Get Crafty!
It’s time to get those creative juices flowing! Let these
books, available in the Jessup
Library, help inspire your next DIY project!
Artists of all backgrounds and skill levels will learn and
explore myriad fun, cutting-edge techniques in the exceedingly popular genre of
mixed media art. This book features a wide variety of traditional and eclectic
methods, from collaging and journaling to stamping and encaustics. Each
technique is presented with simple instructions and beautiful examples.
Fuse your love for crafting and the outdoors with this
incredible compilation of DIY crafts, recipes and gifts made with natural
materials you can grow or gather yourself. Detailed tutorials and recipes are
provided for things like making solid perfume, crafting wooden buttons,
preparing natural dye for easy paper flowers, canning your own fruit jam,
handcrafting wreaths, using seed pods to create earrings and even making your
own coconut oil for lotions or sea salt for hand scrubs!
Mosaics offer a medium to experiment with a wide variety of
materials and to create imaginative color schemes. This book offers plenty of
inspiration for those already interested in this increasingly popular craft, as
well as solid information for the beginner. You’ll find both simple and
ambitious ideas here, using materials such as tiles and mirrors, shells,
pebbles, beads, and covered glass. You’ll get full design guidelines for each
project, and a special chapter that gives directions for making the mosaics and
working with the various types of material that appear in the designs.
Polymer clay is a popular medium suitable and loved by crafters
of all ages and skill levels. It is available in every imaginable color and
easily cured in a home oven, making clay art accessible to everyone. This book
shows you how to use it to create exquisite jewelry, stylish gifts, decorative
boxes, buttons, faux finishes, attractive home accessories and much more. Lots
of step-by-step photographs ensure that not even a beginner can go wrong.
Learn to make beautiful, nourishing soaps – it’s fun, and
your skin will thank you! Moisturize with shea butter, exfoliate with crushed
walnut shells, and soothe itchy skin with oatmeal. More than 30 expertly
formulated recipes take advantage of the beneficial properties in many natural
ingredients.