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44 |  | OTHER CRAFTS Fresh Floral Jewelry: CreatingWearable Art with Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Wendy Andrade. This instructional introduction to the world of floral design jewelry making is the first of its kind. Learn how to make beautiful, intricate jewelry with wire, beads, and little else to resemble foli- age in which to set your orchids, succulents, and many more floral varieties. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 414 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-4411-4 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Floral Accessories: Creative Designs with Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Step-by-step designs with 600+ photos help you create a unique bridal look, an unforgettable prom, or a one-of-a-kind event. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 610 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-5446-5 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Framing Floral Techniques: Floral Design Skill Building, Inspirations & Explorations. Renee Tucci AIFD PFCI. This approachable guide, featuring over 500 photos and companion commentary from an innovative floral educator, takes the mystery out of using the key techniques well. With 42 projects sequenced for learning, Renee Tucci takes the floral enthusiast on a journey through all layers of modern floral design. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •525 color images • 232 pp. • 978-0-7643-6200-2 • hardcover • $34.99 US / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Flower Delights: 40 Enjoyable Things to Do with Flowers Sara Princé & Sandrine Tournigand. This col- orful book features 40 projects that show you how to make floral wreaths, paintings, potpourri, centerpieces, waters, food, and more. There are 80 pages of floral paper and special inserts—postcards, origami paper, bookmarks, gift tags, coasters, stickers, and more—to give a flowery boost to your creations. • 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" (165 x 215 mm) • 250+ color illustrations • 208 pp. • 978- 0-7643-6310-8 • • $24.99 US / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Forever Flowers: Dry, Preserve, Display. Antonia De Vere. A top designer in dried floral creations welcomes you into her studio to understand the potential of dried flowers. She shares how and why dried floral has become her source of creative energy. Photos and text spark dozens of exciting ideas. Learn how to select, dry, and assemble flowers and foliage. Then enjoy 18 step-by-step projects that bring De Vere's popular design style into your own home. • 8" x 10" (203 x 254 mm) • 350 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-6207-1 • hardcover • $28.99 US / £26.99 / 39.99 CAD Wreaths: Fresh, Foliage, Foraged, and Faux. Alys Dobbie. By making creative and beautiful con- temporary wreaths, add a handmade focal point to wherever you are. This guide offers step-by-step instructions for 15 wreaths of all types, from live materials to dried botanicals to found objects and other surprising materials. Learn all elements of wreath making. • 8 1/2" x 10" (215 x 254 mm) • 200+ color photos and illustrations • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-6212-5 • softcover • $26.99 / £24.99 / 37.99 CAD Perishable Poetics: Manifesting Emotion through Contemporary Floral Design. Jenny Thomasson. Jenny Thomasson (AIFD, PFCI, EMC) generously unfolds her artistic process that has made her a rising star in the industry through 40 beautifully shot compo- sitions. Over 200 professionally shot color photos, as well as hand-drawn conceptual sketches and notes, display a wide breadth of techniques, forms, and mate- rials. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 252 color and b/w images • 204 pp. • 978-0-7643-5986-6 • HC • $60.00 / £54.99 / 86.00 CAD Taking the Flower Show Home. Bill Schaf- fer and Kristine Kratt, AIFD, PFCI. An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Bill & Kristine’s creative process and offering detailed, helpful steps to assist the reader in creating their own designs at home. • 113/4"x9" (298x228mm) • 303 color photos & diagrams • 144 pp. • 978- 0-7643-4430-5 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Antler Art for Baskets and Gourds. Betsey Sloan. Enhance your gourd vessel or basket with antlers. Containing 169 color images and step-by-step in- structions, learn how to drill, frame, and attach antlers to a traditional weave basket, gourd bowl, floor vases, and even masks. Twenty projects—both baskets and gourds—are featured for the beginner and advanced crafter. A gallery provides inspiration for your own creations • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 169 color images • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-3615-7 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD GOURDING Apples to Apples: Basic Techniques for Dec- orating Gourds. C. Angela Mohr. Make a “Be My Valentine” gourd, fish and rooster adorned gourds, gift-wrapped gourds, and a “Thinking of You” gourd with well-wishes written on it. Through 178 color images and step-by-step directions, compare dec- orating techniques using color, paper, and common art supplies. A gallery of finished projects will inspire your own creations. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 178 color images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3621-8 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD The Little Book of Flower Pressing: All the Basics Plus 11 Projects to Inspire You. Laëtitia Lazerges. A compact but complete guide to seeing, choosing, and using the nature around you, 11 projects feature detailed step-by-step photo instructions, including for making your own flower presses. You’ll learn ways to experiment with using grasses, leaves, roots, seaweeds, and more. • 6 3/4" x 8 3/4" (171 x 222 mm) • 350 color images • 80 pp.