Author: Balchin
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781267812
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Provides step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making eighteen vintage greeting cards, and covers twelve techniques, such as rubber stamping, beading, and paper pricking.
Vintage Cards to Make and Treasure
Author: Balchin
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781267812
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Provides step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making eighteen vintage greeting cards, and covers twelve techniques, such as rubber stamping, beading, and paper pricking.
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781267812
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Provides step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making eighteen vintage greeting cards, and covers twelve techniques, such as rubber stamping, beading, and paper pricking.
Vintage Paper Crafts
Author: Anna Corba
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402756153
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides useful tips for finding and using vintage papers to create gifts and decorative accessories.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402756153
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Provides useful tips for finding and using vintage papers to create gifts and decorative accessories.
100 Christmas Wishes
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250297419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
A treasure trove of vintage Christmas cards, 100 Christmas Wishes is the perfect holiday treat from the New York Public Library. Every year as the days grow shorter, amidst the holly, cookies, and carols there is another timeless holiday tradition—sending and receiving Christmas cards to and from those you love. 100 Christmas Wishes is a collection of vintage holiday cards, all from the archives of the New York Public Library. The Library houses one of the greatest collections of early Christmas postcards from around the world with thousands of cards depicting every imaginable holiday scene. Archivists selected one hundred of the best cards from the extensive collection to share in 100 Christmas Wishes. From the elegant, gilded Santa Clauses and statuesque angels, to yuletide still lifes, tumbling tots and puppies with bows round their necks, each card is a beautiful celebration of the holiday season. The book also includes six perforated postcards with reproductions of the designs so you too can share a vintage Christmas wish with friends and family on your list. As Rosanne Cash, a patron and friend of the Library as well as a devoted fan of Christmas cards, says in her introduction “This collection of early Christmas postcards, housed for a century in the New York Public Library archives, distills those abiding wishes for the holidays from revelers from long ago and faraway, in a wish for peace, joy, magic, bounty, family, and for light to be shone ‘round the world at Christmas, past and future.’”
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250297419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
A treasure trove of vintage Christmas cards, 100 Christmas Wishes is the perfect holiday treat from the New York Public Library. Every year as the days grow shorter, amidst the holly, cookies, and carols there is another timeless holiday tradition—sending and receiving Christmas cards to and from those you love. 100 Christmas Wishes is a collection of vintage holiday cards, all from the archives of the New York Public Library. The Library houses one of the greatest collections of early Christmas postcards from around the world with thousands of cards depicting every imaginable holiday scene. Archivists selected one hundred of the best cards from the extensive collection to share in 100 Christmas Wishes. From the elegant, gilded Santa Clauses and statuesque angels, to yuletide still lifes, tumbling tots and puppies with bows round their necks, each card is a beautiful celebration of the holiday season. The book also includes six perforated postcards with reproductions of the designs so you too can share a vintage Christmas wish with friends and family on your list. As Rosanne Cash, a patron and friend of the Library as well as a devoted fan of Christmas cards, says in her introduction “This collection of early Christmas postcards, housed for a century in the New York Public Library archives, distills those abiding wishes for the holidays from revelers from long ago and faraway, in a wish for peace, joy, magic, bounty, family, and for light to be shone ‘round the world at Christmas, past and future.’”
Spectacular Cards!
Author: Sue Astroth
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 160705051X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Everyone Loves to Get Cards — Especially When They're Works of Art. More than 40 knock-your-socks-off card ideas and techniques. Snip, stamp, embellish, and paint your way to stand-out cards. Create keepsake greetings for any occasion with fabric and paper. Transform old game boards into spectacular gift cards that will amaze your loved ones. From playful to sophisticated, something new for every crafter! Finalist in the "Hobby/Crafts/How-To" category of the USA Book News "Best Book Awards" contest for 2005.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 160705051X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Everyone Loves to Get Cards — Especially When They're Works of Art. More than 40 knock-your-socks-off card ideas and techniques. Snip, stamp, embellish, and paint your way to stand-out cards. Create keepsake greetings for any occasion with fabric and paper. Transform old game boards into spectacular gift cards that will amaze your loved ones. From playful to sophisticated, something new for every crafter! Finalist in the "Hobby/Crafts/How-To" category of the USA Book News "Best Book Awards" contest for 2005.
