This fully illustrated guide shows how to make all kinds of funky and elegant bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and pendants using beads and wire. It begins with the basics – planning a design, attaching fittings, making secure crimps, selecting beads – so crafters can quickly get started creating one-of-a-kind pieces. Simple wire-bending techniques allow crafters to make beaded drop earrings as well as more elaborate necklace and bracelet d…

Step-by-step instructions show you how to use brush pens to make professional-looking letters and numbers. Six styles of modern calligraphy, plus ways to personalize your designs. Try more advanced techniques combining lettering and illustrations, and the many project suggestions for cards, invitations, signs, and more. Author: Hamane Higashi 96pp., 7x10 paperback ISBN: 9780811772587

20 unique projects from around the world. Each design includes a list of fabrics and embroidery floss colorsused and detailed cross-stitch charts. Author: Isabelle Haccourt Vautier 112pp., 8x10 paperback ISBN: 9780811776837

Learn and master the beautiful and varied art of Western calligraphy. This lavishly illustrated guide includes all the information you need to get started in calligraphy as well as techniques for the more advanced artist, including using color, carving lettering in wood and stone, and creating abstract and ornamental calligraphy designs. The 40 alphabets included are drawn from throughout the rich history of Western calligraphy, from elaborate Go…

Roxan O’Brien, author Colored Pencil on Copper Jewelry, is back with brand-new techniques and designs, this time for a variety of metals including silver, tin, nickel silver, aluminum, and brass. In this new book, she teaches dotting techniques, how to use a blending pencil, adding gold leaf, setting rivets, and more. Instructions for 10 projects. Author: Roxan O'Brien 96pp., 8.5x11 paperback ISBN: 9780811776462

Go from beginner to competent stitcher in just 10 lessons. You’ll learn how to transfer your designs, make the most essential stitches, add beads, stitch letters, make patches, and more—everything you need to know! Then try 10 of the most popular embroidery projects for embellishing jeans, sneakers, pillow, tote, sweater, and more! Author: Juliette Michelet 96pp., 8x10 paperback ISBN: 9780811776813

Make the most of one of today's hottest jewelry trends with Leather Bracelets, a collection of 33 beautiful beaded, knotted, and braided accessories that would be at home on the shelves of the most stylish designer boutiques. Gorgeous worn alone but even more stylish stacked, these bracelets can be made with readily available leather cord and findings and a few basic jewelry-making tools. Each hand-crafted bracelet can be made unique just by chan…