A Wide Range

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Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen

Photojojo

Potter Craft/Random House

Don’t let your photos languish on your computer! Turn them into custom photo laptop bags, photo-imaged cupcakes, lamp shades with familiar faces, etc, etc. The zeal for the uber-hip Photojojo DIY project book based on the online newsletter of the same name has been covered in The New York Times, CNET, MSNBC, ReadyMade, Make, The Washington Post, Wired, Digg, Flickr Blog, The Wall Street Journal, Macworld, PC World, and USA Today.

Lisa Occhipinti

The Repurposed Library

Stewart, Tabori & Chang/Abrams

Artist Lisa Occhipinti presents 33 craft projects to give your old books new life in the form of lamp shades, vases, ornaments, and simply beautiful works of art. The projects utilize every imaginable part of the book--from hardback cover to individual pages--and often require no more than a craft knife and glue to complete. As aesthetically charming as it is useful and unique, The Repurposed Library is a book for the love of books.

Daniel Vosovic

Fashion Inside Out

Watson-Guptill/Random House

"Project Runway" finalist Daniel Vosovic reveals the particulars of fashion design from start to finish in this detailed guidebook.  With beautiful photographs by Michael Turek, a foreward written by Tim Gunn, and interviews with fashion greats like José Covarrubias of Elite Model Management, Heidi Klum, and Diane von Furstenberg, Fashion Inside Out is an in-depth look at the fashion industry today.

Joshua Jay

Magic: The Complete Course

Workman

“Every 10 or 20 years a book comes along that introduces a whole new generation to the art and craft of magic. This is it,” says Magic magazine editor-in-chief Stan Allen. Magic: The Complete Course—a combined book and DVD set—is a comprehensive beginner’s guide to magic by one of its rising stars. In 1998, at the age of 17, Joshua Jay became the youngest person to win the World Magic Seminar. Since then he has been a performer and headliner in over 40 countries. 

Mark Montano

Big-Ass Book of Crafts 2

Gallery/Simon & Schuster

Here's the sequel to Mark Montano's best-selling Big-Ass Book of Crafts, which has over 100,000 copies in print!  It's packed with even more fabulous projects made from inexpensive and unexpected supplies, by the beloved designer and host of shows like "Ten Years Younger" and "While You Were Out."

Janie Bryant with Monica Corcoran Harel

The Fashion File

From Joanie's Marilyn Monroe-esque pencil skirts to Betty's classic Grace Kelly cupcake dresses, the clothes worn by the characters of the phenomenal "Mad Men" have captivated fans everywhere. Now Emmy-winning costume designer Janie Bryant takes you into her dressing room to share her secrets and show you how to be your own leading lady. With info on everything from finding the right foundation garments to the perfect accessory to determining what decade’s style is best for you, this is an essential guide to everything vintage, modern, and bohemian.