Crafts & Hobbies : Fashion

The Style Bible is an indispensable handbook filled with fundamentals that every man can use to improve his dress sense and lifestyle. Divided into 11 rules, The Style Bible helps you build a versatile wardrobe; coordinate different colors, patterns, and accessories; learn which clothes flatter your body type; and navigate the worlds of shoes, jeans, and watches. You'll also learn how to dress appropriately for any occasion or environment, from meetings at the office to first dates and nights on the town. With instructive illustrations and loads of tips, The Style Bible is essential reading for every man who wants to dress to impress. more...

Price: $13.99

Readers of Anticraft will be introduced to craft ideas they'd never see in Family Circle or Martha Stewart Living. Filled with projects such as the Curse Your Boyfriend sweater, the Snowball's Chance in Hell arm warmers and a sleek black duct-tape corset, AntiCraft takes an approach much sought after by the growing audience of hot publications like BUST, Ready Made and Craft: transforming traditional crafts into quirky wearable fashion. Featuring a variety of knitting, stitching and beading projects the book instructs, inspires and entertains. Includes quirky sidebars such as "How to tap into your dark side" and "The top five reasons it's good to be an AntiCrafter", plus comic strip art, recipes and more. About the Author. An avid seamstress, Renée has been designing knitwear for eight years. Her work has been published in Stitch 'n Bitch Nation and she has been teaching knitting, crochet and beading classes for the last two years. Zabet is a lifelong artist and has been writing poetry, songs and short stories for more than a decade. She has been designing knitted objects for the last five years. Together, the two are the co-owners of the highly popular Internet site www.TheAntiCraft.com more...

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Beading is among the most popular crafts today--and it's a growing segment of the $30 billion U.S. craft and hobby market. Making your own beaded jewelry is often significantly cheaper than buying the same pieces, and you can tailor designs to suit your own tastes. The prevalence of bead shops and other retailers selling jewelry-making supplies makes it an easy hobby to pick up; a 2004 survey conducted by Interweave Press found that there are nearly 1,800 independent retail bead shops in the U.S. And craft chains like Michael's and Joann's have significantly increased their inventory of jewelry-making supplies as well. Beading VISUAL Quick Tips shows readers how to do everything from basic stringing to bead weaving with the peyote stitch to macrame and braiding with beads, all in the series' easily accessible, portable format. Hundreds of full-color photos help visual learners see exactly how each technique is accomplished. more...

Price: $14.99

Featuring contributors who have their own distintive, high traffic blogs, this book is a follow-on to "Stitch n' Bitch". more...

Price: $29.99

If you're interested in trying out this wildly popular medium, this book will guide you through fun and fantastic projects that do not require expensive equipment. 25 step-by-step projects include earrings, pendants, bracelets and more. You'll learn to cut, texturize and sculpt the clay in addition to how to dry and fire it using a standard butane torch. No kiln required! more...

Price: $19.99