Get It Scrapped!: Organize, Visualize, Create Getting organised, whether its organising the photos or supplies, is half the battle to getting started for most scrapbookers. Get it Scrapped! addresses organising photos in a clear, methodical way thats easy to understand & then analysing the photos to determine a plan of action for creating layouts. The page ideas represented in the book are organised to facilitate the creation of several common page types: events, moments, portraits, stories, series photos, all-about-me layouts & more! ...

Follow along with Deborah Secor as she shows you how to get started with pastel the easy way. You will learn basic strokes, as well as how to use tools such as shapers, erasers, blenders & reference photographs. You will finish by completing a landscape painting while gaining valuable information on colour, value, shapes, composition, perspective, layering colours, details & finishing. Follow along with the author as she demonstrates her techniques step by step. Get behind-the-scenes insights with a one-on-one interview 60 minutes of premiere art instruction. Running time: 60 minutes ...

Special offer this week: Buy this book & get Get the Most From Your Sewing Machine half price! Add this book to your basket, & put in promotion code A11106. (Offer ends Sunday 3rd July) Get the Most from Your Clothes Upcycle, restyle & customize the contents of your wardrobe to produce better-than-new outfits & fun, creative accessories using only your sewing stash & imagination. This is a mixture of feature spreads that burst with tips, tricks, projects & inspiration, covering everything from hemlines & seams to funky fasteners & embellishments. The flexible dip-into format makes for a highly accessible & inspirational product
- funky page layouts hold a wealth of must-know bite-size information. This is a go-to book that will be referred to again & again for sewing techniques & inspiration, even as your confidence & skills grow. About the Author Marion Elliot is an artist & designer working mainly in fabric & paper. She has written many craft books, including D& Cs Get the Most from Your Sewing Machine, & in doing so discovered an unrealised passion for fashion! She is currently creating textile items for Liberty & designing projects for magazines including Sew Hip & Sew. She sells her work on Etsy & Folksy. Marion lives in Ludlow, Shropshire. Twitter: twitter.com/vintagetown Blog: vintagetown.blogspot.com
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Pre-order this title now. It will be despatched on publication in September 2011. This is a fully revised & updated edition of this hugely popular & practical guide to digital photography. From basic information about what a digital camera can do, to simple & easy-to-follow methods of touching up your photographs, Get the Most from your Digital Camera gives invaluable tips & ideas on using digital photography to its full potential. It explains the basics
- how digital cameras work, plus information about image files, how to take better pictures & how to manipulate them. It

Includes:: detailed information on how to print the best digital images, arrange them into electronic albums, send them by email or post them on a website, as well as a host of other uses not possible before the advent of digital cameras. About the Author Simon Joinson is a writer, designer & photographer who has been working in digital imaging since the early 1990s. He has been editor of numerous photography magazines & is currently editor of the influencial website dpreview.com. Simon lives in Guildford, Surrey.


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Get The Most From Your Sewing Machine This title means that you can look at the features in your trusty sewing machine in a completely new light & discover how practical functions & stitch settings can become creative goldmines. A mixture of feature spreads that burst with tips, ideas, tricks, inspirations, & creative projects covering everything from applique & quilting to using scrap fabric for sewing thats a bit more off-piste. The flexible dip-into format makes for a highly accessible & inspirational product
- funky page layouts hold a wealth of must-know bite-size information. It is a go-to book that will be referred to again & again for sewing techniques & inspiration, even as the same readers confidence & skills grow. About the Author Marion Elliott is an artist & designer working in a variety of media, mainly fabric & paper. She has written many craft books & has an exceptional talent for finding a quirky & smart approach to crafts. Currently designing & making textile items for Liberty & designing projects for various magazines including Sew Hip & Sew, she also sells her work on Etsy & Folksy. Marion lives in Ludlow, Shropshire.
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Polyester general purpose zip fastener, with 4mm chain width & drop painted puller. This is a closed end zip used mainly in dresses, Skirts, blouses & home decoration items. Shade: Grey Zip Length: 20 cm Colour of zip may vary slightly from the image shown. ...

