Welcome to the magical world of Everything Alice, where nothing is quite as it seems. Alice's fantastical adventures in Wonderland provide the inspiration for a charming & original collection of 50 craft makes, ranging from a H&-Sewn White Rabbit Toy & Pompon-Decorated Slippers to Papercraft Tea Party Invitations & Cut-out-&- keep Dress-up Dolls. Whilst this book captures the very essence of Lewis Carroll's popular tales
- which have been translated into 125 languages & made into numerous films
- each of the 50 ' Make Me' projects stands alone as a gorgeous item to cherish. Who wouldn't be seduced by a Red Polka Dot Frilly Pinny to wear whilst baking cupcakes fit for a king, or a Heart-shaped Pinboard to house precious keepsakes, or an exquisite Beaded Napkin Ring in the initials of each of your dinner guests? Decorate your home & garden with the supremely simple yet highly effective No-sew Fabriccovered Teapot Planters. Serve your partygoers from a china cake stand made from mix-&-match vintage crockery. & create wonderfully scented candles that fill oversized teacups to present as handmade gifts. Alice's world was full of extraordinary characters & peculiar insights so interspersed between the projects are snippets of Wonderland lore & instructions for fun party games, such as How to Become a Queen, How to Run a Caucus Race & How to Play Musical Chairs, to keep your tea party guests entertained. With Everything Alice there will never be a dull moment in your own personal Wonderl&. About the Authors: Hannah Read-Baldrey is a stylist who originally trained at Central St Martins before working in television on shows such as BBC's Catherine Tate & on films including The Bank Job & Flashbacks of a Fool. She now works with leading international publications such as Vogue, Elle, Cath Kidston & Red magazines, & in the last few years she has joined forces with craft giant Hobbycraft, coming up with ideas & themes for the newly launched magazine; this is where she met Christine. Everything Alice is Hannah's first craft book in which she is the stylist, co-author & illustrator. Christine Leech pursued an Illustration Degree at Bath College of Art from where she graduated with honors in 1996 with a degree show based on Alice Through the Looking Glass. After three years working as the Art Director at Absolute Press, Christine moved to magazine publishing to work on titles including New Woman, Marie Claire, Look & Fabulous. Christine then moved from consumer to contract publishing to art direct Asos & Next magazines & to launch a quarterly magazine for Hobbycraft; while directing a shoot she met Hannah. Everything Alice is Christine's first book of which she is the art director, co-author & designer. Authors Location: London.

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If its your first time & youre not quite sure what to expect, or youve had children already butwould welcome some extra tips, then this is the book for you. A new baby affects all areas of yourlife, therefore helpful advice is given on your role, medical & health issues, career andfinancial responsibility, the birth itself & even sex during pregnancy. Find yourself completelyequipped to deal with this most amazing & special time. ...

Anchor Excercise Time Counted Cross Stitch Kit Anchor Excercise Time Counted Cross Stitch. Shaun The Sheep is keeping fit. This small project is ideal for stashing in luggage & taking on journeys. Kit contains carefully sorted Anchor stranded cotton, 14 count white Aida fabric & easy-to-follow charts & instructions. Finished

Size: 4.75 x 3 (11 x 8cm) Supplier product code: SS00100

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Anchor Excercise Time Counted Cross Stitch. Shaun The Sheep is keeping fit. This small project is ideal for stashing in luggage & taking on journeys. Kit contains carefully sorted Anchor stranded cotton, 14-count white Aida fabric & easy-to-follow charts & instructions. Finished

Size: 4.75 x 3 (11 x 8cm) Supplier product code: SS00100

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Within the pages of Exhibition 36, the reader enters a virtual art exhibit featuring 36 mixed-media artists whose collage, digital, assemblage, altered & repurposed art adorn the walls & pedestals of the gallery. The artists are present with the reader, available to talk about their work & share their techniques & creative processes. The reader attends presentations by well-know artists such as Jonathan Talbot, listen in on a question-&-answer sessions with popular crafters such as Claudine Hellmuth, & peek in on demos by mixed-media authors & artists such as Suzanne Simanaitis. Before heading out the door, the reader will receive a gift for attending: collage sheets containing donated imagery from the artists themselves for use in the readers own art. About the Author A self-taught mixed-media artist, Susan Tuttle creates collage & assemblage pieces from found imagery & recycled objects. She has a website (www.ilkasattic.com) & a blog (www.ilkasattic.blogspot.com). ...

