Book Review- The Stained Glass Garden: Projects & Patterns

The stained Glass Garden projects & patterns book is great for anyone who is looking for garden-themed projects, I love working in the garden, for the garden in spring, so maybe this is the book for your springtime lead lighting glass crafts.

Grow a glass garden—and beautify any space with the exquisite decorative items you’ve created. George W. Shannon and Pat Torlen, two master teachers and artists who run the On The Edge Glass Studio, offer an array of glorious patterns for stained glass flowers, butterflies, birds, birdfeeders, planters, lanterns, and mobiles. Using dozens of close-up photos, they teach all the basics of both copper foil and lead came construction, from materials and tools to how-to techniques.

A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

Celestial designs have been popular for awhile, you’ll find this trendy imagery on everything from clothing to tattoos and of course crafting products and projects as well. If you’re into suns, stars, moons, constellations and Zodiac signs then you’re going to love the coloring pages inside the Celestial Mandalas Coloring Book by Dover Publications. To give you a taste they are offering 6 FREE pages that you can download, print and color. These beautiful and calming designs are full of intertwined teardrops and circles, swirling planets, bright fiery suns, crescent moons, shooting stars and more. You can even adjust the sizes and use these images for handmade greeting cards, journaling cards for scrapbooking or include them on your planner pages.

Visit Dover Publications for the downloads.

-Heather

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps our mental health in check and allows us to develop parts of the creative brain. We highly recommend Faber castell coloring pencils .

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