Treasures from the '30s
Author: Nancy Mahoney
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604687819
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Best-selling author Nancy Mahoney has uncovered yet another inspiring collection of patterns from the 1930s! Blending what quilters love about her previous volumes, Quilt Revival and Applique Quilt Revival, this book offers both patchwork and applique designs. Even beginners will find success with Nancy's easy, step-by-step instructions. Step back in time with authentic Depression-era patterns taken from old newspaper clippings Choose from eight cheery projects featuring tulips, roses, hearts, airship propellers, and more Discover fun facts about this interesting era, including events, books, movies, and achievements
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604687819
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Best-selling author Nancy Mahoney has uncovered yet another inspiring collection of patterns from the 1930s! Blending what quilters love about her previous volumes, Quilt Revival and Applique Quilt Revival, this book offers both patchwork and applique designs. Even beginners will find success with Nancy's easy, step-by-step instructions. Step back in time with authentic Depression-era patterns taken from old newspaper clippings Choose from eight cheery projects featuring tulips, roses, hearts, airship propellers, and more Discover fun facts about this interesting era, including events, books, movies, and achievements
The Painted Art Journal
Author: Jeanne Oliver
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1440351783
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! The Painted Art Journal opens doors to your most personal and authentic art yet. Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journal worthy of passing along to future generations. Along the way, you will hone your own unique style of artful storytelling, filled with the images, colors and symbols that resonate most powerfully with you. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: • Set the scene for making art--from establishing rituals that unlock creativity to curating a personal storyboard. • Draw inspiration from photos, typography, sketches, childhood memories, quotes and more. • Shape your story with timelines, gathered-word poetry and simple approaches to portraits. • Express yourself through an exciting range of mixed-media techniques, using everything from pen and ink, markers and watercolor to image transfers, printmaking with linocuts, acrylic and collage. A book unlike any other, The Painted Art Journal is all about digging deeper, honoring your life, and coming away with a truer understanding of yourself and your art. "Each of our stories is so different, lovely and broken in its own way." --Jeanne Oliver
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1440351783
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! The Painted Art Journal opens doors to your most personal and authentic art yet. Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journal worthy of passing along to future generations. Along the way, you will hone your own unique style of artful storytelling, filled with the images, colors and symbols that resonate most powerfully with you. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: • Set the scene for making art--from establishing rituals that unlock creativity to curating a personal storyboard. • Draw inspiration from photos, typography, sketches, childhood memories, quotes and more. • Shape your story with timelines, gathered-word poetry and simple approaches to portraits. • Express yourself through an exciting range of mixed-media techniques, using everything from pen and ink, markers and watercolor to image transfers, printmaking with linocuts, acrylic and collage. A book unlike any other, The Painted Art Journal is all about digging deeper, honoring your life, and coming away with a truer understanding of yourself and your art. "Each of our stories is so different, lovely and broken in its own way." --Jeanne Oliver
Vintage Redux
Author: Brenda Schweder
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 0871162660
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Moms̕ bizarro bracelets... That "what-was-I-thinking?" necklace... Aunt Berthas̕ big clunky brooches... Vintage Redux shows readers everywhere how to take a drawer full of jewelry duds and turn them into dreams. More than 30 projects, from traditional to totally over-the-top, offer readers a wide range of possibilities. Each project is presented in step-by-step instructions and photos so it's easy to create all-new pieces.
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN: 0871162660
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Moms̕ bizarro bracelets... That "what-was-I-thinking?" necklace... Aunt Berthas̕ big clunky brooches... Vintage Redux shows readers everywhere how to take a drawer full of jewelry duds and turn them into dreams. More than 30 projects, from traditional to totally over-the-top, offer readers a wide range of possibilities. Each project is presented in step-by-step instructions and photos so it's easy to create all-new pieces.
Mardi Gras Treasures
Author: Schindler, Henri
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455608393
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
New Orleans collectibles, and especially Mardi Gras collectibles, continue to be popular worldwide. This gorgeous volume of vintage Mardi Gras ball invitations, dance cards, and admit cards shows off just what kinds of collectibles are still available. Mardi Gras Treasures offers a wonderful look back on the glories of Carnival art, in a single volume that is itself a collector's item. This special limited edition of 500 is numbered and signed by the author, presented in a lovely cloth slipcase.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455608393
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
New Orleans collectibles, and especially Mardi Gras collectibles, continue to be popular worldwide. This gorgeous volume of vintage Mardi Gras ball invitations, dance cards, and admit cards shows off just what kinds of collectibles are still available. Mardi Gras Treasures offers a wonderful look back on the glories of Carnival art, in a single volume that is itself a collector's item. This special limited edition of 500 is numbered and signed by the author, presented in a lovely cloth slipcase.
The Card Catalog
Author: The Library of Congress
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452158584
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452158584
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
From the archives of the Library of Congress: “An irresistible treasury for book and library lovers.” —Booklist (starred review) The Library of Congress brings book lovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than two hundred full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library’s magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world’s most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept it organized for hundreds of years. Packed with engaging facts on literary classics—from Ulysses to The Cat in the Hat to Shakespeare’s First Folio to The Catcher in the Rye—this is an ode to the enduring magic and importance of books. “The Card Catalog is many things: a lucid overview of the history of bibliographic practices, a paean to the Library of Congress, a memento of the cherished card catalogs of yore, and an illustrated collection of bookish trivia . . . . The illustrations are amazing: luscious reproductions of dozens of cards, lists, covers, title pages, and other images guaranteed to bring a wistful gleam to the book nerd’s eye.” —The Washington Post
Handmade Hellos
Author: Eunice Moyle
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 081187172X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Signed, sealed, delivered! In this delightful book, card-making mavens Eunice and Sabrina Moyle of Hello!Lucky letterpress gather together more than 25 projects from today's most talented paper artists. Simple instructions outline card- and envelope-folding basics plus how to screen print, use a Print Gocco machine, hand-bind, emboss, stamp, stencil, and much more. Ready-to-use patterns and spiral binding ease the process while easy-to-follow directions, cute illustrations, and finished project photos make it a cinch to create stacks of boutique-worthy greeting cards.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 081187172X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Signed, sealed, delivered! In this delightful book, card-making mavens Eunice and Sabrina Moyle of Hello!Lucky letterpress gather together more than 25 projects from today's most talented paper artists. Simple instructions outline card- and envelope-folding basics plus how to screen print, use a Print Gocco machine, hand-bind, emboss, stamp, stencil, and much more. Ready-to-use patterns and spiral binding ease the process while easy-to-follow directions, cute illustrations, and finished project photos make it a cinch to create stacks of boutique-worthy greeting cards.