Take a trip to Paris, without leaving your own backyard! Learn to create line drawings of all things quintessentially French with this charming volume filled with easy-to-follow exercises. Casual doodles will take on a Parisian je ne sais quoi as you render the majestic tiers of the Eiffel Tower, sketch the playful outlines of a fleur-de-lys, or learn to draw the perfect croissant. Sure to delight Francophiles and lovers of vintage ephemera alike, Anna Corba's evocative collages provide an alluring backdrop to her drawing instructions. In a gorgeous little package as pretty as a French pastry, including decorative blank pages in back that tear out so readers can doodle their own masterpieces, this sweet book is an ideal gift for anyone longing for la belle vie.

Doodling in French: How to Draw with Joie de Vivre

Arts & Photography

Corba, Anna

Graphic Design

Chronicle Books+

Vintage Paper Crafts

Old notebooks, discarded postcards purchased from a flea market, sheaves of sheet music, yellowed newspapers with foreign language text: Anna Corba knows how to turn these vintage papers into fantastic contemporary fans, decorated glassware, party favors, and more. This up-and-coming designer presents her beautiful projects here, with detailed instructions, charming color photos, and tips to help imaginative crafters develop their own personal style. Her techniques for transforming the paper range from tea-dying to laying down a final layer of beeswax on a collage. Make collage bottles; embellish plain cardboard boxes with paint and vintage trading cards; or create decorative paper cones to hold flowers, small candy, or trinkets. With a sheet of paper, everything is possible.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Sterling/Chapelle

Say the words "memory box" and many people instantly think of shadow boxes. Not designer Anna Corba! She let her imagination run wild, went beyond the ordinary, and in the process totally redefined the tradition. Corba, author of the very successful Vintage Paper Crafts, creates romantic, charming projects that use such unexpected items as tins and wooden crates as a starting point. Outside, she decorates with buttons, polish, fabric, sheet music, stamps, and seashells; inside, she places anything that will evoke wonderful memories, including vacation souvenirs and family recipes. Among her clever ideas: "Baby's New Nest," made from a birdcage and adorned with photographs and alphabet blocks and a velvet beribboned "Opera Box" for storing cherished programs.

Making Memory Boxes: 35 Beautiful Projects

It's as easy as ABC to create beautiful scrapbooks, cards, and other decorated projects with these vintage alphabets and classic ornamentations. From ornate Victorian lettering to antique word tile images, from baroque initials to cherub letters, the range of charming designs offers something for everyone, and really turns an ordinary page into something memorable and unique. Use them to make monograms or labels for a journal, to write an irresistibly lovely message, or to embellish a memory box. Some of the alphabets are pretty as a picture just shown off as is.

Memories of a Lifetime®: Alphabets & Ornaments: Artwork for Scrapbooks & Fabric-Transfer Crafts

One of the first four books in the Instant Memories series. Each of these books offers 57 scrapbook pages ready for your photographs. Simply tear them out along the perforated edge, add photographs and diary entries in the spaces provided, and you have a beautiful, vintage scrapbook page in minutes. For added value, each book comes with a CD that contains all of the images that make up each individual page. Hundreds of images at your fingertips for use in scrapbook, fabric transfer, and woodcrafts. Eight pages of gallery ideas are provided to demonstrate how the artwork can be used.

Instant Memories: Travel: Ready-to-Use Scrapbook Pages

Old notebooks, discarded postcards purchased from a flea market, sheaves of sheet music: Anna Corba knows how to turn these vintage papers into fantastic contemporary crafts. This up-and-coming designer presents her beautiful projects, with detailed instructions, charming color photos, and tips to help imaginative crafters develop their own personal style. Her techniques for transforming the paper range from tea-dying to repurposing luggage tags. Embellish plain cardboard boxes with paint and vintage trading cards; make collage bottles; or create decorative paper cones to hold flowers, candy, or trinkets. With a sheet of paper, everything is possible. "Makes clever use of common materials and [is a] good selection."--Library Journal

Designer Anna Corba has won a huge following for her beautiful vintage-style projects. The successful author of Making Memory Boxes, Memories of a Lifetime: Alphabets and Ornaments, and Instant Memories: Travel now shows you how to make exquisite papercrafts using such materials as old notebooks, discarded postcards, and sheet music. The finished works are filled with both classic charm and contemporary flair.

Create with the Designers: Vintage Paper Crafts with Anna Corba - An Interactive DVD Book with CD-ROM & Project Shopping Guide

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Sterling

Old notebooks, discarded postcards purchased from a flea market, sheaves of sheet music, yellowed newspapers with foreign language text: Learn new ways to give virtually any piece of old paper vintage charm. Anna Corba shares her tried-and-true secrets of how to make decorative pieces of art that are fun and functional. Her beautiful projects are outlined here—from contemporary fans to decorated glassware to party favors—with detailed instructions, charming color photos, and tips to help imaginative crafters express their individual personality with vintage style. Discover the unexpected value and charm of old bottle caps, measuring tapes, wooden spools, and weathered bingo cards. Then learn how items like beeswax, faded tassels, and double-stick tape can transform ordinary objects into unique keepsakes.

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Instant Memories: French Pages: Ready-to-Use Scrapbook Pages

Lark/Chapelle

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Doodling in French: How to Draw with Joie de Vivre

Vintage Paper Crafts

Making Memory Boxes: 35 Beautiful Projects

Memories of a Lifetime®: Alphabets & Ornaments: Artwork for Scrapbooks & Fabric-Transfer Crafts

Instant Memories: Travel: Ready-to-Use Scrapbook Pages

Vintage Paper Crafts

Create with the Designers: Vintage Paper Crafts with Anna Corba - An Interactive DVD Book with CD-ROM & Project Shopping Guide

Vintage Paper Crafts

Instant Memories: French Pages: Ready-to-Use Scrapbook Pages