Duct tape has never looked so good! With the help of Duct Tape Discovery Workshop, you'll learn the techniques to make working with duct tape easy and stylish. Hosting a get together at your place? Make a set of duct tape coasters and stemware tags to match your party's theme! Need a gift for one of your gal pals? Fashion a set of feather earrings, wrap it in a set of masu boxes and make a matching duct tape card. Want to cheer up a drab room or desk? Create a colorful mosaic frame! The possibilities for duct tape crafting are endless and with these unexpected projects, you'll use duct tape in ways you never imagined. Inside you'll discover: • 40 projects for fashionable accessories, cards and gifts, home decor and all of your on-the-go needs. • Dozens of tips and tricks for convenient and manageable duct tape design. • Customize your functional, trend-setting projects by changing tape color! Grab a roll, start a project, stick to it!

Turn your crafting into a career! 2015 Crafter's Market is the perfect start to your crafting career. Thousands of artists and writers have relied on us to develop their careers and navigate the changing landscape of their fields using our sister publications, Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market and Writer's Market. For the first time, that same resource is available for crafters! The 2015 Crafter's Market introduces a whole world of possibilities for marketing your craft! Expand your business with these resources: • Complete, up-to-date information for more than 1,000 craft market resources, including craft shows, magazines, book publishers, online marketplaces and more! • Markets for a variety of crafts, including quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, papercrafting and jewelry making. • Articles on the basics of freelancing--from basic copyright information to tips on promoting your work. • Informative articles on social media marketing, wholesale and consignment sales and pricing your crafts. • Inspiring and informative interviews with successful craft professionals such as Tula Pink and Margot Potter.

Vibrant. Rich. Luscious. Dynamic. Color Passions. Color is everywhere. It's used to symbolically represent ideas and it's used to express emotions. Color can tell stories and evoke memories. In Incite 2 Color Passions, 109 artists share their zest for color through painting, collage, encaustic, art journaling, jewelry art and more. The 133 pieces of mixed-media art showcased in the second edition of Incite, The Best of Mixed Media will inspire you to add new shades and hues to your palette and new techniques to your toolbox. They will ignite your color passions. "Let the joy of color push your creativity to new heights." --Mel Grunau

Experiences. Lessons. Memories. Inspirations. All artists are storytellers. They possess the unique ability to weave an entire tale within a single piece of art. In Incite 3 The Art of Storytelling, 114 artists from around the globe share their stories through painting, collage, encaustic, art journaling, jewelry art and more. The 132 pieces of mixed-media art showcased in the third edition of Incite, The Best of Mixed Media feature stores of love and loss, triumph and defeat, reflection and revelation. In turn, they will inspire you to create unique art that tells your own story.

Slow down... let go... recharge... The process of art-making has long been known to have meditative and healing effects on the mind, body and soul. In Incite 4: Relax, Restore, Renew, 120 artists from around the globe share the most restorative and revitalizing aspects of their art-making through painting, collage, encaustic, art journaling, jewelry art and more. The 158 pieces of mixed-media art showcased in the fourth edition of Incite, The Best of Mixed Media will realign your inner balance and awaken your creative spirit. In turn, they will help you to gain a new appreciation for the role art plays in your life, while inspiring you to create unique artwork of your own.

Unlock the Artist Within Collage is the perfect medium to help you unleash your creative potential. You can gather materials from just about anywhere, glue them down on a surface and magically create a work of art. There are no mistakes, only discoveries. What could be more exciting? In Collage Discovery Workshop, acclaimed collage artist Claudine Hellmuth shares 15 of her favorite collage techniques and invites you to play with basic collage materials in new and imaginative ways. Along the way, Claudine guides you with friendly advice on how to develop your artistic voice and turn an ordinary collage into something special. Learn how to: • Overcome "blank canvas" syndrome with recipes for four luscious backgrounds • Combine words and images to capture a mood or tell a story in your collage • Incorporate buttons, old photos, game pieces and other found objects in your art • Explore the magical appeal of collaging with beeswax • Layer patterns and images in your collages with amazing transfer techniques • Honor a special friend with a personal keepsake collage • Use a written journal to grow as an artist Don't wait another day to express yourself with collage. You never know what surprising discoveries await!

Creating with metal has never been easier! Whether it's jewelry, journals or kitschy keepsakes that spark your fire, Metal Craft Discovery Workshop shows just how easy it is to create 20 fun and funky projects step-by-step, from a miniature journal to an altered lunch box. A nontraditional approach and a comprehensive techniques section will introduce you to the whimsical side of metal. Not only will you learn secrets to cutting and joining metal, you'll also: • Explore ways to age and add texture to metal • Discover the numerous types of metal available, including copper, mesh, wire and recycled material • Conjure up beautiful patina finishes with several "secret" recipes • Find further inspiration in the artists' gallery section You'll love creating these pieces, whether you've worked with metal before or you're new to the medium. Give your recycle bin a second glance and start crafting beautiful pieces with metal today.