French General Treasured Notions

Author: Kaari Meng
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811872122
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
Gorgeous embellishments from the celebrated craft store inspire you to create your own projects—from a Button Charm Bracelet to an Opera Bag. French steel-cut beads, mother-of-pearl buttons, spools of vintage ribbons . . . This exquisite book showcases the decorative bits flea-market hunters dream of. Hundreds of photos reveal rare European notions from the craft community’s most beloved emporium, Tinsel Trading Company. With these vintage baubles as her inspiration, Kaari Meng shares projects that crafters can make with their own flea-market finds or with contemporary materials they have on hand: a button charm bracelet, whimsical petite prize medals, an heirloom-worthy memory book, shimmering handbags, and more. Kaari’s colorful inspiration boards lend design guidance, while her tips and resources help notion-lovers build up their stash of treasures.

Paperie

Author: Bo Niles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684844230
Category : Paper work
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
What Levenger does for office supplies and Williams-Sonoma does for kitchenware, Kate's Paperie does for paper--showing how ordinary wrapping and writing can be a beautiful and sensuous expression of personal style. 175 illustrations, 150 in full color.

French General: Party Paperie

Author: Kaari Meng
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811868150
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
Voilan instantly elegant dinner party! This vellum pack includes everything a hostess needs to savor the treasured act of inviting guests and setting the scene for a special occasion: 12 each of printed invitations, envelopes, place cards, and menu cards. The color coordinated vintage textile patterns are from Kaari Meng, founder of the celebrated fabric and ephemera shop French General.

Dads Are the Original Hipsters

Author: Brad Getty
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452108854
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
"They listened to vinyl. They had mustaches. They raged all night and didn't take sh*t from anyone. Admit it - dads were hipsters first and they've been killing it since back in the day."--Back cover.

Shakespeare Insult Generator

Author: Barry Kraft
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452127750
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Put dullards and miscreants in their place with more than 150,000 handy mix-and-match insults in the bard's own words. This entertaining insult generator and flip book collects hundreds of words from Shakespeare's most pointed barbs and allows readers to combine them in creative and hilariously stinging ways. From "apish bald-pated abomination" to "cuckoldly dull-brained blockhead" to "obscene rump-fed hornbeast," each insult can be chosen at random or customized to fit any situation that calls for a literary smackdown. Featuring an informative introduction on Shakespearean wit, and notes on which terms were coined or only used once by the author in his work, this delightful book will sharpen the tongue of Shakespeare fans and insult aficionados without much further ado.

Vintage Wedding Style

Author: Elizabeth Demos
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452102090
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
A photo-driven wedding look book that's two parts inspiration one part DIY, 'Vintage Wedding Style' is packed with ideas, projects, resources and above all gorgeous photographs of real weddings to help brides-to-be design and dream about their special day

Lorna Simpson Collages

Author: Lorna Simpson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452161755
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
"Black women's heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors." —Elizabeth Alexander, from the Introduction Using advertising photographs of black women (and men) drawn from vintage issues of Ebony and Jet magazines, the exquisite and thought-provoking collages of world-renowned artist Lorna Simpson explore the richly nuanced language of hair. Surreal coiffures made from colorful ink washes, striking geological formations from old textbooks, and other unexpected forms and objects adorn the models to mesmerizingly beautiful effect. Featuring 160 artworks, an artist's statement, and an introduction by poet, author, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, this volume celebrates the irresistible power of Simpson's visual vernacular.

Typewriter Paper

Author: Chronicle Books
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452136318
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Just the type of thing to thrill analog-obsessed note-takers, this box of notepaper mimics the shape of a real typewriter in petite proportions ideal for desktop display. Perforated sheets for notes—with watermarks just like vintage typewriter paper—pull out of the box top.

Typewriters

Author: Anthony Casillo
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452155747
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
“Typewriter expert and collector Anthony Casillo presents a visual homage to the device that revolutionized correspondence” (The Florida Times-Union). From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world’s first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world’s first commercially successful typewriter—the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874—to the iconic electric models of the 1960s, eighty vintage devices are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text that highlights the design modifications, intricate details, and peculiar quirks that make each typewriter unique. From functional advances like noiseless machines to luxurious details such as mahogany covers and inlaid mother-of-pearl, a century of design innovation and experimentation is charted in these pages. Packed with visuals and rich with history, Typewriters is the essential story of a writing invention that changed the world. Includes a foreword by Tom Hanks Praise for Typewriters “A Love Letter to Vintage Typewriters.” —Wall Street Journal “This is sure to delight typewriter lovers and those interested in machine or design history.” —Library Journal

Something Borrowed

Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250011862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Giffin's smash-hit debut novel--basis for the 2011 film--is for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship.