Customer Reviews:
Writing History with Needle and Thread.......2000-05-29
Although a small book, its' historical content is indeed large and informative. This book has been rated at an appropiate reading level for 9-12, however I enjoy it as an adult. Impoverished and denied the written word, Harriet Powers needs to be added to our ever-growing list of "Sheroes". A former slave, she was able to recreate Biblical events in cloth, without ever having seen many of the creatures she dipicted;ie. the whale, in Jonah and the Whale, or the animals on the Ark. One has only to compare her applique work to that of the Dahomey story cloths, to see a definite link to our stolen history. I referrenced this book ,along with others, as a critical part of a term paper of the same name as my above title. I reccomend this book to anyone interested in history, as well as quilts. I thank Mary E. Lyons for giving us this prized possesion.
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Title: Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Ellen Fader
Publication:
The Horn Book Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1994
Publisher: Horn Book, Inc.
Volume: v70
Issue: n2
Page: p219(2)
Article Type: Book Review, Children's Review, Brief Article
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Product Description
Stencil designs with color code, includes butterflies, nursery, seasonal, fruit and vegetables, flowers, children, underwater, sailing, birds,scouting, cowboys and Indians, moon and stars and many more.
Book Description
They're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes, a tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely due has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the msot phenomenal success story in syndication - and publishing - history. In only six years, they appear in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide, and Calvin and Hobbes wins as many readership polls as Calvin has excesses. All seven of Bill Watterson's collections have sold a million copies within a year of publication. This treasury collection contains a never-before-published full-color section, as well as the cartoons appearing in The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes "Boink." All Sunday cartoons are presented full-page and full-color.
Customer Reviews:
C&H FTW.......2007-09-12
If you love C&H, you'll like this book. For me, Calvin is like pepperoni pizza... when it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad, it's still good.
an epic, great modern day comic strip parable ................2007-05-04
I could relate to Calvin and Hobbes, from the moment I first started following the adventures of the devilish, eternal six year old (Calvin) and his scruffy, stuffed pal tiger (Hobbes). Though, many of the plots appear simplistic (example: Calvin makes a mess and his mother yells at him!), there is so much more to the little strips than meets the eye. For starters, Calvin and Hobbes ponders the meaning of life, the voicelessness of children in society, and self image (among other themes).
Though, this comic strip is something that definitely appeals to little children, because it presents a little boy that we all can relate to (or maybe spent time avoiding on the playground if he teased us), and his stuffed animal. Anyone who owned a stuffed animal and knows what an important bond that is for a child, knows the feeling when that toy crosses over from the identity of "inanimate object" to "lifelike being." The creature that we relate to truly embodies the qualities who want in a best friend and companion, and we aren't doing the talking for that creature, because it truly does have a mind of its own! (in the eyes of a child) Wonderful, very funny and beautifully drawn. I've had mine for almost fifteen years and I just went back to look at it today. It feels like no time has passed between now, and the time I first looked at it. Buy this today and make it a part of your collection.
Long.......2007-03-08
This Calvin and Hobbes book is the best i've read by far. Its 250 pages long and each page contains 3 strips.
The strips in this book are especially funny and i am sure you'll enjoy them.
I highly reccomend this book.
Zen and Graphic Art.......2007-01-31
Calvin and Hobbes has always been a good `grounding' read . . . Kinda Zen, kinda common sense, always funny.
Best Book ever.......2006-11-02
This is about the best thing I've ever read. I never get tired of re and rereading it again and again. You just miss them so much after the book ends, you want to read it again. It always brings laughter, or even tears of laughter. It is a pity Bill Watterson retired from making these wonderful comics.
And this is only the first book I've read. I just ordered Calvin and Hobbes: the Authoratative, and I cannot wait...way too excited.
Book Description
Marie Browning's best-selling Jazzy Jars delighted crafters with its clever, yet wonderfully easy, suggestions for turning the humble jar into a breathtaking gift package. The creative fun continues in this follow-up collection, which has dozens of all-new, even better projects, patterns, techniques, and ideas. There are spectacular options galore: decorative painting with permanent enamel glass paints, decoupage, altered art, polymer clay, gluing and embellishing with trims or found objects, quick and easy lid decorations, special tags and labels, and much more. Fill up that empty jar, and make it complete, with an entire section of recipes for layered mixes and other foods. Tie a bow around the finished jar, and voila! The perfect present to make anyone happy. A Selection of the Crafters Choice and Homestyle Book Clubs.
