The big-ass book of crafts [more than 150 crafts to fill your home, give to friends, decorate the yard, or send to mom

The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters — TLC's While You Were Out top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. With more than one hundred and fifty inventive and fun projects, The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is the perfect activity book for readers of every mood, budget, and skill level. Overview: The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you're the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters-TLC's While You Were Out top designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring. With more than one hundred and fifty inventive and fun projects, The Big-Ass Book of Crafts is the perfect activity book for readers of every mood, budget, and skill level Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Dedication Introduction Chapter 1: Artsy Fartsy Chapter 2: Body Worship Chapter 3: Bored at My Desk Chapter 4: Can I Have a Light? Chapter 5: Can We Table That? Chapter 6: Dishing It Out Chapter 7: I Made This for You ... So You Better Love It! Chapter 8: I Saw It in the Window Chapter 9: I'll Be in the Bedroom (Wink, Wink!) Chapter 10: I've Been Felt Up Chapter 11: Let Me Entertain You (with Kitschy Kitchen Krafts) Chapter 12: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall Chapter 13: More Stuff to Dust Chapter 14: Nature Calls Chapter 15: Outdoorsy Chapter 16: Recycle It!Chapter 17: Yours Truly (Creative Correspondence) Chapter 18: Don't Get Cross Chapter 19: It's in the Tin Chapter 20: Sew Darn Easy Chapter 21: You've Been Framed Things I Used for the Projects in This Book Resource Guide Index __The Big-Ass Book of Crafts__Forget crocheted doilies and itchy knit sweaters--TLC'stop designer Mark Montano has created stylish and imaginative projects that range from a Warhol-esque Ultrasuede iPod case to photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs to wooden night-light boxes. Divided into sections that include Outdoorsy (ideas to enhance your backyard), Dishing It Out (decorating plates using different techniques), You've Been Framed (innovative picture framing ideas), and Can I Have a Light? (creating and decorating lamps, lanterns, and chandeliers), it's as entertaining to read as it is endlessly inspiring.With more than one hundred and fifty inventive and fun projects,is the perfect activity book for readers of every mood, budget, and skill level. A treasury of do-it-yourself projects by a host of TLC's Ten Years Younger outlines handmade gift and home-decorating ideas, from a Warhol-esque iPod case and photo-adorned boxer shorts to African mask patio chairs and 3-D night-light boxes Forget crocheted doilies--this is the definitive guide to fun and unique projects (more than 150!) from crafting master Mark Montano.