Susan James book ""Card Making - A Wonderful Hobby"" reveals tips and tricks and a whole lot more on handcrafted materials. If you follow her simple steps - and a little perseverance on your part - you will be pleasantly rewarded and delighted creating beautiful greeting cards that will amaze your loved ones, and friends alike. You will also have a lot of fun, too!
Handmade cards are a delight both to give and to receive, and coordinating gift wrap adds an extra special touch. This book presents a range of beautiful and fun cards, boxes, bags, and gift wrap suitable for all occasions. Book jacket.
“An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards were selling for next to nothing online. What had happened? In Mint Condition, his fascinating, eye-opening, endlessly entertaining book, Jamieson finds the answer by tracing the complete story of this beloved piece of American childhood. Picture cards had long been used for advertising, but after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping them into cigarette packs as collector’s items. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped transform the baseball players association into one of the country’s most powerful unions, dramatically altering the game. In the eighties and nineties, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing, surviving today as the rarified preserve of adult collectors. Mint Condition is charming, original history brimming with colorful characters, sure to delight baseball fans and collectors. “Jamieson explores the history of card collecting through an entertaining cast of characters . . . For anyone who can recall being excited to rip open their newest pack of cards, Mint Condition is a treat.” —Forbes
This inspiring book is packed full of creative ideas for making cards for all occasions. You can follow the clear, simple step-by-step instructions exactly, or just use the imaginative ideas to create your own cards.
50+ step-by-step projects for cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, and envelopes. · Ideas for all occasions: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, new baby, and new home. · Teaches a wide variety of papercrafting techniques. · Vivienne Bolton is the author of 20+ successful craft books.
Pokemon Palooza! How much is your childhood obsession with Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur worth? Find out with Pokemon Cards: The Unofficial Ultimate Collector's Guide. Filled with 8,000 Trading Card Game cards and values, this must-have reference is packed with all 73 current TCG expansion sets, every ultra rare and secret rare cards (GX, EX, 1st Edition, and more) and checklists for every expansion set. Also included: expert tips for collecting and investing from the star of YouTube's PrimetimePokemon, author Ryan Majeske. Inside you'll discover TCG cards hotter than Charmander's flaming tail, including the rarest and most valuable card on the secondary market: a Pikachu illustrator card worth $54,000! Enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the memories and the excitement of the worldwide phenomenon that is Pokemon.
The art of making candles has been around since primitive times. Of course, as time went by they become much different in design than what they were back then. Today candle making is a fun hobby or craft. For some, it is a very profitable business venture. Candle making provides you with they ability to create wonderful designs and crafts out of your candles. There is no limit to the shapes, sizes, and colors you can make your candles in. "Candle Making Like A Pro" will teach you everything you need to know about making perfect candles from the comfort of your own home. Imagine you can be making your own candles in just 48 hours from now. Here are just some of the things you will learn from this book: - A brief history of candle making... - Important safety tips you must know BEFORE making any candles... - How to pick the right kind of supplies for wick, wax, fragrance, colorant, molds, and more... - Secrets from expert candle makers that few people ever know about... - 3 little known, yet simple ways to uses wicks... - How to create different kinds of candles like gel, soda fountain, whipped wax, sand, layered, ice, balloon, beeswax candles, and more... - 3 proven steps to prime your wicks... - WARNING: 3 things you should never do when it comes to making candles... - 2 simple keys (that are right in front of your eyes) to make scented candles... - Special and unique candle gift ideas... - Tips and tricks for selling your candles... - How to avoid these common candle making problems... - And much more...
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
