to mix flour, water and salt to design beads, ...
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The Book of Celtic Symbols: Symbols, Stories & Blessings for Everyday Living
Joules Taylor
Cico., 2008
Celtic Symols
This is an excellent book for a someone who is not familiar with Celtic symbolism and is beginning their journey. It is very readable and nicely illustrated but could have had more detail.
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Origami for Children: 35 Easy-to-follow Step-by-step Projects
Mari Ono, Roshin Ono
Cico, 2008
Origami for Children is the perfect introduction to origami, the fun Japanese papercraft for parents and children of all ages. Divided into six sections, the projects cover a whole range of themes, from classic origami designs such as animals to party decorations and modern vehicles. There?s even a project showing how to create the classic ...
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Creating the French Look: Inspirational Ideas and 25 Step-by-step Projects
Annie Sloan
Cico., 2008
Helpful Book
This book has wonderful pictures and helpful instructions to create the French look. Couldn't have come at a better time since we're redoing our kitchen in French Country style.
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How to Make Polymer Clay Beads: 35 Step-by-step Projects Show How to Make Beautiful Beads and Jewelry
Linda Peterson
Cico., 2008
Just what I was looking for...
I think that I own or have read just about every polymer clay book out there. This one has some recipes for faux gemstones that I haven't seen in any of the others, particularly one for turquoise that can produce a flat surfaced object instead of the bumpy surface ...
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Wire & Bead Celtic Jewelry: 35 Quick and Stylish Projects
Linda Jones
Cico, 2007
EXCELLENT book that is worth having if you LOVE wireworking!
I am relatively new to wireworking and found this book to have both simple and more complex ideas, so there is something for everyone. I found some great new things to try and the instructions were clear and easy to follow. It also sparked my own creativity to try some ...
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William Yeoward on Entertaining
William Yeoward
Cico, 2008
William Yeoward?s passion for good company and sumptuous dining inspires the vibrancy and elegance of his table settings and the beauty of the tableware designs for which he is internationally renowned. This book shows you how to emulate William?s sense of occasion with 21 table settings and menus. He applies his unique touch to creating a ...
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A Guide to Green Housekeeping
Christina Strutt
Cico, 2008
So easy to go green
This book was so interesting that I am ordering 3 more copies for each one of my sisters. I actually am now using only natures products to clean my home such as vinagar, lemon, and baking soda. I have honestly thrown away all the chemical cleaning product under my ...
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Living With Light: Decorating the Scandinavian Way
Gail Abbott
Cico., 2008
Giving your home a sense of light, air, and space
In Scandinavia, with its long and dark winters, few qualities are a prized in homes as light. The vivid color pictures in this book how light is emphasized, with bleached floors and white walls, white benches, white tablecloths, and glass and mirrors that send light ...
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Lillian Too's 168 Feng Shui Ways to Energize Your Life
Lillian Too
Cico, 2007
Lillian Too's 168 Feng Shui Ways to Energize Your Life
Lillian has again written a very well analyzed book that has all of the details and information that you would need to work on an area. It is also delightful reading and her tips are ones that you want to keep referring to all of the time. All of her books are in my ...
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Easy Cottage Style
Liz Bauwens, Alexandra Campbell
Cico, 2007
Country
I was surprised that this book was more "country" than "cottage". However, getting past that - I found that there were great pictures with good descriptions and decorating advice and they pointed out why they did things. There was nothing fussy and their ideas could ...
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The Green Wiccan Year
Silja
Cico, 2008
Journal or Datebook, not a literary work.
First the good news, The Green Wiccan Year is indeed a beautiful and sturdy journal or datebook. Each "festival" (the author's choice of terminology) begins with a nice tab including pocket and what amounts to a page of text of some basic information, trivia and ...
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Mandalas & Meditations for Everyday Living: 52 Pathways to Personal Power
Cassandra Lorius
Cico, 2008
Love, love, LOVE this book!
I first saw this book at a Borders when I was just researching up Mandalas - and I was totally smitten with it! The author does a thorough job in explaining what Mandalas are, and the different types of Mandalas that can represent basic [or more complicated] human ...
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