Beautiful Baskets
Use Baskets to Decorate Your Home Bleached blond, naturally tawny, and dyed or painted lovely warm shades, baskets are one of the easiest and most effective ways of adding the country touch – the texture…
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Wall Stenciling
Decorate Your Walls with Stenciling Stenciling is designed for you home decorators who want to Decorate Your Walls with Stenciling and create original schemes without taking the risks that accompany mural painting. With stencils,…
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Get Confidence With Using Color
Get Confidence With Using Color Words by Penny Swift & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © We show you how to get confidence with using color. Color is an enormously powerful medium and a major…
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Life Studies and Landscapes
Studies of Nature and Landscapes by Mariota Percival “I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” Walt Whitman Mariota’s heart lies in life studies of nature and landscapes in their…
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Cards and Illustrations By Mariota Percival
Unique Cards and Book Illustrations by Mariota Percival Talented artist Mariota Percival specializes in unique beautiful cards and book illustrations. She has illustrated three children’s story books and provided a number of illustrations for Shuter &…
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Make Painted Tin Cans In 8 Easy Steps
Decorate With Painted Tin Cans Don’t throw those old tin cans away, recycle them and make painted tin cans and use them to decorate with. Handy containers in which you can store items such…
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Tapestry & Crochet Rugs
Hand-crafted Tapestry & Crochet Rugs In front of a Blazing fire or beside a bed, a richly colored, hand-made crochet rugs add an aura of comfort and luxury. It is a welcoming sight in…
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Hand Painting Things
Hand Painting Things Hand painting things is a wonderful way of adding individual and coordinating touches to your home decorations without spending a great deal of time or money. You don’t have to be…
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Crockery Mosaics 5 Hints
How to do Crockery Mosaics NB. A word of caution before you start, broken crockery pieces can be as sharp as glass so take care to wear protective gear when doing this project. Crockery…
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Easy Stencil Flowerpots In 7 Steps
Stencil Flowerpots – How To Make One Plain terracotta pots have a charm of their own but stenciled, each pot becomes an original item. Choose a new terracotta pot with smooth sides that has…
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Painted Tulip Napkins in 5 Easy How To-do
How To Make Your Own Painted Tulip Napkins Painting motifs on to fabric, then working simple embroidery stitches over them is a pretty way of making your table napkins totally original. Use this tulip…
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Stencil Floors, Furniture & Fabrics
Floors, Furniture and Fabric Stencil Magic Stencil decoration on surfaces other than walls has a long history, and painted furniture, floors and even ceiling beams have brought color to traditional homes for centuries. …
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How to Stencil the Easy Way
How To Stencil – Get Started This is how to stencil the easy way. For your first attempt at stenciling, choose a project that is small and unlikely to cause grief if it doesn’t…
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Decorate With Bold Color
How To Decorate With BOLD Color Unless you are naturally daring with colors and willing to try decorating with bold color, it’s tempting to play safe by using white and pale tints as the…
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Paint Effects
Decorating With Paint Effects Most colorful paint effects, like sponging, dragging, ragging, stippling and color washing, have that marvelous hand-made quality which is ideal for the traditional country look. Their broken color gives…
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Christmas Wrap ups
Easy Christmas Wrap ups Christmas wrap ups. If you have more dash than cash this Christmas try wrapping up your gifts in these stunning covers. They look as if they cost a million dollars…
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Christmas Tree Trimming – How To
Trimming Your Christmas Tree Have you grown up with the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree with all the decorations you have collected over the years? Or loading the branches with as many sparkly baubles…
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Christmas Craft Ideas
Christmas Craft Ideas for Décor There is something magical about bringing greenery into the home for Christmas: the smell of pine needles on the tree, the glossiness of rich, dark evergreens, like holly and…
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Mural Art At Home
Mural Art – Bringing Art Home Story by Penny Swift & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © Mural art and the living use of color have been decorative features of architecture for many centuries, projecting…
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Watercolor Painting
How to Paint With Watercolor The step-by-steps on this page show the typical stages in the development of a watercolor landscape. For the landscape shown here the artist used a17- by 22-inch sheet of French…
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Color and Design – Use The Color wheel
Color and Design Understanding color White light is made up of light of different colors. Anyone who has seen a rainbow has seen white light divided into its component colors, the colors of the spectrum….
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Decoupage Books
A Selection of the Best Decoupage Books Available Decoupage – A Practical Guide to the Art of Decorating Surfaces with Paper Cutouts “Perfect for beginners as well as experienced decoupeurs.”—Victorian Home and Gardens Aptly…
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Mobiles Art Books
A Selection of the Best Mobiles Art Books Available Making Mobiles When observing an especially beautiful mobile, beginning artists often think, Wow, I want to make mobiles like THAT! If you have stood under…
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Beadwork Books
A Selection of the Best Beadwork Books Available Getting Started Stringing Beads The art of crafting beautiful string and bead creations is explained in this step-by-step guide for novice beaders. Twenty-five quick and simple…
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Batik | Books | Color and Design | Craft Ideas | Fabric painting | Fabrics
Batik Books
A Selection of the Best Batik Books Available Creative Batik This colorful, practical guide explores many different waxing and dyeing techniques, explaining how to create beautiful flowers, trees, birds, animals, landscapes, and abstract designs….
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Fabric Painting Books
A Selection of the Best Fabric Painting Books Available Fabric Painting with Donna Dewberry: 40 Stylish Projects for Your Home & Wardrobe Readers will love discovering dozens of exciting and colourful new ideas for…
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Oil Painting Books
A Selection of the Best Oil Painting Books Available The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference for Beginners to Professionals Oils are perhaps the most versatile of all paint mediums. Yet for many artists…
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Sketching Books
A Selection of the Best Sketching Books Available Sketching: Techniques and Tips for Successful Sketching An essential little book – perfect for the pocket or art bag – covering all practical aspects of sketching and…
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Quilting Books
A Selection of the Best Quilting Books Available The Quilting Bible This is the one Quilting Books reference every quilter needs. Its 352 pages and 1,000 photographs cover every aspect of machine quilting. Sections include…
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Tie-Dyeing Books
A Selection of the Best Tie-Dyeing Books Available Contemporary dye-craft Tie-Dyeing fabric to create interesting patterns and colors is an ancient craft, practiced throughout the world for centuries, and enjoying a resurgence in recent years….
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Glassblowing Books
A Selection of the Best Glassblowing Books Available The Methods Of Glassblowing Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are…
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Books | Color and Design | Craft Ideas | Glass Art | Mosaics
Mosaic Book Selection
A Selection of the Best Mosaic Books Available Mosaic Book Crafts: Twenty Designs for the Modern Home A master of mosaics presents 20 stylish new projects for the contemporary home. Garden Mosaics Project Mosaic…
