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Nature is the best inspiration for creativity. It does not only tell stories, but also shares materials: you can draw pictures not with colors, but with flowers, petals, plants, berries. This art even has its own name — "oshibana" — and it is developing in Japan. Recently, the publishing ...

This publication is made for the themed week dedicated to books and everything connected with them. I'll start with a story about how different and unusual books can be. A miniature song book and a prayer book in the shape of a heart. Probably, this form shape was supposed to symbolize the ...

It is unbelievable but true: the first book about the adventures of "The Boy Who Lived" was published 20 years ago. In these two decades, a fabulous story of magic, friendship and triumph of good has gone from a manuscript that nobody wanted to publish, to a true cultural phenomenon with a ...

Japanese Studio Nendo presented its first children's illustrated book that tells a story of a Cup that tries to solve the problem of lack of the Spoon. Her father was the founder of Nendo Oki Sato. Called What is a Cup? the book tells how creative design ideas are born. As soon as the Cup ...

Kay and Michael Dennis are a wife and a husband from the UK, famous craftspeople of stumpwork and needlelace. They work together for a long time.Kay learned the basic steps of embroidery in her early childhood, studied it for many years and then taught other people. Michael took on the role of the ...

Reading a book is like a tea ceremony with its peculiar traditions; the ceremonies may be wonderfully combined if you like doing two things at the same time. Of course, you can read on the subway, use e-books or listen to them. But nothing is compared to a cozy chair with a warm blanket, soft light ...

It is impossible to imagine our world without books. As a Russian proverb says, 'living with a book — learning no grief for a century'. And now books become very stylish accessories and inspire designers to create amazing things. So, have a look at them, I hope you'll be surprised :) ...

I want to offer you a tutorial on creating a bookmark from an ordinary paper clip and buttons. It is made quickly and easily, just for 15 min. 1. You need the following materials: circles of dense felt, the size of the diameter of the buttons.  paper-clip, length of 50 mm glue gun or an ...

I represent to your attention an easy tutorial on "how to make something of nothing" :) As we all know, one can buy special outliners of all conceivable colours in handicraft shops. They are suitable for all surfaces and you can use them to decorate anything you want. I use such outliners ...