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walden illumination publishing

Growing up entrepreneurial gave Kent and Judi the expertise to take over the helm of the family business at an early age. Fifty years later, we go to great lengths to share that knowledge. We write books, lecture, and teach workshops, as well as offer DVDs, on crafting, marketing, and business management – under the name Walden Illumination.

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Gold Leaf Techniques

Gold Leaf Techniques is the textbook used by the sign-making industry to create beautiful communications in 23k gold and other precious metals. We also offer DVDs that allow new gold leaf artists to observe the technique.

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How to Host a Letterhead Meet

This book began as an event planning guide in 1985 and has been updated each time we sat on the host committee of an International Letterheads Event. The larger Letterhead Meets generally provide food and supplies for 3 days of networking and workshops with a goal of breaking even financially.

James Luis Moore from South Carolina and Clare Cassandria Carver Georgia plantation
Moore Fun than Anybody

A biographical story of a homesteading family. James Luis Moore from South Carolina and Clare Cassandria Carver, born on a Georgia plantation, raised their family of five on a homesteaded ranch near Hoyt Colorado – until the depression.

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The 19th Amendment and the Women of the Estes Valley

This book was a collaborative effort to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of a woman's right to vote (USA). It is a collection written by authors closely connected to Estes, not biographies but stories, and memories written by the children, the parents, the friends, and the historians of the women of the Estes Valley, Colorado.

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