Niche and Nuance

Practical guides for hands-on hobbies

Step-by-step guides to the things people make, grow, collect and restore by hand: film photography, fermentation, bookbinding, bonsai and much more. Every guide is a digital download.

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Start here: Daybooks

New to a hobby? A Daybook breaks a first project into one small job a day, with a page for each day and a tracker to tick off as you go.

Quick-Start Guides

Short guides that get you started on one subject. Each one pairs with a full-length guide when you want to go further.

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Browse by subject

Full-length guides, grouped the same way as the menu.

Photography

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Grow & Garden

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Kitchen, Soap & Candles

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Crafts & Making

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Collecting & Restoring

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Outdoors & Off-Grid

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Models & Hobbies

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Free printable cards

Printable cards to keep beside you as you start out, such as a sourdough loaf troubleshooting flowchart, a SCOBY health card and a houseplant watering card. Each one is free and comes straight to your email.

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