This pair of beautiful mini journals pays homage to the famous book you were born an original don't die a copy" by John L. Mason. The other journal features the inspirational quote "use your wings". These beautiful journals contain 48 pages of handmade...
Tumthong celebrates Thailand's ancient art of saa paper with bright and wonderful wrapping paper. She crafts the red sheets of saa paper by hand and decorates each one with yellow and white blossoms using screenprinting techniques. Set includes four...
This definitive, lavishly illustrated book from National Geographic features an astonishing array of vintage and newly created maps, rare photographs, covert documents, and eyewitness accounts that illuminate the world's greatest conflict. This...
Packed with delicious recipes, natural remedies, gardening tips, crafts, and more, this indispensable lifestyle reference from the popular blogger makes earth-friendly living fun. Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country, this essential guide...
This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches,...
Sunshine and green leaves appear in windows the images adorning a beautiful photo album. By Komang Sulaksana it is handcrafted of natural fibers. Pale banana bark brings its textures to the cover. Inside 20 pages of rice paper hold four 4 x 6 inch...
Presented by the Association of Friends of the Ixchel Museum, this book is named Cofradía, which means "confraternity" in Spanish. Each page features photos and historical information about Guatemalan confraternities, religious organizations that...
A small town seems lost to the world when a rainbow comes to visit. And its gift of life, light and color changes the outlook for everyone there. The rainbow's friend is a cloud that understands the need for hope and color in order to be happy in this...
Delicate snowflakes flutter to earth in deep soft drifts. The exquisite mosaic adorns a mango wood vase finished in lacquer. Working with ancestral techniques Nantana Sompamitre crafts the beautiful piece by hand. Once the wood is carved into the...
Performing expert acrobatics, two harlequins are handcrafted from aluminum. Peruvian artist Luitpol creates this artistic pair of bookends, which are crafted from pinewood that is painted pastel yellow.
Joel Sartore is committed to documenting every animal in captivity–with a focus on the growing list of endangered species and those facing extinction–circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000...
Working in warm cedar wood George Obeng sculpts the cattle tended by Mali's nomadic Fulani herdsmen. They peacefully gaze out from a novel and original pair of bookends.
Eyes closed in meditation Buddha??s head are serene and beautiful. Wayan Rendah depicts the master's smooth features tightly curled hair and elongated earlobes in a classic portrait. The sculptures crown a pair of hand-carved bookends.
Dr. Sneh Gangal practices the millenary and spiritual art of painting a yantra in honor of Sumukhi. Worshipped for worldly pleasure, Sumukhi is one of the forms in which the Hindu goddess Kali may present herself. "To attract women and destroy enemies,...
According to Hindu faith, women who desire a son would do well to worship Bhauma, the celibate lord of war, and son of Prithvi or Bhumi, the Earth Goddess. "One should intone the following mantra, Aum hang Hamsha kahm Khah while visualizing this Mangal...
India's Dr. Sneh Gangal paints this yantra for the worship of Kalratri. "She is the seventh and the most furious aspect of the goddess Kali, but when worshipped with devotion she bestows her devotees with all kinds of virtues," explains the learned...
Baglamukhi is one of the ten wisdom goddesses of Hinduism. "She is worshipped for subduing enemies and cruel acts or abhicharas. One should perform her mantra with this yantra and a turmeric jaap rosary during the day when requesting attraction and...
"Kameshi is a Hindu Dakini (tantric deity) and when worshipped properly following her injunctions, she fulfills all kinds of sexual desires," explains Dr. Sneh Gangal. "If a man recites her mantra, Hrim klim aim blum straim with this yantra a minimum...
"Nrisinmha is worshipped for divine powers by repeating his mantra while visualizing this yantra, " explains Dr. Sneh Gangal. "Upon completion, one is believed to become capable of giving boons and curses. One can also make specific offerings to this...
Dressed in handloomed tie-dyed ikat cloth two cheerful rabbits work as bookends. Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya carves the long-eared readers from crocodile wood painting them with fanciful patterns. The dolls can be posed in a variety of positions as they...