Delve into some of the scariest & mysterious ghostly legends of our time with this collection of ghost stories. Each of the three books in the set contains around 15 of the very best ghost stories ever told, from the most haunted house in England at Borley Rectory, to the ghosts that roam the Tower of London, & the creepy goings-on aboard the Mary Celeste. Enter the eerie world of the ghosts who roam our railway stations, or learn where to encounter the headless horse, or the ghost of Londons theatrel&. Packed with classic tales from yesteryear & more recent ghostly happenings from across the world, Ghost Chronicles is the ultimate accessory for any Halloween party or paranormal enthusiast. Tales Of the Supernatural A collection of supernatural stories about dreams, premonitions & possessions. Here youll find strange beasts, headless ghosts, & phantom faces that appear to the unsuspecting, striking fear into their very hearts. Stories in this collection include the Screaming Skull, the owner of which met an untimely death & now terrifies visitors to a mansion house. & then the Carters & the Poltergeist, a spine-tingling tale of the havoc that can be wreaked when a poltergeist takes over a family home. Ghostly Tales on land & Sea Pirates, smugglers & highwaymen are among the contemptible characters that return from beyond the grave in this collection of chilling tales drawn from both the land & sea. Stories include the Headless Mate, a terrifying tale of murder & revenge on the high seas. Others include The Grey train, an intriguing story of a phantom train that travels along a lonely stretch of track in the Scottish Highlands Tales of Haunted Places The ultimate haunted house collection of ghost stories. This book is full of terrifying tales of ghostly happenings in various castles, cemeteries & battlefields. Spine-tingling tales including the Strange Visitor of Covent Garden & Phantoms of the Battlefield are brought together in this fascinating collection of ghoulish happenings that will strike fear into even the boldest readers. ...

Ghosts Caught on Film presents an extraordinary collection of strange & unexplained photographs that offer the exciting possibility of ghosts & paranormal activity captured on film. It covers every aspect of the paranormal, from early photographs of psychics, mediums & ghostly happenings, to celebrated recent photos & the most interesting examples of the unexplained, as collected in the archive of the Society for Psychical Research. Each picture is accompanied by a description of its circumstances & the steps taken by researchers to establish that there is no normal explanation for the phenomena. The incredible photographs will stimulate the interest of everyone who sees them. Whether you are a sceptic or a believer, you cant help but be drawn into the mystery. ...

Ghosts Caught on Film 3 is an all-new compendium of more extraordinary phenomena caught on film. Featuring a selection of contemporary ghost pictures collected as part of a ground-breaking survey by popular psychologist, Richard Wiseman & leading Fortean, Gordon Rutter. Paranormal expert Gordon Rutter explores this intriguing collection which

Includes:: shadowy figures, strange mists & ghostly apparitions. It is a treat for all fans of ghosts & the paranormal & another opportunity to explore the unexplainable. About the Author Gordon Rutter is a founder of the Edinburgh Fortean Society, & head of the Charles Fort Institute. He was a co-organiser of the highly successful Science of Ghosts conference in Edinburgh in 2009.

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Everyone loves Halloween. Its a celebration that is pure fun & childish joy, an excuse to dress up & eat treats. Packaged sweets may be the common reward for trick or treating, but plates of Spiderweb Cookies or big bowls of Sticks & Stones caramel Corn are perfect contributions to school Halloween events, fancy dress parties, adult costume parties & even afternoon play dates. Its difficult to imagine an autumn gathering that wouldnt be even more fun with ghoulish goodies to share. These frightful treats are not just for October, though. A birthday party for a nine year old or a scary movie sleepover for teenagers practically demands an IScream Cake or Spidery Cupcakes & Chocolate Chip Pumpkin bars with Orange Glaze would be welcome at an office coffee break or an afternoon tea party. Baking from Goolish Goodies is a wonderful way to celebrate the change of seasons & the pleasure of working with kids in the kitchen. Baking cupcakes & making fudge are great activities for autumn afternoons, when the weather turns cool & the kids are underfoot after school. Put them to work stirring, decorating, & scraping pumpkin seeds. These are recipes that parents & kids can have fun making together. & the entire family will enjoy eating a warm Choco-Bar Cookie for dessert. Review
- School Library Journal Perfect for Halloween & beyond, this conveniently organised, well-illustrated cookbook is sure to be a crowd-pleaser
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