Exploring Colour in Knitting: Techniques, Swatches & Projects to Expand Your Knit Horizons Combining yarns to make coloured patterns is one of the most enjoyable aspects of knitting. Exploring Colour in Knitting is packed with all the guidance & advice you will need to confidently knit with colour. First the book looks at understanding colour from hue families to warm & cool colours, brights, pastels & neutrals, tints, tones & shades. Next, a section on proportion & stitchwork explores how to combine various colours & the effects different stitches have on a colour. A section on colour & decoration offers advice on using embellishments such as beads, sequins, buttons & edgings, as well as tips on adding motifs & embroidery to your work. Chapters on Fair Isle & intarsia investigate the ways that these techniques affect colour relations from traditional patterns through to modern interpretations. Eleven specially selected projects demonstrate the most effective ways to experiment with colour. Brimming with essential advice & ideas this invaluable book is the last word on colour knitting. About the Author Emma King is a talented knitwear designer who is set to inspire knitters across the world. She is a Design Consultant for Rowan Yarns & also has her own company, supplying her knitted bags & limited edition kits. She uses her passion for colour & texture to create designs that will inspire knitters everywhere to pick up their needles. Sarah Hazell is a qualified teacher whose passion for knitting led her to join Rowan Yarns in 2006. She continues to develop the workshop programme for Rowan, teaching knitting, crochet & h&-pieced patchwork. She has a particular interest in colour work & decorative techniques. ...

Follow along & paint a landscape in oil from start to finish. Learn about perspective, values, portraying mood & more. George shows you the process of painting from life as well as techniques to capture your unique vision to make your paintings more expressive & engaging. Running time: 104 minutes ...

Discover the amazing & unexpected world of clouds with this inspiring collection of images. Richard Hamblyn offers a selection of some of the most startling & unusual cloud formations, fromthe uniform streaks of cloud streets to the odd bulbous lenticularis that are commonly mistakenfor UFOs. Each amazing photograph will be accompanied by Hamblyns entertaining & informativeexplanation of how the cloud was formed & the conditions in which a similar one might occur. Theimages chosen use satellite photography of clouds from above as well as ground-based pictures andthe collection demonstrates the most unexpected & seemingly impossible patterns that can becreated by the natural cyles of the weather. ...

Jack Russell Bingo saves his owners life
- constantly: whenever 10-year-old Cole suffers one of the life-threatening episodes in
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Extraordinary Fixes for Everyday Things Think about the past week. How many little things went wrong? How many times did you make a note something that needs to be enhanced or fixed at home? How many times were you just utterly frustrated with a person, a thing or a situation? That is exactly how many times Extraordinary Fixes For Everyday Things could have helped you. From a messy room to a button thats popped off your shirt to a burnt roast to a rain-soaked shoe, this new book from Readers Digest delivers fast, clever & thrifty solutions to most every conceivable problem or annoyance. Throughout its 368 pages, Extraordinary Fixes For Everyday Things delivers an amazing stream of fixes
- many ingenious, all practical, all proven to be effective. It is an exceptionally useful resource for everyday problem-solving. So, if your children are whinging...your toilet is leaking...your dinner is drying out...your shirt is stained...your hall is a mountain of shoes...your workplace is thronged with sneezy people... Guess what? Its no trouble at all. For these & hundreds of other problems, Extraordinary Fixes For Everyday Things has the fastest, most effective solution.
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