Some Books about Stunning - Happy Stunning Reading!

Makeup Makeovers: Expert Secrets for Stunning Transformations
Forget extreme makeovers! Robert Jones, makeup artist extraordinaire, outlines step-by-step how even the ugliest duckling can become a swan-with makeup alone! In hundreds of awe-inspiring before-and-after photos, Robert makes it easy for any woman to achieve true beauty.

Unlike most makeup books that focus on celebrities or the already-glamorous, Makeup Makeovers shows every woman how to be her most beautiful. No matter what your age, skin tone, or profile, Robert can show you simple techniques that camouflage flaws and highlight each woman's unique beauty.

Best of all, it's EASY! Even if you've never worn makeup before, you can learn how to bring out your best in just a few minutes.

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Price: $14.18 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Simple Stunning Weddings: Designing and Creating Your Perfect Celebration
The three biggest trends in weddings today are simplicity, personalization, and color. Wedding design expert Karen Bussen highlights these elements as she shows couples how to design their own weddings without going crazy or broke.

Simple Stunning Weddings is the first wedding design book to focus on the where of the wedding. Location is the first and most important decision brides and grooms must make: everything else flows from that. Bussen showcases 12 popular wedding settings, including the city loft, country inn, art gallery, botanic garden, and private club, and demonstrates how to make them extraordinary. With the site as the starting point, she creates unifying themes with color, flowers, and personal touches. She explains how to deal with vendors, how to spend the wedding budget, and when it makes sense to hire a specialist.

Sharing all her trade secrets, Bussen teaches the power of simplicity and the impact of color, which can be tailored to any budget, always to stunning effect: substituting cotton tablecloths for silk in the same eye-dazzling color combinations, for example, or creating striking flower arrangements using only one or two types of blooms. Whether for a barefoot union on a beach or a formal affair in a hotel ballroom, this fully illustrated, information-filled book is like having Bussen on hand as your personal wedding designer. AUTHOR BIO: KAREN BUSSEN is one of Manhattan's most exciting wedding designers. Her work has been featured in such magazines as Modern Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings, Home, Food & Wine, and Interior Design. In the past six years, she has designed more than 100 weddings.

ELLEN SILVERMAN's photographs have appeared in Charmed Bracelets and New Soul Cooking (both STC)..
Price: $17.35 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Designer Plant Combinations: 105 Stunning Gardens Using Six Plants or Fewer
For every gardener who has hesitated over plant pairings or wondered if an array of favorite plants will work well together in the garden, Designer Plant Combinations inspires and delights with professionally designed combinations using just two to six plants. Here are the secrets to combining French lavender with California fuchsia; prairie coneflower with hummingbird mint; and tall purple moor grass with dwarf Korean lilac in a small garden bed. The dramatic effects are marvelous.

Author Scott Calhoun traveled the country searching for the freshest, most exciting plant groupings. He visited the gardens of top designers from coast to coast and chose more than 100 combinations to include in his photographic celebration. Riots of complementary colors, masses of grasses, foliage spectacles in extraordinary shades of green and purple, and height variations as arresting as city skylines are all featured in these exciting gardens, each one an intimate self-contained glimpse of a larger garden.

Rather than complete garden designs, these combinations are small, understandable pieces that demystify the design process for home gardeners. The innovative ensembles are invitations to try plants together in fresh, inventive ways. The combinations are perfect as embellishments to or reinventions of existing gardens. A favorite pairing can be the beginning of a larger garden design, or a five-plant grouping might be all that is necessary to fill in a small urban garden. The possibilities are as varied as the gardener's imagination..
Price: $11.27 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Simply Stunning Woven Quilts: 11 Easy Techniques, Great Results
Eleven amazingly easy weaving techniques...for stunning results!

* Includes step-by-step directions and photos

* Full-size patterns for circle weaving plus cutting diagrams

They look hard...but they’re not! Simply Stunning Woven Quilts features step-by-step directions and photos to help any quilter master eleven amazingly easy weaving techniques--no seams, no corners or points to match! Learn to weave straight and curved checkerboards, circles, and semicircles, or try weaving to rebuild favorite blocks such as Log Cabin. Use precut fabric strips for the weaving, then construct your fantastic new quilts using fusible appliqué and stitch-in-the-ditch. Wow! Full-size patterns for circle weaving technique and cutting diagrams for 26 different quilts mean it’s simple to create a work of art that will dazzle everyone.
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Price: $15.74 [Notify me when price goes down.]


