March 2010

Booklists · Craft Books

March is National Craft Month! Whether youï¿½re a beginning crafter or just learning a new skill, let the Library get you and your family started with these fun and creative craft books!

General Craft Books

The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts: Fifty Fabulous Projects from the Fifties and Sixties

Leah Kramer

Crafty Mama Makes 49 Fast, Fabulous, Foolproof (Baby & Toddler) Projects

Abby Pecoriello

The Creative Family : How to Encourage Imagination & Nurture Family Connections

Amanda Blake Soule

Making Stuff : An Alternative Craft book

Kitschy Crafts: A Celebration of Overlooked 20th Century Crafts

Jo Packham

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts

Mark Montano

Man Crafts: Leather Tooling, Fly Tying, Ax Whittling, and Other Cool Things to Do

Rosie Oï¿½Donnellï¿½s Crafty U: 100 Easy Projects the Whole Family Can Enjoy All Year Long

Rosie Oï¿½Donnell

Martha Stewartï¿½s Encyclopedia of Crafts

Nature Crafts

Garden Bouquets and Beyond: Creating Wreaths, Garlands, and More In Every Garden Season

Suzanne Frutig Bales

Wreaths & Garlands

Paula Pryke

Make It In Minutes: Wreaths

Taylor Hagerty

Flowers: Style Recipes

Samantha Moss

Backcountry Betty Crafting with Style: Nature-Inspired Projects

Jennifer Worick

Needlework

The Sweater Chop Shop: Sewing One-of-a-Kind Creations from Recycled Sweaters

Crispina Ffrench

Button It Up : 80 Amazing Vintage Button Projects for Necklaces, Bracelets, Embellishments, Housewares & More

Susan Beal

Felt Frenzy : 26 Projects for All Forms of Felting

Heather Brack

Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing : Fabu-Low-Sew Projects for the Everyday Crafter

Kathy Cano-Murillo

Kata Golda's Hand-Stitched Felt: 25 Whimsical Sewing Projects

Kata Golda

Sock and Glove : Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-off Socks and Gloves

Miyako Kanimori

Button! Button! : 50 Cute & Crafty Projects

Terry Taylor

Paper Crafts

Decorating with Papercraft: 25 Fresh and Eco-Friendly Projects for the Home

Clare Young

The Complete Photo Guide to Paper Crafts

Trice Boerens

Big book of Papercrafts : 40 Stunning Projects

Vivienne Bolton

Photojojo! : Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas

Amit Gupta

Photocraft : Cool Things to Do with the Pictures You Love

Caroline Herter

Flower Power Papercrafts: 50 Cards and Gifts Blossoming with Floral Motifs and Papers

Julie Hickey

Japanese Paper Crafting: Create 17 Paper Craft Projects & Make Your Own Beautiful Washi Paper

Michael LaFosse

Recycled Materials

The Green Crafter: 52 Eco-Friendly Projects for Every Week of the Year

Richela Fabian Morgan

62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer and Other Discarded Electronics

Randy Sarafan

Rubbish : reuse your refuse

Kate Shoup

Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials Into New Family Treasures

Amanda Blake Soule

Eco-Craft: Recycle-Recraft-Restyle

Susan Wasinger

Woodworking

Treehouses and Other Cool Stuff: 50 Projects You Can Build

David R. Stiles

Designer Birdhouses: 20 Upscale Homes for Sophisticated Birds

Richard T. Banks

Easy to Build Backyard Projects

Monte Burch

Rustic Furniture Basics

Doug Stowe

The Craft & Art of Bamboo: 30 Eco-Friendly Projects to Make for Home & Garden

Carol Stangler

Crafts for Kids

Pet Crafts : Everything You Need to Become Your Pet's Craft Star!

Megan Friday

Paper Folding

Sally Henry

Rock Your Room with Crafts

Tracy Mauer

More Crafty Activities: Over 50 Fun and Easy Things to Make

Kid Made Modern

Todd Oldham

Earth-Friendly Crafts: Clever Ways to Reuse Everyday Items

Kathy Ross

Jazzy Jewelry, Pretty Purses, and More!

Kathy Ross

The New Jumbo Book of Easy Crafts

Judy Ann Sadler

Wind Chimes and Whirligigs

Renee Schwarz

Crafts for Teens

Alternacrafts

Jessica Vitkus

Bazaar Bizarre: Not Your Granny's Crafts

Greg Der Ananian

Super Crafty: Over 75 Amazing How-to Projects

Susan Beal

InJEANious : 52 Ways to DIY Your Denim

Lauren A. Greene

Generation T : Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-Shirt

Megan Nicolay

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.