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About Ellen Warren
Over the past 25 years, I've dedicated myself to my passion, arts and crafts. My love story with this field started in my early twenties, when I decided to renovate our home. After many years, we turning it from a run down home into something we were extremely proud of. I fell in love with architecture, furniture, pottery, quilting, sewing and anything I could learn to decorate my home and improve my enjoyment of it. Since then, I've worked intensely on my craft, which is all about color, line, and pattern.
I was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina and enjoy spending time with my daughters and our grandchildren. I also love jewelry making, photography, playing the piano, as well as taking long walks in the fields close to my home. I strive to creatively translate the nature, architecture, and beauty around me into artwork for the home and for personal enjoyment.
All these different hobbies are about putting your heart into it, and ultimately creating art with your hands. I hope the books I've written teach you and inspire you for a life time of learning and creating.
All the best!!
Ellen Warren
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Discover How to Bead in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** This is a Proven Step by Step Method to Learning the Craft of Beading - Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Bead Making! When you begin making beaded jewelry of your own, you’re joining a very long tradition of artists, craftsman, and designers around the world who use beads to make beautiful, wearable pieces of art. Making beaded jewelry allows you to express yourself both through the actual making or creation of the pieces, and through the wearing of it once it’s complete. There are so many different ways you can construct beaded jewelry with no special skills or equipment!
In this book, you will learn how to create striking and unique pieces of jewelry by playing with color, wire, thread, and technique. Making beaded jewelry is easy, fun, and maybe even addicting. Even the tiniest beads add up quickly to become big, full, colorful projects. Start making your own beaded jewelry today, and open up a world of color, creativity, and personal expression that you may not have even knew existed. You will find that with each bead you place, your passion for this craft will continue to grow.
Included in this book are 10 beautiful bead projects, so you can kick-start the learning process! These projects include pictures and a detailed step by step method to assist beginners in their quest to master the art!
Here is a preview of what you will learn…
- The proper way to layout your beads before starting a project
- The materials and tools needed to complete a beading project
- How to combine beads and colors to create beautiful patterns
- Finishing techniques that will make you look like a pro
- 10 original projects to practice all that is taught in this book
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Discover How to Make Amazing Calligraphy in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** Included: Beautiful Designes with Step by Step Instructions and Illustrations ****
Calligraphy is one of the most fluid forms of art today. Typographers and iconographers as well as calligraphers use letters as a way of driving a point home more than just through the word itself, but through the way the word impacts you. Once you start looking at the way that words are made up, you’ll begin to see the many ways that you can change them to have a bigger effect on the viewer. This is true of everything from invitations you send out to art you create for display. Words have specific meanings, but the way that a word is viewed versus heard can affect how it’s perceived.
Calligraphy allows you to subtly enhance each letter, putting in different flourishes, curls, and lines. You can even add small pictures inside the words or letters to make each one a true type of art. Even when you perfect your calligraphy, it’s still very difficult to get all your letters to look exactly the same each and every time. Small differences work their way in, which is part of what makes the finished effect so beautiful. To get the same effect out of a font, you’d have to go into each letter and warp it slightly, and even then you wouldn’t quite achieve the beauty that comes from working with your hands.
Of all the art forms that I’ve studied and used over the years, calligraphy is one of the most underappreciated. After all, in an age of computers it’s easy to add any type of script or font to just about anything. You can even purchase stencils and stickers in a variety of fonts as well if you want to add things to physical media. I started learning calligraphy as a way to enhance certain pieces of art. It actually started when I began twisting wire into words. From there, I wanted to use some of the same words on wood and canvas to complete a set. But how could I get the same effect as I was getting from the wire? I needed a way to make the words decorative, even though what I was placing them on was not. As I began looking at different fonts to reproduce, I realized that was I was looking for was calligraphy. A beautiful, elegant way to express letters and words by hand on any media from cardstock to wood. It didn’t take me long to realize that calligraphy allowed me to personalize things far more than using a computer font or a sticker ever could.
