The Bust DIY Guide to Life
Making Your Way Through Every Day
Published on 1. April 2022
368 pages
978-1-4804-9471-8 (ISBN)
Description
Get the know-how to do it yourself: "This lifestyle manual will come in handy when you need anything from a headache remedy to a dirt-cheap wedding." -
Entertainment Weekly
The modern appeal of "do-it-yourself" projects has a broader reach than ever. And who better to teach us how to DIY our lives than the über-crafty editors of BUST, the quirky, raw, and real magazine "for women who have something to get off their chests"? In The BUST DIY Guide to Life, magazine founders Debbie Stoller (of Stitch 'n Bitch fame) and Laurie Henzel have culled more than 250 of the best DIY and craft projects from its 15-year history. Organized by category-beauty and health, fashion, food and entertaining, career, finance, travel, and sex-and written in BUST's trademark brazen and witty style, this quintessential DIY encyclopedia from the quintessential DIY magazine is eclectic, empowering, hilarious, and downright practical, truly capturing the spirit of women today.
The modern appeal of "do-it-yourself" projects has a broader reach than ever. And who better to teach us how to DIY our lives than the über-crafty editors of BUST, the quirky, raw, and real magazine "for women who have something to get off their chests"? In The BUST DIY Guide to Life, magazine founders Debbie Stoller (of Stitch 'n Bitch fame) and Laurie Henzel have culled more than 250 of the best DIY and craft projects from its 15-year history. Organized by category-beauty and health, fashion, food and entertaining, career, finance, travel, and sex-and written in BUST's trademark brazen and witty style, this quintessential DIY encyclopedia from the quintessential DIY magazine is eclectic, empowering, hilarious, and downright practical, truly capturing the spirit of women today.
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Debbie Stoller | Laurie Henzel
The Bust DIY Guide to Life: Making Your Way Through Every Day
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10/2011
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
€44.75
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Persons
Debbie StollerandLaurie Henzelare the founders and publishers of
BUSTmagazine-Stoller is the editor in chief and Henzel is the creative director. Stoller is also the co-author of the
BUST Guide to the New Girl Orderand the Stitch 'n Bitch knitting book series. Stoller and Henzel both live in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One: BURST-IER HOMES & GARDENS
- 1. BED, BATH & BEYOND: Crafts for Every Room
- 2. DÉCOR & MORE: Shelves, Lights & Knickknacks
- 3. HOME WORK: Cleaning, Laundering, Organizing & Fixing
- 4. PLANT PARENTHOOD: Gardening Galore
- Part Two: YOUR STYLE, YOUR WAY
- 5. ALL SEWN UP: Stitching Basics
- 6. REPURPOSED FASHION: Recycle & Revamp
- 7. WHIP IT UP: Patterns to Make from Scratch
- 8. BEJEWELED DIY: Rings, Bracelets & Bling
- Part Three: HEALTH & BEAUTY
- 9. HAIR APPARENT: Do's You Can Do Yourself
- 10. MAKEUP & KISS: Retro Makeup Tricks
- 11. BATH & BEYOND: DIY Soaps, Scrubs & Remedies
- Part Four: EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY
- 12. LITTLE BLACK COOKBOOK: Quick & Easy Recipes
- 13. HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST: Party Ideas & Menus
- 14. FROM SCRATCH: Skip Store Bought & Make Your Own
- Part Five: MOVING & SHAKING
- 15. MONEY MONEY MONEY: Real Estate, Finance & Careers
- 16. GET OUT OF TOWN: Travel Tips for Worldly Women
- 17. CHICKS ON WHEELS: Bike & Car Know-How
- 18. LET'S GET PHYSICAL: Work-Out Tips & Sexy Bits
- 19. FRIENDS & FAMILY: Pets, Marriage, Birth & Death
- Resources
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
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