Crafts & Hobbies:

The Lampshade Lady's Guide to Lighting Up Your Life
50 Custom Lampshades and Lamps
Written by Judy Lake and Kathleen Hackett

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $27.50

They Call Her The Lampshade Lady

When Judy Lake turns on a lamp, she doesn’t just light up a room, she brings it to life. And with her help, you can too. Turn those boring old lampshades into perfect accents for your home decor. If you can cut and glue, you can... Read more >

Professional Painted Finishes
A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting
Written by Ina Brosseau Marx, Allen Marx and Robert Marx

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $29.95

The world’s leading experts reveal how to paint great finishes—and make money doing it!



• classic, now in paperback for the first time


• Basics plus step-by-steps for more than 55 techniques—glazing, marbling, graining, more


• Full information on running a furniture-restoration business



Booklist called the Marxes’ latest collaboration, Furniture Restoration, “a book to be... Read more >

Remake Restyle Reuse
Easy Ways to Transform Everyday Basics into Inspired Design
Written by Sonia Lucano
Photographed by Fred Lucano

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $19.95

Transform basic items into boutique-worthy home decor



• Transform just-lying-around things to sit-up-and-take-notice things!


• Transform junk into junque!


• Transform your friends’ skin tones from normal to green with envy!



We’ve all got the furniture and the home accessories we can afford. Our stuff came from Target, or Ikea, or Pottery Barn, or... Read more >

Mauchline Ware
And Associated Scottish Souvenir Ware
Written by John Baker

Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95

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Walls that Wow
Creative Wall Treatments Without Painting
Written by Jonathan Fong
Photographed by Jessica Boone

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $19.95

Dramatic, simple,
inexpensive ideas for
making any wall
into a wow


Face it. Most walls are booooring. Until Jonathan Fong gets through with them! Walls That Wow is packed with twenty-four spectacular ideas for
jazzing up any wall—without complicated painting. Best of all, every project is removable, so homeowners and renters can try another wow technique... Read more >

The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Effects
Techniques and Projects Featuring Transfers, Stamps, Stencils, Inks, Paints, Mediums, and More
Written by Donna Kato

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $19.95

Polymer clay has grown and grown and grown in popularity since the publication of Donna Kato's best-selling The Art of Polymer Clay in 1997. And there have been so many technical advances, too. Now poly-diva Donna Kato presents an all-new look at one of crafters' all-time favorite mediums. The Art Of... Read more >

The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts
Fifty Fabulous Projects from the Fifties and Sixties
Written by Leah Kramer

Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2006
Price: $17.95

You won't find die-cut teddy bears, cross-stitched friendship plaques, or ducks painted with bonnets in this hipster collection of crafts from Craftster.org founder, Leah Kramer. You will find forty easy-to-make,fun-to-wear, and stylish-to-display projects pulled straight from the pages of vintage craft books--plus ten all-new retro-inspired crafts-including: Cigar-Box Purse, Coffee Urn Lamp... Read more >

Fun with Family Photos
Crafts, Keepsakes, Gifts
Written by Jennifer Barry and Leslie Barry
Photographed by Caroline Kopp

Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $15.95

For everyone whose precious family photographs have been gathering dust in a ho-hum photo album, here’s an inspired guide to creating gifts and keepsakes for family and friends. In FUN WITH FAMILY PHOTOS, sisters-in-law Jennifer and Leslie Barry present creative and sophisticated ideas for Paperworks (cards, announcements, invitations, albums), Frameworks (jewelry... Read more >

Landscape As Spirit
Creating a Contemplative Garden
Written by Martin Hakubai Mosko and Alxe Noden

Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2003
Price: $40.00

This beautiful book is a resource for those who want to create a contemplative garden or to better understand what it is to follow a contemplative path. It will be of interest to landscape architects and designers, anyone interested in the fusion of East and West in cultural expression, and garden... Read more >