•978-0-7643-6610-9•PB•978-1-5073-0319-1(E-book) • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Decorating Gourds: Carving, Burning, Paint- ing and More. Sue Waters. Produce gourd-geous results in minimal time! Step-by-step photos and text demonstrate several techniques for decorating gourds, including carving, wood burning, painting, staining, stenciling, and pine needle weaving. The projects covered here include vessels, a hanging potpourri, and an adorable Santa Claus. Patterns are included to get you started • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •190 color photos•48pp. •978-0-7643-1312-7•PB•$14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Creative Rims for Gourd Art. Marianne Barnes. Through more than 200 color images and tutorials from contributing artists, learn how to finish the rims of many gourd bowls using chip stone, tubular beading, paper, coiling, leather, wire, clay, pine needle, and flowers—or just leave the rim natural. Rims can be very simple or extremely elaborate. A gallery of completed works will inspire your own creative ideas • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 205 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-4614-9 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Cut-out Gourd Techniques. Susan Nonn. This book was written for gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects. By working through these projects, artists will build their confidence in using the mini-saw to execute techniques such as cutting tighter lines, cutting through a tight curve, and cutting 90-degree angles • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 221 color photos • 96 pp. •978-0-7643-4296-7•PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Coiled Designs for Gourd Art. Catherine Devine. Coiling is a basketry technique used as decoration in gourd art. Step-by-step coiling techniques, as well as pattern designs, help gourd enthusiasts use coiled waxed linen and colored thread to enhance their work. 196 color photos show how to trim a gourd bowl or vase and use coiled threads to add color to your favorite gourds. A special chart will help crafters design their own coiling patterns • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 209 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3011-7 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Creating Bottles with Gourds and Fiber. Jim Widess. This new DIY guide shows how different forms of fiber have been used to tie a loop around the neck or waist of a gourd, or to weave an intricate basket structure to hold the handle. With more than 350 color images and step-by-step instructions, sev- en projects are based on water containers from around the world • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •350 color images•96pp.•978-0-7643-3866-3•PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Creating Gourd Birds with the Fairy Gourd- mother®. Sammie Crawford. The Fairy Gourdmoth- er® returns with another brilliant step-by-step guide to crafting with gourds, and this time it’s for the birds! Follow along as she walks you through building and decorating twelve feathered friends, from the austere Edgar Allen Crow to a super cute pop-up birdie toy. Ideal for gourders of all ages, this latest how-to is sure to help your gourding skills take flight • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 220+ color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3735-2 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Creating Wall Pockets: 10 Gourd Projects to Paint and Hang. Sammie Crawford. Featuring 125 full-color photos, this guide helps beginner and ad- vanced painters alike to create 10 different wall pockets—gourds shaped to form useful, decorative storage on your indoor and outdoor walls. Expert gourd crafter Crawford offers detailed color palettes, supply lists, tips, and step-by-step painting guidance • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 125 color images • 56 pp. •978-0-7643-5020-7•PB•$16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Creative Embellishments for Gourd Art. Mar- ianne Barnes. Through 300 color images and tuto- rials from several contributing artists, see how em- bellishments can add variety to your gourds. Beads, metal, wire, clay, antlers, and other art mediums are among the featured items used to give character to a gourd mask, dress up your gourd doll, or add the final touch to your gourd with jewelry • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 300 color images, 33 b/w patterns • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-4492-3 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Building Gourd Birdhouses with the Fairy Gourdmother®. Sammie Crawford. Offer your feathered neighbors a handcrafted home with this detailed project book for making and decorating gourd birdhouses and feeders. From a charming hacienda birdhouse, to a wall-mounted house in the shape of a wide-brimmed hat, to a delightfully sarcastic hanging cat’s head birdhouse, birds will flock to nest in your creative backyard subdivisions • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 140 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3736-9 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Chip-Carving Gourds: Advanced Techniques. Marilyn Rehm. See what a gourd and a chisel can make and learn that chip-carving has never been so easy. This step-by-step guide, with 229 color photo- graphs, demonstrates the many ways to decorate a gourd with only the simplest of tools. Includes 10 projects ranging from bowls, birdhouses, and jewel- ry to ornaments and a gallery of completed works • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 229 color photos • 64 pp. •978-0-7643-3289-0•PB•$14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99CAD