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Journey into the world of textile collage with collage quilt artist & educator Emily Taylor In her second book, Emily demonstrates how to make a collage quilt, embroidered wall art and a decorative pillow with six bird templates included in the book. Bird templates included are a Crane, Duck, Owl, Quail, Raven and Swallow, along with complementary elements. Over 100 step-by-step photos & illustrations open up a world of creative fun with fabric as Emily shares her new & innovative method of textile collage. Emily also explains in simple terms how to apply color theory to the selection of fabric, how to create a pleasing composition, and the recommended supplies for success.
In Collage Quilter: Essentials for Success with Collage Quilts, author and educator Emily Taylor shares her passion and her best tips for success with textile collage. You'll learn why it's important to think like an artist and how to apply the principles of color theory to the process.
With almost 200 photos and illustrations, this guide will help you understand the why and how of various supplies, and offers step-by-step tutorials that demonstrate how to make four beautiful projects using Emily's unique methods.
Whether you are new to collage quilts or are an experienced art quilter looking for fresh techniques, Collage Quilter Essentials for Success with Collage Quilts provides what you need to enjoy the creative process of textile collage!
A herpetologist introduces budding snake enthusiasts to the wonders of California snakes.
I've loved snakes since childhood and am thrilled to now have this gorgeous book as my companion to finding snakes wherever a walk on the wild side takes me. --Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club and The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias in the world, yet step into any local zoo and you'll find the snake pit to be among these menageries' greatest attractions. In this entrancing ode to the charms of California's legless reptiles, rattlesnake wrangler Emily Taylor shares her knowledge, enthusiasm, and advice for getting to know our slithering neighbors, dispelling the usual misapprehensions that surround them and celebrating their striking biological traits along the way.
Featuring profiles of the nearly 50 fork-tongued species that burrow and coil in California's diverse habitats, and containing tips for serpent seekers--including identification guides and handling advice--California Snakes and How to Find Them delves into the longstanding myths and latest natural history research on our ophidian friends of the West. Taylor showcases the biodiversity of California's snakes, from the Common Garter to the fetchingly pink Rosy Boa to the elusive Alameda Striped Racer, illustrated with more than 100 detailed photographs. Supported with critical insights--such as what to do during a venomous encounter, and an exploration of the seemingly simple question, What is a snake?--this guide is the perfect companion for both the seasoned naturalist and the budding snake enthusiast.
The author of California Snakes and How to Find Them invites budding reptile enthusiasts into a wonderland of lizards.
Lizards: they are cute, endearing, and mind-bogglingly diverse, and yet they are so easy to overlook among California's natural abundance. Start watching them, though, and a wonderland of lizard life appears. In California Lizards and How to Find Them, lizard lover Emily Taylor profiles over 60 native and introduced species, from California's iconic Western Fence Lizard to the adorable Desert Iguana to the chonky Ringed Wall Gecko. With her expert knowledge and joyous, laugh-out-loud writing, Taylor provides tips for finding, watching, and responsibly catching lizards. She offers absorbing insights on lizard evolution, and she explains the toll of invasive lizard species on California's ecosystems. Featuring more than 100 full-color photographs, and designed for easy use in everyday life, this is the ideal guide for budding reptile enthusiasts and longtime naturalists alike.
Every person faces critical decisions every day as they choose what to do with their lives. So, how do you build on these decisions to become wildly successful like people like Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos? These men are not geniuses, and while they do have an incredible work ethic, what lies at the heart of their success is the unique way in which they think. Consider this information is useless unless you can apply it. For example, if a person can list all the counties within a state, it can be cool to show off to friends and a good ice breaker in dating situations. However, it isn't necessarily something that is useful in most situations. It is just a list of facts that doesn't have a true purpose.
Knowledge becomes useful when you can apply it to a framework. That is what mental models essentially are a framework for thinking.When making decisions or solving problems, people are limited to the information that they have available to them.
Mental models let information be organized, visualized, and conceptualized. They represent all the possible outcomes in problem-solving and decision making and let you organize them in a way that makes it possible to choose the most desirable outcome.Even though mental models are incredible tools, they can also be limiting. A person who specializes in something, as people often do in their careers, is limited to the mental models they are familiar with. This means that unless they work to broaden their mental models, they might only see a problem a specific way.
For example, before starting Amazon, Jeff Bezos had an idea about an online bookstore. Even though the idea was promising, the Internet was rather new at the time. He also already had a great job, and there was a risk of failure. Instead of doing what many people would when trying to make a big decision like starting a company and thinking about what could go wrong, he decided to frame his decision a different way. Bezos used what is known as the regret minimization framework by visualizing himself looking back at his life from decades in the future. He had this idea, and there was a risk of failure, as there always with great ideas-but would he regret it at 80 years old if he didn't try?
Bezos decided he would-and that was when the idea for Amazon came to fruition. Even if that idea would not have been a great success, Bezos knew he would regret not trying. He was able to reach this conclusion using a mental model that let him see the situation in a different perspective-a perspective that allowed him to create one of the most successful companies in the world today.
As you learn new ways to think about things, you have more possible outcomes at your disposal. You'll find yourself capable of making the right decisions, over and over again. You'll also find that it is easier to solve problems with the best possible outcome. Who wouldn't want to reach the same degree of success as someone like Jeff Bezos or Warren Buffett? All you have to do is change the way you think. The good news? It's something that you build on slowly over time.
This means that you can get started today by opening up to the first page of this book
In today's contentious culture, how do you get what you want while preserving your important relationships and your own integrity?
Some suffer in silence as chronic avoiders. Others can't help but challenge people who say or do something they disagree with. But you can learn to transcend your innate personality and old habits to respond thoughtfully and strategically to any conflict.
In Conflict Fluent, conflict resolution specialist Emily Taylor teaches readers five proven approaches. She candidly draws on her own personal experiences with family, friends, and colleagues as well as examples from contemporary culture and politics. Taylor demonstrates practical, down-to-earth methods for navigating the most difficult conversations and maps a path for becoming fluent in all five conflict approaches.
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In this charming collection of stories, Emily Taylor transports readers to the world of early medieval England and introduces them to a colorful cast of characters, from brave warriors and cunning priests to wise women and mischievous sprites. Full of humor, romance, and adventure, these tales are a delightful read for anyone interested in folklore and history.
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This collection of religious poetry by Emily Taylor is a heartfelt tribute to the Sabbath and the divine. It features poems that inspire the reader with the beauty of nature and the glory of God.
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