Michaels is one of the world's biggest specialist retailer of arts and crafts materials - it is the place that hundreds of thousands of crafters head for to get supplies for painting, floristry, home decorating, needleworking, woodworking, glass and fabric crafts. From this definitive source comes an extraordinarily big, beautiful, and encyclopedic collection of craft techniques and 175 craft projects. The 30 subject areas are divided into nine chapters that all feature a basic instructions section packed with plentiful colour pictures and designer tips; five to ten projects; and a two-page spread of gallery photos of additional projects for inspiration.