Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader

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1) Dried flower crafting: 20 easy & elegant projects for your home

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If you can wield a glue gun, hold a paintbrush, or thread a needle, then you can make lovely dried flower projects in a single weekend. This fully illustrated guide features curtains, cards, candles, lamps, and drawer pulls that incorporate preserved flowers. Follow the easy directions for gathering and pressing fresh flowers, choosing tools and techniques, and preserving and displaying the final results. Or purchase the flowers for a quick start....

2) Blue ribbon afghans from America's state fairs: 40 prize-winning crocheted designs

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Shrader, Valerie Van Arsdale

Pub. Date

c2003

3) Making crafts from your kids' art

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Shrader, Valerie Van Arsdale

Pub. Date

2003

4) 500 handmade dolls: modern explorations of the human form

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[2007]

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A showcase of handmade dolls ranging from representational to abstract, from skillful realism to provocative surrealism--and they're made from every conceivable material, including beads, gourds and polymer clay. Features the fabric dolls of Akira Blount, the porcelain designs of Marlaine Verhelst, and the strange and scary figures of Chris Chomick.

5) Pretty little presents

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2009

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Learn to create beautiful, personal, handmade gifts for all occasions. It features projects that include napkin rings, a doll, a notebook cover and more!