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Author Sedaris, Amy.

Title Simple times / written by Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello.

Imprint New York : Grand Central Pub., 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  745.50207 Se27s 2010    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 304 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents The whos and whats of crafting -- The craft of crafting craftingly -- Craft yourself homely -- Nature's way -- The joy of poverty -- Handicraftable -- Safety meeting -- At rest -- Confectioneries -- Out of this world -- Crafting for Jesus -- Pep talk -- Hay burners -- Unreturnable gift giving -- Shut-ins -- Fireside storytelling -- Teenagers have a lot of pain -- Making love -- Sausages -- knowing your knack for knickknacks -- Creative Fridays.
Summary With her special brand of humor, Sedaris shows how to make popular crafts, such as crab-claw roach clips, tinfoil balls, and crepe-paper moccasins; how to remember which kind of glue to use with which material; how to create your own craft room and avoid the most common crafting accidents; and, how to cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, and many more recipes.
Subject Handicraft -- United States -- Humor.
Cooking, American.
Decoration and ornament -- United States -- Themes, motives.
Handicraft -- Humor.
Genre/Form Cookbooks.
Added Author Dinello, Paul.
Cover Title Simple Times : crafts for poor people
ISBN 9780446557047
0446557048
9780446557030
044655703X

 
    
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