I don’t use calligraphy as frequently as I did when I first discovered it, but I do use it to enhance specific pieces from time to time. Just knowing that it’s available as a way to express myself, whether adding some text to a portrait or filling in an image with different words lets me be freer in my expression.
I’ve come to enjoy adding small flourishes to other pieces of art through the use of calligraphy. Whether I’m decorating the kitchen chalkboard for a new season or putting up a sign for the children’s artwork I’m displaying, it’s so easy to enhance your words through the use of calligraphy. I hope that you find similar uses for this art form once you begin as well.
Here is a preview of what you will learn…
- The history of calligraphy
- The different styles of calligraphy
- How the different materials affect style
- Basic calligraphy strokes
- Different practice projects with step by step instructions
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Discover Crochet and learn it in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** This is a Proven Step by Step Method to Learning the Craft of Crochet- Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Crochet! As some of you know from my other books, this has been a passion of mine for more than 15 years, and I’m thrilled that you will allow me to help you learn this beautiful art form. The purpose of the book is to teach you the basics of crochet stitches and patterns. With this book and a bit of patience, you will be able to create beautiful, interesting and useful products that are real pieces of art.
This book is a complete step-by-step guide to help you get started. All the needed information will be given to you; from choosing your crochet hook to finishing off a beautiful rainbow colored bag for a sunny day. Also included are 10 beautiful crochet projects, so you can kick-start the learning process! These projects include pictures and a detailed step by step method to assist beginners in their quest to master the art!
Crochet is such a part of our everyday life, that we take it for granted! More than ever before, crocheting and knitting are extremely popular and in fashion. “Yarn bombing” or “urban knitting” is a new way to express art using knitting or crocheting to decorate towns. Many celebrities are now practicing knitting or crocheting (or both), and there are bars and pubs all over the world dedicated to people passionate about this hobby.
This book will guide you through what you need to know to get started on this very traditional craft that will last you for a lifetime. You will see that in a couple of years, you will have a large collection of patterns to share with family and friends.
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Discover How to Make Amazing Paper Structures in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** 15 Beautiful Origami Designes with Step by Step Instructions and Illustrations ****
Did you know that you can make a beautiful flower or animals out of one single sheet of paper without using glue? That’s what’s amazing about origami, the art of paper folding. By following a pattern of folds, you can create incredibly beautiful paper sculptures.
At the beginning of this book, you will start with a simple sheet of paper. You will then fold your way through simple folds. As you do, you will familiarize yourself with their names and shapes. Moving from there, you will create traditional origami bases. After that, you will make simple origami models. Then finally, you will end up making more challenging origami sculptures.
This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to become a truly great origami artist. Learn how to make the Boat, Fish, Crane and the Horse. These are a few of the many origami figures that you will learn to make simply by folding paper in a particular pattern. Detailed instructions are provided inside each chapter.
What makes origami so great is its versatility. As an art form, origami is not limited in its form or function. There are many different patterns for creating the same figure. You can choose a simple pattern or a more elaborate pattern depending on your skill level or tastes. You can use a simple color paper or an intricate design. You can even use plain white copy paper. You can even experiment and make the same model using different papers until you find the one that looks best to you.
Life does get hectic, but creating an origami figure doesn’t take long. Origami provides you with a quick break that allows you to relax and refocus. As you practice your origami skills, your imagination will spring into action. You’ll start to envision other shapes that you can make from different combinations of folds. You’ll start to see origami shapes in objects around you. Let this creative insight inspire you to create your own patterns. The only limit to your origami collection is your own creative imagination.
