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$8.95
Colouring for Contemplation contains beautiful, meaningful themed artwork alongside accompanying quotations from some of the most inspirational thinkers around the world, providing an inner and outer colouring journey.Visit product page →
Pick up your pens and pencils and begin your journey ? This beautiful colouring book has been created to help you to be mindful - to slow down and breathe and to give you the inspiration to live more fully in the present. Each illustration has been inspired by an accompanying quote to aid your contemplation of its message while you colour. Divided into three parts, Mindfulness, Insight and Inspiration, this is a colouring journey. Each of the three parts contains quotes and simple, inspirational designs and ends with a meditation and a section with questions aimed at helping you reflect both on your handiwork and your inner journey. Dip in or work from beginning to end. Colouring for Contemplation is your calming companion. -
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
$27.95
A book whose sales have not diminished but rather increased dramatically since its publication 45 years ago, this bestselling classic is the ultimate manual of drawing taught by the late Robert Beverly Hale, who’s famed lectures and classes at New York City’s Art Student League captivated artists and art educators from around the world.Visit product page →
Faithfully producing and methodically analyzing 100 master drawings—including works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Goya, and Rembrandt among others—Hale shows how these artists tackled basic problems such as line, light and planes, mass, position and thrust, and anatomy. With detailed analytical captions and diagrams, every lesson is clearly delineated and illustrated. Throughout, also, is commentary that sheds light on the creative process of drawing and offers deep insight into the unsurpassed achievements of the masters. -
$22.99
Visit product page →While most sketching guides leave the artist with static bowls of fruit and flower vases to develop their skill, Urban Sketching takes its inspiration from the living, breathing world around us! Contents include the nuts and bolts of sketching and drawing as well as a range of techniques specific to this artistic genre. Readers will discover:
- Rules on perspective that will aid inn capturing landscapes, buildings, and objects accurately
- Tips for capturing the essence of people in sketches when subjects are on the move
- The art of adding notes, commentary, and even speech to sketches
Chapters on sharing sketches through social media, joining the international urban sketching community, digitizing work, and more make this new guide the quintessential resource for anyone interested in joining the exciting art movement. More than 350 full-color illustrations throughout.
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$40.00
Big, Easy Style showcases rooms that make Bryan smile, with pages of rich photography featuring the work of many designers—and plenty of Crescent City interiors—framed by his own entertaining maxims on color, pattern, collecting, living areas, intimate spaces, and more. Explore rooms he’s personally designed and others that inspire him; from an old-world kitchen imported straight from the heart of France to a luxurious Art Deco media room, these homes are enticing and unique, and through their surprising details, completely inviting.Visit product page →
Decorating your home to reflect your personality and taste takes practice and patience and can be a daunting undertaking, but Bryan proposes that we not worry about making mistakes, that any decision we make is better than no decision at all. With Big, Easy Style, learn how to put aside your hesitation and surrender to the wild side of home design for a big statement that’s easy to achieve. -
$24.95
Visit product page →Stylist, designer, HGTV star and fairy godmother of glitter, Tiffany Pratt looks at the world as a blank canvas. With every choice she is presented or every decision she makes, she does it with one mantra in mind: that this--whatever "this" is--can be beautiful.
Whether it's sprucing up some old wallpaper, rejuvenating your bedsheets, turning an accidental bleach stain into a multicolored sensation, or even hosting a party and re-thinking how you make lootbags, Tiffany's creative energy is fantastically contagious. In her much anticipated debut, Tiffany brings her vivacious attitude directly to readers, crafters, designers and DIY-ers. She'll guide you through over 45 creative and straightforward projects that will beautify your home, wardrobe, beauty routine, travel style and more. Whatever your taste, crafting skill, budget, or time, you'll find a project that inspires you to make Tiffany's visions your own.
Break out the glitter, paintbrushes and colored duct tape! Let Tiffany empower you to create the styled life you want using what you already have. All it takes is a little effort, some love, and a bit of hot glue.
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$15.00
Visit product page →Local Author from Marshall, SK
In the journey of life…
…there are bumps along the way.
Is seeing humor in the daily struggles the key to happiness?From a cattle ranch on the Canadian prairies of Saskatchewan, Helen writes her stories for The Meridian Source and other newspapers. With shades of Erma Bombeck and James Herriot, she weaves tales that combine three-parts witty, two-parts delightful, and dollop of poignant.
From the day-to-day challenges to memories of youthful transgression, she weaves captivating stories that bring a smile and sometimes a knowing nod.
The neighbor’s tree needs trimming.
What’s the right tool for the job?
Shotgun.You’ll love this book of anecdotes because Helen Row Toews is a master wordsmith that will brighten your day. You’ll want to read them to your family over breakfast.
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$15.00
Visit product page →Local author from Marshall, SK
In the journey of life…
…there are bumps along the way.
Is seeing humor in those daily struggles the key to happiness?From a cattle ranch located on the Canadian prairies, Helen writes her stories for The Meridian Source and others. With shades of Erma Bombeck and James Herriot, she weaves tales that combine three-parts witty, two-parts delightful, and a dollop of poignant.
From the day-to-day challenges to memories of youthful transgression, she weaves captivating stories that bring a smile and sometimes a knowing nod.
Or drags her protesting daughter onto a bus in Edinburgh because it was, “going their way”, only to end up dockside on the shores of the North Sea.
Furthermore, why would the shinbone of a recently deceased cow be lurking in her petunias?
For the answers to these questions and more, let Helen take you from the streets of Europe to the cow sheds of Saskatchewan with her rib-tickling tales.
You’ll love this book of anecdotes because Helen Row Toews is a master wordsmith that will brighten your day. You’ll even want to read them to your family over breakfast.
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$24.00
Andrew J. Mellen has created unique, lasting techniques for streamlined living, bringing order out of chaos to overwhelmed people everywhere. Acknowledging that it’s often the “stuff behind the stuff” that holds people back, Mellen offers a surprisingly simple, yet effective solution in his action-based, step-by-step plan — guaranteed to help you achieve organizational bliss, whether you’re a chronic key loser or a hard-core hoarder. With humor, honesty, tough love, and foolproof advice, Mellen makes it easy to finally let go and take the steps to change your life forever. Unstuff Your Life! shows us how we can distinguish ourselves from our possessions.Visit product page → -
Christian Growth - John: Alabaster Guided Meditations
$27.49
In this collaboration between Alabaster Co. and IVP, the full text of the Gospel of John is presented alongside beautiful full-color photographs and fourteen guided meditations by Jan Johnson. These guided meditations invite readers into deeper reflection by incorporating the church''s ancient lectio divina and visio divina traditions.Visit product page → -
Christian Growth - Keep It Shut
$21.99
Keep It Shut by Karen Ehman explores how to better control your tongue, knowing what to say and how to say it, and realizing when it is best to say nothing at all.Visit product page → -
Christian Growth - The Book of Isaiah
$20.99
The poetic message of Isaiah is one of victory, hope, comfort, and restoration of all things. Explore the vision of a man who saw the glory of God and spoke with burning lips, for true prophetic ministry flows from this “vision” until it grows into a burden.Visit product page →