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Decorate, create, and give with love—or start a successful home business: that’s what crafters can do with this jazzy, snazzy guide to putting together the perfect gift basket. Written by Marie Browning, author of the best-selling Jazzy Jars, it’s not only filled with a variety of techniques for decorating the baskets—painting, découpage, adding a no-sew fabric lining—but presents a wealth of ideas for selecting, assembling, and creatively packaging lovely gifts to place inside. Choose from more than two dozen themes for every occasion, including Celebration Baskets for life’s special moments; Thank You Baskets; Food Baskets, with ideas for preparing an entire meal; and many more.
Customer Reviews:
A treasure!.......2007-03-19
I first saw this book at the public library and fell in love. The photos are wonderful and illustrate the process of creating beautiful gift baskets. Extensive directions are given and supply lists. I think that I could even replicate some of the gift baskets, and I am not that creative.
Jazzy Gift Baskets: Making & Decorating Glorious Presents.......2007-02-08
Great Ideas for outstanding gifts. This book has wonderful gift presentations. Thanks
Like this book, wish the products were available in the U.S........2006-11-10
I would have to say this book, unlike so many others, offers great ideas for modifying ordinary containers to create beautiful, unique receptacles for gift items. The author seems to be a jack-of-all-trades as she takes gifting to a whole new level. She not only enhances the baskets with paint, embellishments, weaving, floral design...etc., but she makes some of the gift products herself. The reader is offered a plethora of information from whitewashing baskets to manufacturing homemade soaps to be used as basket fillers. Her baskets are lovely and inspiring. My disappointment lies in the roadblocks I encountered in my attempt to purchase some of the items needed to re-create her baskets. I searched far and wide for a product she calls "floral foam," which will serve as an adhesive for the application of dried or silk flowers to a basket without that messy glue-gun string effect. I believe the author resides in the UK and her resource list suggests that her products originate there. My web resources came up short and I have yet to put her directions to the test.
All in all, this book is a great purchase if you are looking for basket ideas. She certainly motivates the reader to take basket design one step further.
Book Description
Those oh-so-ordinary red clay pots, available everywhere, can be transformed into some of the most imaginative containers you'd ever want. Buy them on the cheap, all sizes, then decorate them to enhance any space, indoors or out. Containers for plants are just the beginning. Among the 42 projects are garden ornaments and patio accessories, tool caddies, lamp bases, wind chimes, umbrella stands, kitchen canister sets, bath towel holders--even baking pans (complete with recipes). A colorful gallery showcases the work of six talented designers, with patterns and assembly-diagram instructions so you can make them yourself, and add your own distinctive touches. Techniques include painting, decoupage, stamping, and stenciling, as well as more advanced methods such as crackling, antiquing, and distressing.
Customer Reviews:
great for children's projects.......2007-03-10
There are some great ideas in here if you are planning on doing the projects with grade school children, or if you have little to no creativity. Otherwise don't bother with this book
Great craft ideas for VBS.......2006-03-06
I bought this book for craft ideas for VBS and I can't wait to use it in July 06. I found so much I will have plenty of ideas for several years for the 7th and 8th grade class.
Book Description
Mickey Baskett--writer, editor, and expert on crafts of every kind--presents creative and fun ways to transform the humble clay pot into a thing of beauty. This charming collection makes a great companion to the perennially popular Jazzy Jars.
With a little imagination, simple crafts skills, and these fabulous projects--all photographed in color--anyone can turn basic clay flowerpots into jazzy, snazzy ornaments and gifts. Several talented designers show how, as they present more than three dozen ideas for decorating pots with paint, decoupage, and other easy-to-master techniques. Many of the decorations will brighten a garden, including the pretty Découpaged Tabletop Fountain and a Whimsical Feeder to welcome birds, which has wings and a tail cut from a milk jug and a smiling beak made from a plastic funnel. Other great items include a Snow Fairy, Cherry Tray, and Gingerbread Cookie Jar. Every project comes complete with patterns, worksheets, painting examples, and assembly diagrams.
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This is the true story of a savvy, tell-it-like-it-is New York columnist who takes on society's most powerful and most glamorous every day-but is ultimately redeemed by the love of a tiny dog who teaches her more about joy and survival than any human ever could. After The New York Post's Cindy Adams lost her beloved husband Joey, the last thing on her mind was finding a new companion. But that's exactly what she got when an unannounced visitor arrived with an unexpected gift-a Yorkshire terrier named Jazzy. Never having been a 'dog person,' Cindy was decidedly skeptical about whether this relationship was ever going to work. But that's the gift of Jazzy. The story of how this dog became her closest family member is told with the famous wit, the sharp observation, and the flair for celebrity dish that has made her column a must-read for years. By opening up her personal life in this revealing way, Cindy Adams has written a gift for anyone who's lost someone dear.