Here is a preview of what you will learn…
- The proper way to think through the origami process, before starting a project
- The different options of color/paper/decorations used to create origami
- How to combine colors and techniques to create beautiful structures
- The basic folds and building blocks to create anything you can come up with
- 15 great designs with step by step instructions and illustrations
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Discover How to Make Beautiful Beaded Jewelry in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** 15 Step by Step Earring, Necklace and Bracelet Designs are Detailed Inside - Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Bead Making! As some of you know from my other books, this has been a passion of mine for more than 15 years. I’m thrilled that you will allow me to show you how to create several of my earring, bracelet and necklace designs. I’m sure this will help you in your creative process and further your skills in this art form.
The pieces presented in this book were inspired by different things, places, people, and events. Sometimes it’s the colors of a flower that I think work beautifully together, and other times it’s the feeling of something that I’m trying to capture. The type of bead art and jewelry that I make fluctuates a lot depending on what else is going on in my life. After my first child was born, I began making bird’s nest jewelry to express this part of my life. When we moved to a ranch, I began making funky art pendants in the shape of owls. An extended visit to my parent’s home in Florida inspired me to begin using shells and sea glass in my art.
Beaded jewelry is an art form like any other; your inspiration and ideas for color combinations or for unique pieces of your own can come from anywhere. Any of these projects can be used as a stepping off point for a variety of different projects of your creation. All you have to do is start changing the colors, sizes, and materials and see where it takes you. Beads and wire, wire and beads; there are so many different ways that you can combine these two things to form countless pieces of art. Not all of the bead and wire pieces that I make are jewelry, but a lot of it is. I like the idea of not only expressing myself through my art, but then turning it into something functional; a piece that I can wear out and show to the world, or a piece that someone else can wear.
Beads come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and materials. You can make your own beads out of clay, wood, shells, pieces, stone, or plastic (some of my favorite beads are made out of little plastic flowers that I drilled holes through). You can also find beads sold anywhere, with many of them reflecting the area they are from, such as stone beads near the mountains and shells near the beach.
Making beaded jewelry is easy, fun, and maybe even addicting. Even the tiniest beads add up quickly to become big, full, colorful projects. Start making your own beaded jewelry today, and open up a world of color, creativity, and personal expression that you may not have even knew existed. You will find that with each bead you thread, your passion for this craft will continue to grow.
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Discover How to Quilt in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** This is a Proven Step by Step Method to Learning the Craft of Quilting - Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Quilting! When you begin to quilt, you’ll be joining a longstanding folk art tradition that has an important place in American handicrafts. The satisfaction of seeing your finished quilt spread out on your bead or draped over the back of your couch will make every hour of stitching worth it ten times over!! A well-made quilt can last for a life time, while serving to not only warm your bed at night, but to brighten up your home with colors, patterns, and beauty.
In this book, you will learn how to create striking and unique quilting pieces. Making quilts is easy, fun, and maybe even addicting. Even the smallest patchwork idea can quickly to become a big, full, colorful projects Start making your own quilts today, and open up a world of color, creativity, and personal expression that you may not have even knew existed.
Included in this book are 10 beautiful quilt projects, so you can kick-start the learning process! These projects include pictures and a detailed step by step method to assist beginner's in their quest to master the art!
Here is a preview of what you will learn…
- The proper way to think through the quilting process, before starting a project
- The materials and tools needed to complete a quilting project
- How to combine colors and techniques to create beautiful patterns
- Finishing techniques that will make you look like a pro
- 10 original projects to practice all that is taught in this book
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Discover How to Make Beautiful Wood Furniture & Structures in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
This book includes a detailed description of the tools you need, the woods available, as well as how to plan and construct your project.
For thousands of years, wood has been one of the most used materials in building many items, from furniture, to vehicles, to buildings. Even with the emergence of new materials like metal and plastics, wood has been the “go to” material for construction given it’s availability and ease of use.
There are so many advantages to learning this art form. First, it will give you plenty of useful practical skills to use around the house. With wood being one of the most common materials used for anything from furniture to building materials, knowing how to work with wood will be a great money saver. This is especially the case when it comes to repairs, where hiring a professional carpenter or repairman to do the work can set you back hundreds of dollars.
