Editorial Review

The owners of the popular Parisian floral-design shop Milles Feuilles, Pierre Brinon and Philippe Landri, have a love of flowers that is inseparable from their passion for interior decoration. They peppered their shop with antiques, linens, and Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dried Flowers    4. Floral Arts    5. Flower Arranging    6. Flower arrangement    7. Flower arrangement, French    8. Gardening/Plants    9. Non-Classifiable   

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Good Book
This book was pretty useful to me.It has lots of color pictures, but it is lacking diagrams and in-depth information on the designs.This book does cover lots of different designs though, and would be good for someone unfamiliar to floral design, and looking for an overview of what designsare out there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Flower Arranging    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Sale Adult - Crafts / Hobbies    5. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dried Flowers    4. Flower Arranging    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Floral crafts    7. Japan   

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MAKES MY HAIR STAND ON END
As a Floral Designer this book is so inspiring. I keep it by my bed and just look and look repeatedly every night. Just so beautful and remarkable.

Absolutely stunning
I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Flower Arranging   

Subjects:  1. Botanical specimens    2. Dried flowers    3. Drying    4. Floral Arts    5. Flower Arranging    6. Flowers    7. Flowers, Drying    8. Gardening / Horticulture    9. Gardening/Plants    10. General    11. Floral crafts   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Floral Arts    4. Flower Arranging    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Crafts & Hobbies / Flower Arranging   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dried Flowers    4. Eastern - General    5. Flower Arranging    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. New Age    8. Philosophy / Zen    9. Zen Buddhism   

Subjects:  1. Alternate Spirituality    2. Body, Mind & Spirit    3. Dried Flowers    4. Feng Shui    5. Flower Arranging    6. New Age    7. BG-JUVENILE PROP - BG-JUVY PRESCHOOL    8. Body, Mind & Spirit / General   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Floral Arts    4. Flower Arranging    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Wreathmaking    7. Art techniques & materials    8. Ceramic arts, pottery, glass    9. Decorative arts & crafts    10. Floral crafts    11. Gardening / Garden Design   

Editorial Review

Bulb plants such as tulips, lilies, daffodils, and hyacinths are the beautiful workhorses of the outdoor garden, producing a wonderfully showy display every spring (usually just when you've given up on the idea of winter ever leaving), then disappearing tidily until the following year--no muss, no fuss. Of course, there are also summer- and fall-blooming bulbs, tuber plants such as dahlias, and tender exotic bulbs that prefer to winter in temperate indoor climes each year. Whatever your tastes and level of gardening savvy, Read more

Subjects:  1. Bulbs    2. Commercial Floriculture    3. Flowers - General    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Regional - General    8. Flowers   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Floral Arts    3. Flower arrangement    4. Flowers    5. Winter    6. Nature / General   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Floral Arts    4. Floral decorations    5. Flower Arranging    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Silk flower arrangement    8. Wreaths    9. Crafts & Hobbies / General    10. Floral crafts   

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great lei making book
a great follow-up to the first book, making ribbon leis 2 continues on its lei making path, this time challenging the reader with more complex and time-consuming leis. these may take a long time and require effort, but the finished product is truly breathtaking and very realistic. Fabulous designs that can inspire you to be innovative in your choices of ribbons and design your own.

A simple, hands-on guide
With a spiral binding allowing it to lay flat for easy reference, Making Ribbon Leis 2 by Coryn Tanaka and May Masaki is a simple, hands-on guide to creating colorful and festive leis just as are often used for celebration in Hawaii. Step-by-step instructions and color photographs mark this easy-to-follow, fun-to-do, one-of-a-kind, do-it-yourself, and enthusiastically recommended, instructional reference. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Flower Arranging    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Needlework - Crocheting   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Design - General    4. Floral crafts   

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Pressed Flowers
A wonderful book with instructions on making a press, designing a picture, and applying pressed flowers to candles, glass, porcelain and paper. The book is full of color photos, some sketches, and contains chapters on Working with Pressed Flowers, Simple Projects, Using Thermaseal, Ideas for Christmas, Projects for Special Occasions, Working with Resin, and The Pressed Flower Garden. Includes a long list of plants that press well, with Latin and common names, a brief description of the plant or flower and pressing tips. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Dried Flowers    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Floral crafts   

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Four stars instead of five...
Only because I thought the book could have been a bit more Japanese in it's approach. That said, as a newly qualified florist and a long time floral artist this will be a favorite among my dozens of flower arranging books.
A Beautiful Book
This book is stunning - beautiful photographs and a fresh approach to flower arrangements, leaning towards the less is more principle.Even beginners will benefit from the excellent step by step instructions and photographs.Well worth every cent of the purchase price. I hope we see more from this talented author. Read and enjoy. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Dried Flowers    4. Flower Arranging    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Crafts & Hobbies / Flower Arranging    7. LITERATURE - LIT CLASSICS TRD PB   

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Inspiration for Embroidery
This book had TONS of inspiration for embroidery and silk ribbon embroidery.Lots of monograms and designs that can be adapted easily.I use it all the time!I've also noticed a few Anna Griffin designs seem to be inspired from this book as well! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Art Needlework    3. Clip Art    4. Crafts & Hobbies    5. Decoration and ornament    6. Design    7. Design - General    8. Embroidery    9. Flower Arranging    10. Hobbies/Crafts    11. Initials    12. Monograms    13. Patterns    14. Art / Clip Art    15. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    16. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design   

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Suddenly A Centerpiece
I found this book to be very easy to follow with great color picture samples.The instructions are easy to follow.
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Subjects:  1. Centerpieces    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Flower Arranging    5. Handicraft    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Tablesetting    8. Etiquette & entertaining    9. Home furnishing & decoration   

Reviews (5)

Underwhelmed.
The author may have been an innovator in her time, but the book does not hold a candle to the beaded-flower books of today. Large step-by-step color photos are almost a requirement for clear understanding of techniques. This book doesn't provide them.

Great book for beginners or experienced beaders!
I learned French bead-flower making from this book decades ago when it was first printed, and I still refer to it.This first Nathanson book gives you a good, solid grounding in the basics.The instructions are thorough and clear.Although there are not many close-up color photos in the book, there are now plenty of online pictures and groups to help with visualization of a finished product.I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn this modern/vintage art.

new beader
Numerous projects!Read more

Subjects:  1. Bead flowers    2. Beads & Beading    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Flower Arranging    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Crafts & Hobbies / General    8. Handicrafts   

Subjects:  1. Flower arranging