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Are you a weekend hobby carpenter with a passion for creating high-quality pieces, but not quite the equipment budget to match? Would you like to know how to create Japanese joints using common tools? Japanese joinery is an ancient carpentry skill developed in a time before mass production, when ingenuity and character of design still mattered. Now, you can revive this ancient art and introduce it to your own carpentry designs.

Myquillyn Smith is all about embracing reality - especially when it comes to decorating a home bursting with boys, pets, and all the unpredictable messes of life. In The Nesting Place, Myquillyn shares the secrets of decorating for real people - and it has nothing to do with creating a flawless look to wow your guests. It has everything to do with embracing the natural imperfection and chaos of daily living.

Unleash your inner adventurer: how to plan the ultimate retirement that's anything but boring. Inside this jam-packed audiobook, you'll find hundreds of ideas to spark your imagination for planning an exciting, active, happy, healthy, and mentally sharp life after work.

A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle. At the age of twenty-six, artist and Cathedral stonemason Beatrice Searle crossed the North Sea and walked 500 miles along a medieval pilgrim path through Southern Norway, taking with her a 40-kilogram Orcadian stone.

With the help of this book, you will learn the latest techniques of body language, behavioral science, and facial profiling. You will do better than most of your friends in analyzing people, and get your personal benefits out of it in no time. If you want to learn the skill of analyzing people, then this book is for you.

Have you ever tried to search for the right outfit in a hurry? Imagine being late for an appointment. You open your wardrobe and always feel overwhelmed by the number of items. Does this sound familiar? Now just imagine you were able to open your wardrobe and clearly see all the items inside it with just a few glances. Imagine if you could just pick up two items already knowing they'll fit well together. Creating a capsule wardrobe can solve all these clothing problems, and the best part is you don't have to trash all your clothes and buy new expensive items.

Anyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this renowned calming craft, and reveals how the act of “knit and purl” can be the epitome of conscious living. Ethical textile artist Rachael Matthews unpicks the threads of this popular pastime to explore how knitting connects us to each other and to the world around us. Through personal anecdote and expert insight, she unravels the true value of what it means to craft, its therapeutic benefits, and the joys of mindful making.

After years of experimenting, I decided to gather all my experience in this audiobook for you so you don't have to struggle. In this audiobook, I will share with you exactly how to start and then develop your candle-making skills.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Man Who Made Things out of Trees. Robert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. After all, ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. Journeying from Wales across Europe and Ireland to the USA, Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash are far from dead.

Say goodbye to overpacking and wearing the same jeans and T-shirts on your trip. "Travel With Style" is here to transform the way you pack for your trips, taking you from "What do I pack?" to knowing exactly how to look and feel your best wherever you go. Anastasia, a former travel blogger and entrepreneur who lived in nine countries across four continents and travelled to over forty, transformed her expertise in looking like a local into a handy guidebook.

Are you fascinated by the many kinds of wines you can choose from? Is the rich variety of wines overwhelming? Do you need help choosing the perfect wines - at the right prices? Wine: Everything You Need to Know About Wine from Beginner to Expert provides a brief history of wine, explains wine geography, and teaches you how to recognize a good wine. You'll learn about aroma and balance, what to look for on wine labels, and how to find the best prices!

Traditional jewelers are struggling, more so now than ever before. The Internet has opened up a near-infinite supply of products, sending consumer spending far and wide. To thrive in this fast-changing world we find ourselves in today, you must now become a digital jeweler. It’s no longer acceptable to continue with the same strategies you’ve had from as little as 10 years ago. Simply put, the world has changed, and so should you.

There are more than 100 books that teach you how to make candles, but not many can guide you how to make uniquely aromatic scented candles that can become your own signature brand. In this budget-friendly guide, my goal is to show you how to make candles with a few easy-to-follow steps, what supplies you will need and how to create your own unique blend of fragrance that you can add to your candles.

In Material, Kary takes listeners along with him to visit some of the places where modern artisans are preserving, and in some cases passing on, the old craft skills. His vivid descriptions and eye for detail make this book a rich and delightful listen, and the natural and cultural history he imparts along the way provides an important context for understanding our own past and the roots of our industrial society. Personal, engaging, and filled with memorable people, landscapes, and scenes, Material is a rich celebration of what it means to imagine and create.

Do you want to be able to take amazing photos anytime, anywhere? Ever wondered how a photographer captures great photos? Do you want to capture those memorable moments with finesse and artistry? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you... 50 Things to Know About Photography by Danilyn Flores offers an approach to the tricks and the techniques of the art in photography. Most books on photography will tell you to that you need to be highly creative and imaginative to be able to become an excellent photographer.

In a stressful, chaotic world, many of us are turning to nature for a sense of serenity and happiness. While the idea of the wild outdoors is enticing, though, our busy lives and our location can cause us to become detached from nature. Down to the River and Up to the Trees will show you how to connect with the natural world around you, whether you live in the city or the countryside.

Craft enthusiasts are no doubt already aware of the joys of making and the frustration when you must put aside your project and go back to your day job or to less enticing tasks around the house. But there is more to crafting than the simple enjoyment of a creative hobby. Drawing on the firsthand accounts from everyday crafters, Craftfulness considers the vital well-being effects to be gained from the simple expression of your creativity and investigates the soul cleansing and stress relieving benefits of making things by hand.

In this innovative audiobook, popular blogger Liz Marie Galvan shares a hundred tips and tricks, budget-friendly hints, and project how-tos to make every room in your house feel like a home you love. Each month hundreds of thousands of readers find design inspiration and DIY ideas on Liz's blog, where Liz shares stories of life with her veteran husband, their 1800s Michigan farmhouse, and the home décor boutique she co-owns.

This audiobook is for people who are in their first lap (zero to three years) of their leather-crafting journey and want to have a holistic idea of processes and tools and need help in their initial projects.

Are you ready for it? You ready to master the art of ceramics? To learn the easy steps of making your own ceramics? How about understanding what exactly is ceramic production is, whether a hobby or possibly a business? How about all the different types of ceramics you can make? How about the ins and outs ceramic production? This author walks you through the steps from start to finish. The complete walkthrough guide from basic to expert levels!