Woodworking can also be a great hobby to spend your spare time on, especially if you are of the creative type who loves tinkering around with and making DIY projects. As is with the above reason, this can also be cost effective to you since you are the one to make your own furniture and other wooden items. Plus, you can craft pieces that are uniquely yours, which will help make your place stand out.
Finally, woodworking can be a great income generator, either with you being an employee in a woodworking shop or starting your own business. There are many opportunities when it comes to this, which you will learn more about later in this chapter.
Making furniture is one of the most satisfying – and oldest – art forms around. It gives you a sense of satisfaction that goes beyond a mere compliment on what you’re skills; it also acknowledges your creative side as well. Designing, picking the wood and the craftwork necessary to put it all together is so fulfilling on many personal and professional levels.
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Discover How to Make Amazing Drawings in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** Step by Step Instructions and Illustrative Drawings Inside ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Drawing! In this book I have joined my passion for the Arts & Crafts with the brilliant artist Joana Rubinstein to bring you the ONE DAY DRAWING MASTERY. As an amateur drawer, I’ve been blessed to have had an incredible teacher in Joana that has guided me in my practice, and I’m thrilled that you will allow us to help you learn this beautiful art.
Art is an expression of progressive humanity. What most people forget is that they are, in fact, a work of art. You are a work of art – a walking, talking being of beauty, capable of making beauty. Drawing is a form of artistic expression that absolutely everyone can do. Once you get started, it is a lot of fun, and it can be a very lucrative hobby. Not only that, you can touch lives with a simple cartoon drawing of a bunny nurse with a thermometer on a get-well-soon card. Or you can create a heartwarming gift for your loved ones by sketching their face.
True, some people are born with an innate artistic ability. Some can even paint murals at an early age. Before we get side tracked further, the point is, regardless of talent, just about anyone can do it because it is a skill that can be honed through practice.
In this book, you will learn the fundamental building blocks to learn how to draw. We start with the “Stickman” as the fundamental and most basic way of drawing. After incorporating the lessons from that simple figure, we then dive into shapes, spaces, perspective and rudimentary anatomy guidelines for drawing the human being. We finish with lights, texture and how to make a sophisticated drawing by following the simple guidelines of the “Rule of Thirds” and the “Golden Ratio”.
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Discover Kitting and learn it in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** This is a Proven Step by Step Method to Learning the Craft of Knitting - Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Knitting! As some of you know from my other books, this has been a passion of mine for more than 15 years, and I’m thrilled that you will allow me to help you learn this beautiful art form. The purpose of the book is to teach you the basics of knitting. With this book and a bit of patience, you will be able to create beautiful, interesting and useful products that are real pieces of art.
This book is a complete step-by-step guide to help you get started. All the needed information will be given to you; from choosing your supplies to finishing off a beautiful rainbow colored bag for a sunny day. Also included are amazing beautiful knitting projects, so you can kick-start the learning process! These projects include pictures and a detailed step by step method to assist beginners in their quest to master the art!
Knitting is such a part of our everyday life, that we take it for granted! More than ever before, knitting is extremely popular and in fashion. “Yarn bombing” or “urban knitting” is a new way to express art using knitting or crocheting to decorate towns. Many celebrities are now practicing knitting or crocheting (or both), and there are bars and pubs all over the world dedicated to people passionate about this hobby.
This book will guide you through what you need to know to get started on this very traditional craft that will last you for a lifetime. You will see that in a couple of years, you will have a large collection of patterns to share with family and friends.
Download your copy
Discover How to Sew in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** This is a Proven Step by Step Method to Learning the Craft of Sewing - Detailed Images Included ****
Welcome to the amazing world of Sewing! As some of you know from my other books, this has been a passion of mine for more than 15 years, and I’m thrilled that you will allow me to help you learn this beautiful art form. Sewing is such a part of our everyday life, that we take it for granted!