Customer Reviews:
It Is What It Is.....A Very Good Book .......2007-06-09
I found that this book was very entertaining and heart-warming. Cindy Adams wrote this story from her personal experiences. The funny antics of Jazzy, all the way to the celebrities mentioned, is her story. It is, what it is. If you like it, it's because it's a good re-telling of life going on after a loved-one passes, and how a little dog helped in the healing process. If you didn't like it, at least give Cindy Adams the respect and acknowledgement that she has the ambition to write a book, of which many people wouldn't even know where to begin with. At the very least, it doesn't deserve the nasty negative comments.
The Gift of Jazzy.......2007-01-04
I'am sorry I bought this book, it is not a good read
The Gift of Jazzy.......2006-11-04
Great book for dog lovers. Cindy Adams tells the story of losing a loved one and how a very small dog came into her life and captured her heart forever.
I didn't expect to love it as much as I did.......2006-04-17
Gift of Jazzy is really two books in one. The first one talks, with startling tenderness (which you wouldn't expect from Cindy Adams) about the cruelty of old age and sickness and the thoughtless stupidity of bystanders to it. After 40 years of marriage Adams's husband, Joey was physically breaking down and dying piece by piece it was incredibly sad. When her husband finally is gone the void was huge and friends decided to cheer her up by handing her a tiny Yorkie puppy-- Jazzy.
It shouldn't have worked out. Adams was depressed and cranky and brand new puppies need lots of attention but somehow it did and page by page the old Cindy Adams comes roaring back to life. I really enjoyed this book. The stories about Jazzy, life and work in New York and the foibles of celebrities are fun. If you love dog stories this one should be on your bookshelf.
Okay.......2006-01-25
Although I only gave the book 2 stars, I also have the audio CD and rate it higher because of the author's excellent narration. Since the author is a gossip columnist I enjoyed the celebrity tidbits. I also appreciated her sharing the ordeal of coping with her ailing husband and mother. This was touching as well as useful since most of us may have to deal with these situations at some time. Although she was sensitive regarding other people's conduct toward her husband, she does not appear sympathetic to others. Her general attitude is condescending. The theme of the book is about adjusting to her husband's death with the distraction of a new puppy. This provided some humorous episodes. However, she seems oblivious to the fact that her dog has similar behavior to that of other people's children that she dislikes and she herself has become like those parents that force their child (dog) on everyone assuming it is adorable. Because her love and energy was focused on a dog that didn't seem especially likeable it was: Much Ado About Nothing....
Book Description
“More than 45 one-page patterns, complete with color photographs and directions....Of inordinate help, even more so than the jars, are the ideas for filling the packaged jar....A good source.” —Booklist. “Turn a humble glass container into a great gift with dozens of recipes for instant-mixes and an inspiring array of embellishing techniques.”—Crafts’n Things.
Customer Reviews:
Jazzy Jars by Browning.......2003-09-01
This is an excellent work for replicating decorative,
recycled, plastic and other types of jars. The author describes
how to utilize air-dry enamel paints, the surface preparation,
basecoats and lid decoration. In addition, the use of
acryllic paints is demonstrated for decorating lids.
A strength of this work is that it is easy to read. In addition,
the many diagrams depict the process of preparing jars in
accordance with various decorating techniques of preparation
and conditioning.
Fabulous!.......2003-01-20
Photos are terrific. The directions are detailed and easy to follow. Wonderfully, fabulous jars to create!!
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The Gift of Jazzy
Cindy Adams
Manufacturer: St. martin's Press
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Warm dog story
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Snappy, Jazzy Jewelry
Katie Gayle
Manufacturer: Sterling
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"...craft-hungry girls...will find this book filled with doable ideas....Showy and jazzy are the perfect words to describe Gayle's wild designs, most of which can be constructed without too much difficulty..."--Booklist. "A delightful, enthusiastic, and colorful craft book requiring inexpensive and easily obtainable materials....Kids can make many of these pieces of jewelry with little or no help or supervision....numerous full-color photos, illustrations, and diagrams...help interpret the written directions....chock-full of great ideas for art teachers, scout leaders, and craft kids."--School Library Journal. "Tin cans, buttons, clay and plastic bags are only a few of the materials used...Instructions for more than 60 easily made projects are illustrated with bright color photographs and small drawings."--PW. 48 pages (all in color), 9 1/2 x 11 1/2.
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