The Pen Turner's Workbook: Making Pens from Simple to Stunning
Contemporary designs and unique materials come together in this expanded book of projects, ideas, and shop talk for turning out fine writing implements. Six projects from the original edition are joined by new pens, more troubleshooting, and new materials geared toward experimenting with new media as well as making the most out of small pieces of stock. An expanded basics section offers new information on tools and adhesives and a section on sharpening will keep the blades of more experienced turners honed. Fine finishes—from snake skin to 24-karat gold—are also explained, as are other embellishments such as laser engraving and plastic inserts. A seller's section with marketing advice and a gallery of inspiring samples make this collection of functional art a valuable addition to the workshop.
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Price: $9.45 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Mosaic Patterns: Step-By-Step Techniques and Stunning Projects
In their latest collaboration, the authors of Outdoor Mosaic and Mosaic Workshop explore the use of pattern in 19 beautiful mosaic projects for the home. For both novices and those more experienced.
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Price: $13.35 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations That Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start (Rodale Garden Book)
Perennial Combinations features plant medleys that bring color, texture, and excitement to the garden in every season. The book features 130 of the best pernnial combinations with photographs of each grouping, along with a numbered photo key and plant list. Each grouping features just two to six plants; gardeners can plant the combinations as they appear for small garden spaces or they can repeat or mix the combinations for large beds and landscapes.
 
Available for the first time in paperback, with a new chapter of plant combinations featuring today's big, dramatic perennials, backyard gardeners will find the best choices to accent wide open spaces, marry slopes and high foundations, and make an impact on the landscape with impressive and showy plants. From tall plumes to bold foliage, many of these plant combinations create a living privacy screen and offer a bounty of bloom for those looking to make an "architectural" statement in their perennial beds. Plant cultivar names have been updated throughout the book so gardeners can choose perennials that are readily available at local nurseries.
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Price: $12.31 [Notify me when price goes down.]


Your Home A Living Canvas: Create Stunning Faux Finishes & Murals with Paint
Uncover the glory in your home! Use paint to create inspired living spaces that reflect your style and your home's character

Once upon a time, there was a sad little Victorian house on the corner, abandoned by its previous owners and abused by time. Your Home, A Living Canvas is the Cinderella story of that house and its transformation into a charming, historic home, thanks to the loving care of acclaimed decorative artisan, Curtis L. Heuser.

From the grand staircase to the cozy third-floor master suite, this book takes you along on the complete floor-to-ceiling, room-by-room makeover. You'll learn about the design concepts and inspirations for each space, along with real-world how-to's behind the wall treatments, ceiling features, architectural highlights, and other exquisite details.

  • A series of 25+ step-by-step demonstrations show how Heuser used murals, trompe l'oeil and faux finishes to blend old with new, reclaiming the spirit of the house's former glory, while incorporating unique personal touches.
  • Covers a range of decorative styles, from the exotic crackle-finish bookcases in the study, to the Italian country villa-inspired kitchen, to a sophisticated dining room that embodies the Old World ambiance of classic European interiors.
  • Offers a wealth of expert decorating advice on using color to evoke mood, displaying your collections, mixing and matching eclectic furnishings, and more.

Whether you're interested in a simple faux finish technique or are dedicated to preserving the architecture and charm of your own historic dwelling, this book will help you create a living environment rich in color, texture and atmosphere ... a place called "home.".
Price: $13.46 [Notify me when price goes down.]



Easy Beaded Jewelry: 75+ Stunning Designs
Now, beaders can create expensive-looking original beaded

jewelry that reflects their personal style! Easy Beaded Jewelry

features over 50 elegant projects for jewelry that would be

expensive to buy in a boutique, but can be made for much less

? and many projects can be made within an afternoon, some

even within an hour.

Beginners will learn the basics of techniques, selecting

materials and understanding design, style, color and texture.

Step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations guide readers

through creating gorgeous necklaces, bracelets, anklets,

earrings, chokers and more. It also features an exploration of

today?s jewelry market, a ?pictionary? of components and

tools beaders will need, and artists? profiles with helpful hints

from the experts on creating personalized pieces..
Price: $5.94 [Notify me when price goes down.]



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