This book for beginners is designed to give you an introduction to several different forms of sewing, both basic and more decorative. You’ll learn basic hand stitching, what types of stitches your sewing machine can produce and when to use them, as well as some decorative sewing techniques like applique and embroidery.
Once you read this book, and complete the basic projects, you’ll be well on your way to having both the skills and the confidence necessary to start trying your hand at a vast number of different sewing projects. Whether you want to sew for fun, help decorate your house, make yourself something new to wear, or hoping to start a new business, you’ll be surprised at just how fast you can pick up this new handicraft.
Sewing is a unique blend of art and manual skills. You need to have the skill to make the designs and to be able to see the finished product through its completion, before you begin even making the cuts. At the same time, once you begin following a pattern, you may find that sewing is mainly a form of physical dexterity.
So whether you used to sew but fell out of the habit and are hoping to regain your lost skills, or you’ve never picked up a needle and thread before, after reading this book you will be well on your way to creating dozens of beautiful, handmade items.
Included in this book are 10 beautiful sewing projects, so you can kick-start the learning process! These projects include pictures and a detailed step by step method to assist beginners in their quest to master the art!
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Thousands of Boys and Girls Names in this Complete Guide! - SECOND EDITION
**** Learn About the Different Methods for Finding the Ideal Name for Your Baby****
Figuring out the perfect name for your baby can be exciting, but also overwhelming at times. There are so many options! If you read this book, it's because you don’t know where to start, or have already started and don’t know where to go. You are not alone!
So many factors can come into play when deciding on a name – many of which most parents don’t even consider. The name may look nice, but is it easy to say? Is that important to you? What will his initials be with this name? What famous people will she share a name with? Is the name too close to or the same as a close cousin’s?
In the end, the fact is that there is no wrong name for your baby. Some parents like to consider every factor before settling on a name, while others have a more simplistic approach. Whatever name you end up with is perfect – simply because it is your first gift to your soon-to-be bundle of joy! Everyone has different methods for choosing names, different tastes, and different results.
This book will, above all else, give you inspiration and guidance in finding the path that works for you. With that in mind: have fun!
Here is a preview of what you will find…
- The best methods for choosing the correct name
- Descriptions of the origins and meaning of many of the most popular names
- The classic top 10 names of all times
- The top 50 names for 2016 along with their meaning
- A comprehensive list of famous baby's
- Little known but beautiful names to spark your imagination
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Discover How to Grow a Square Foot Garden in Just One Day with This Easy to Use Guide
**** Learn how to live simpler lives by connecting to nature and eating natural organic vegetables! ****
Welcome to the wonderful world of Gardening! This book offers you many tips and suggestions on how to grow your own square foot organic garden. This will be something that you and your loved ones can enjoy as well as reap many benefits from. Not only will you get fresh produce, but you will also have a wonderful new hobby to enjoy for many years to come. If you are new to gardening then this is a great book that offers you the special tips and pointers to start your gardening off right.
Many people are looking to find ways to eat healthier, so what better way than to grow your own chemical free produce. This is a great project to start that will have you feeling proud of the accomplishments in your garden, especially when they start to grow and flourish. You will learn how to make use of smaller spaces to grow a more compact sized garden.
Most of us do not have the large pieces of land to grow big, large sized gardens, but just a little patch of soil is all you need to grow your first organic garden. Gardening also offers therapeutic value as it is a form of stress release for many who partake in it. I hope the tips and suggestions in this book will help you develop a green thumb that you can be proud of!
I want to especially thank Andrew Lacy for his guidance and instruction in helping me put together this material. It’s been such a privilege to have him as my gardening teacher and I’ve learned so much about this fascinating lifestyle!
Here is a preview of what you will learn…
- How to choose companion plants for your garden
- How to garden in an economical and efficient way
- How to choose healthier produce The benefits of horticultural therapy
- How to choose different plants for your square foot garden
- How to positively impact our environment
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