Convertible Crochet
Customizable Designs for Stylish Garments
Written by Doris Chan

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.99

Dare to Wear Crochet in More Ways Than One
Convertible Crochet is a brand new way to think about crochet fashion, exploded lace motifs, and flattering silhouettes. Award-winning designer Doris Chan helps you get more out of crochet with these endlessly adaptable patterns and techniques that can work with a variety... Read more >

Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts
An A-to-Z Guide with Detailed Instructions and Endless Inspiration
Written by Martha Stewart Living Magazine

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $35.00

For nearly 20 years, home crafters have turned to the pages of Martha Stewart Living for all kinds of crafts projects, each presented in the magazine’s inimitable style. Now, the best of those projects, including step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs, have been collected into a single encyclopedia.

Organized by topic from... Read more >

Tiny Food Party!
Bite-Size Recipes for Miniature Meals
Written by Teri Lyn Fisher and Jenny Park

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $18.95

Hors d'oeuvres have a reputation for requiring frou-frou ingredients that are difficult to identify—let alone locate in a grocery store. (When's the last time you ate an amuse-bouche at home?) It's about time for an appetizer cookbook that has fun with the concept of tasting an entire meal in one bite!

With... Read more >

Color
A Natural History of the Palette
Written by Victoria Finlay

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $17.00

Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.
For example: Cleopatra used saffron—a source of the color yellow—for seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine, the blue “ultramarine” paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he couldn’t afford to buy it himself. Since ancient times, carmine red—still found in lipsticks and Cherry... Read more >

The Sketchbook Challenge
Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Achieving Your Creative Goals
Written by Sue Bleiweiss

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 26, 2012
Price: $21.99

Have you ever bought a new sketchbook, opened to the first page, and thought, "Now what do I do?" Sue Bleiweiss and the talented minds behind The Sketchbook Challenge are here to help.

Imagine a supportive community of artists sharing the innermost pages of their sketchbooks and offering you tips and... Read more >

Craft-a-Day
365 Simple Handmade Projects
Written by Sarah Goldschadt

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $24.95

Make something new every day of the year! Craft-a-Day offers daily inspiration along with weekly themes to kick-start your creativity. Make magnets, cupcake toppers, garlands, cards, wall art, finger puppets, and more! With 52 different themes, from rainbows and snowmen to ladybugs and groundhogs, you’ll find fun and cuteness on every... Read more >

Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay
Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures
Written by Katherine Dewey

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $21.99

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The Complete Manual of Woodworking

Written by Albert Jackson and David Day

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 3, 1996
Price: $27.95

With more than 1,800 drawings, diagrams and photos, this authoritative guide encompasses the whole art and craft of woodworking. Designed to instruct and inspire every woodworker from the beginner to the most exacting expert, it has become a classic. It includes a discussion of all the principal hardwoods and softwoods, how... Read more >

Just Like Me Knits
Matching Patterns for Kids and Their Favorite Dolls
Written by Brandy Fortune
Foreword by Susan B. Anderson

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $19.99

Sweet Little Knits for Kids and Their Dolls

Little ones love to dress just like their favorite dolls or stuffed animals. In Just Like Me Knits, Brandy Fortune shows you how to create nineteen modern projects for children, with nineteen matching projects for 15-to-18-inch toy figures, perfect for Bamboletta and other popular... Read more >

Absolute Beginner's Origami

Written by Nick Robinson

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $12.95

Foolproof origami—now in paperback! More than 30,000 copies sold



Love origami, but frightened off by those strange dotted lines and shaded areas that make it seem like a bizarre geometry exercise? Absolute Beginner’s Origami calms those fears, using a remarkable three-step system and step-by-step full-color photos to guide readers into the basics... Read more >