Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop

Description

'The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop' is a fun-filled guide to creating unique accessories to use in miniature gardens. It features 37 projects with full-color, easy-to-follow instructions and tips and techniques for building 20 themed gardens. 'The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop' is the next big thing for the crafters and gardeners already captivated by gardening small. Organized by fun themes-including gardens around the world, holidays, and fantasy gardens- it's a fun-filled guide to creating one-of-a-kind gardens and the accessories that make them shine. Thirty-seven projects are included with fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions. For a Japanese garden, you will learn how to create a miniature sand garden. For a Halloween garden, you'll learn how to make a flying ghost and zombie. And for a space garden, you'll learn how to make a tiny space ship and alien. Packed with full color photographs and easy to follow instructions, 'The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop' is for anyone enchanted by the whimsy of creating a tiny world. AUTHOR: Janit Calvo is an artist, miniaturist, writer, gardener, photographer, and entrepreneur. She resides with her husband, Steve; their dog, Kitty; and their cat, Puppy, in a full-size house surrounded by full-size and miniature gardens in Seattle, Washington. SELLING POINTS: . A more-than-tiny trend: The materials for creating miniature and fairy gardens are sold at popular garden centers and craft stores. Books on the topic are bestsellers in the craft, dollhouse, and miniature categories; Calvo's first book Gardening in Miniature has 35,000 copies in print. . For DIYers & crafters: This book details how to make the props and accessories that make the gardens come alive. The 37 projects include an ancient fountain, a country garden bouquet, a gnome fence, and more. The themed gardens are inspired by countries around the world, holidays, and more. . Expert, high-profile authorship: Janit Calvo is the leading name in the miniature garden movement. Her business, Two Green Thumbs, is the leading purveyor of miniature garden plants and props. 445 colour photographs

Janit Calvo is an artist, miniaturist, gardener, and entrepreneur whose creativity makes diminutive scenes come to life. Her first living miniature garden was a tiny stage backdrop that grew and wove itself together for years. Inspired by the little garden's long life and easy maintenance, Janit started Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden Center in 2001. Janit has won many garden and miniature show awards, and her gardens have appeared in the Seattle Times, Dig Magazine, and Dollhouse Miniature Magazine. Her website is TwoGreenThumbs.com. She resides with her husband in a full-size house and garden in Seattle, Washington.

"Digs deeper, instructing readers in how to build their own accessories for themed potted worlds. . . . tending to a tiny garden offers a satisfying kind of challenge: the cultivation of a light and the ability to slow down in order to focus on something so small." --Publishers Weekly "This fun, strongly recommended book gives miniature enthusiasts the opportunity to customize their minigardens with unique scenes and pieces." --Library Journal starred review "Do you know someone who loves fairy gardens (and who doesn't really)? This book takes the trend to the next level showing crafty gardeners how to accessorize their mini creations." --HGTV "The next big thing for crafters and gardeners captivated by gardening small. . . . Become enchanted by the whimsy of creating a tiny world." --Gambit "Sets out 37 projects for crafters and gardeners who are enchanted by the whimsy of creating a tiny world." --The Irish Garden?