Have you ever wanted to create your own embroidery and crewel designs but have given up the idea just because you can't draw? This book contains over 500 patterns and designs from the finest Victorian source: just transfer the designs to cloth, select a color scheme, use your favorite stitches, and soon your very own personal "needle painting" will begin to form.The designs are classified according to type, from large motifs to borders, centers, corners, scenes, and more. A wide variety of flowers, sprays, and greenery is included, usually in various combinations: daisies, tulips, peonies, dahlias, cornflowers, poppy, wheat, and more. There are also butterflies, bluebirds, bumblebees, owls, dragonflies, and insects of all sorts. Plus, you'll find geometric designs, dramatic sunbursts, and unusual beasts.
Keep track of business contacts, best friends, and everyone in between with this bright and chunky address book. With spiffy tabs in the shape of typewriter keys, this accessory adds flair and zip wherever it lands. Includes a sheet of stickers!
Mr. Lunch, a beloved and hard-working dog, is the hero of the series of children's book classics by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh. Mr. Lunch is a very businesslike dog. In fact, he is a professional bird-chaser. This highly professional line features some of Mr. Lunch's personal office accessories and will ad style to any office. This all-in-one fold and mail stationery features Mr. Lunch hard at work chasing birds. Simply write, moisten, fold and stamp. Voila! No envelopes necessary.
This exciting topic-based series offers early years practitioners collections of activities based on familiar themes. The activities can be easily implemented and readily incorporated into curriculum planning through links made to the Foundation Stage curriculum. Each book includes: activities that can be used on their own or as part of a themed program ideas for enjoying an all round curriculum approach guidance on expanding existing ideas and resources linked ideas to be carried out at home. Flight includes birds, airplanes, helicopters, magic carpets and fairies. It has strong ties with the science curriculum as well as linking with a variety of story books.
Mr. Lunch, the professional bird-chasing dog, never expected his canoe trip to turn into a transatlantic doggie-paddle. And never did he imagine he'd wash ashore in Venice, where the streets are paved with water, and the plazas are paved with...PIGEONS! It's nothing less than the opportunity of alifetime. Who could imagine a better dog for the job?"Campy yet childlike, sophisticated yet frankly silly, the Mr. Lunch books exert a quirky charm that is hard...to resist." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review.J.otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh also collaborated on Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride (Viking/Puffin), Monkey Business , and Free Lunch (both Viking).