Design Originals Announces 24 New Books at Craft & Hobby Industry Trade Show

Jan. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- (Anaheim, Calif.) Design Originals, a leading publisher of trendsetting books on the handmade arts and crafts, is announcing 24 new releases to coincide with the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) Winter Conference & Trade Show in Anaheim Calif., January 12-15, 2013. The new books are focused on hot trends and top craft sectors, including the Zentangle® method, paracord crafting, jewelry making, needle arts, and duct tape couture. Many of the industry’s most innovative authors – including Suzanne McNeill, Anna Bondoc, Joanne Fink, and Lorine Mason – are conducting Conference workshops and make & takes for attendees at the Design Originals booth, number 1279. For more information visit
http://www.d-originals.com.

New Craft Titles

Zentangle is becoming a worldwide phenomenon of creative expression, and Design Originals lives up to its reputation as the leading Zentangle publisher with four promising new titles, including Suzanne McNeill’s Joy of Zentangle, plus the two latest releases in her Zentangle book series: Zentangle 7 and Zentangle 8. Joanne Fink shares her Zentangle-inspired patterning techniques in Zenspirations Dangle Designs.

Paracord crafting is soaring in popularity, and Samantha Grenier of Pepperell Braiding Company is out in front of the curve with Parachute Cord Craft. Celebrity crafter Marisa Pawelko, the “Queen of Duct Tape,” shares her best DIY duct tape ideas in Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects, and Lorine Mason pushes the upcycling envelope in Making Jewelry with T-Shirt Yarn.

Retailer Specials

Retailers can take advantage of several enticing show specials, including an extra 5% discount on all show orders, plus free freight on orders prepaid by credit card. Design Originals is also offering its popular “crafter’s dozen” option at the show, delivering thirteen books on any twelve-unit order of the same title. All visitors to the publisher’s booth can join in a daily 2pm raffle, with prizes over $200 in value awarded each day.

Design Originals Sponsors Conference Workshops

Sunday
• Joanne Fink – Zenspiration Dangle Design
• Anna Bondoc – Designing Downward
Monday
• Lorine Mason – T-Shirt Jewelry & Accessories
• Suzanne McNeill – Zentangle® - The Hottest Trend

Make & Takes at Booth #1279

Saturday
• Anna Bondoc - Cut Layered Paper Cards
• Suzanne McNeill - Tangle with a Pro
• Ana Araujo - Sew Felt Stuffies
• Candice Windham - Create a Vintage Valentine

Sunday
• Suzanne McNeill - Tangle with a Pro
• Ana Araujo - Sew Felt Stuffies
• Suzann Sladcik Wilson - Soldering 101
• Suzanne McNeill - Tangle with a Pro

Monday
• Lorine Mason - Craft with T-Shirt Yarn
• Carol Porter - Demonstrating Clover’s French Knitter
• Book Signing with Marisa Pawelko of Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects
• Anna Bondoc - Cut Layered Paper Cards
• BANGLE BAR
• Suzann Sladcik Wilson - Soldering 101

Tuesday
• Suzanne McNeill - Tangle with a Pro
• Candice Windham - Create a Vintage Valentine

“We are very pleased to be showing so many inspiring new titles at CHA,” said Publisher Alan Giagnocavo of Fox Chapel Publishing, parent company of Design Originals. “Crafters count on Design Originals to bring them the latest trends, and Booth #1279 will be full of them!” he added.