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Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard

Sharon Sorenson · Stackpole Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer,...
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Rock Art Handbook: Techniques and Projects for Painting, Coloring, and Transforming Stones

Samantha Sarles · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Rock art is showing up everywhere, and anyone can do it!Over 30 step-by-step tutorials make Rock Art Handbook your comprehensive rock art resourceCovers various craft techniques for decorating rocks: puffy paint, acrylic paint, oil pastels, gelatos, art pens, embossing, stamping, and morePerfect...
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Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils: A Beginner's Guide: Learn Safe, Effective Ways to Use 25 Popular Oils; Make 100 Aromatherapy Blends to Enhance Health; Soothe Common Ailments and Promote Well-Being

STEPHANIE L TOURLES · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author and herbalist Stephanie L. Tourles offers reliable guidance on using essential oils effectively and safely. This friendly, accessible introduction to the 25 most versatile oils for health and wellness highlights the key characteristics of lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus,...
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Fizz Boom Bath!: Learn How to Make Your Own Bath Bombs, Body Scrubs, and More!

DA BOMB FIZZERS. · Rock Point
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

From fizzers to scrubs, masks to soaps, bubble bars to shower melts, Fizz Boom Bath! is your how-to source on all things bath-time beauty. Have you ever found yourself staring longingly at a table full of scrumptious-looking bath bombs, shower melts, or lotion bars for sale and thought,...
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Knockout Knit Hats and Hoods: 30 Engaging Designs for Beanies, Tams, Slouches, and More

Diane Serviss · Stackpole Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Hats! Hats! Hats! Diane Serviss, co-owner of and design force behind the Pixiebell and Elfinwear brands, never runs out of inspiration for new patterns, styles, textures, and shapes for knitted hats. In this new collection, she includes hoods, beanies, slouches, and tams incorporating a variety...
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Organic Gardening Techniques: The Guide to Planting, Growing, and Care of Your Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs

Nick Hamilton · CompanionHouse Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

The popularity of organic gardening continues to rise as people seek to control the quality and freshness of the food they eat. And organic gardening isn?t just about creating delicious healthy food for the table: it?s also about supporting delicate ecosystems and working without the use of chemicals....
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Organize Every Room: The Real Simple Method for a Well-Ordered Home

The Editors of Real Simple · Oxmoor House
Pages: 272
Format: Flexibound

Rein in the chaos and regain control of your space. Whether you live in a small space or a large one, Real Simple has the best why-didn't-I-think-of-that advice for creating - and keeping - an easy, stylish, organized home. This practical and inspiring handbook covers everything from how to pare...
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Granny Squares Weekend: 20 Quick and Easy Crochet Projects

EMMA VARNAM · GMC Publications
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

If you need an emergency craft fix, then this book has the answer! Armed with a crochet hook and some yarn you can rustle up these gorgeous projects in next to no time. Granny squares are a simple and fun way to get creative when time is short, whill offering a fashionable way to use up your...
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Country Living Christmas at Home: Holiday Decorating – Crafts – Recipes

COUNTRY LIVING. · Hearst
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Have yourself a merry little Country Living Christmas with this gorgeous guide to decorating, cooking, and celebrating the best holiday ever! Country Living knows how to make Christmas memorable, and that's why this spectacular book will become your new go-to resource every year. It's...
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Starting & Saving Seeds: Grow the Perfect Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Garden

Julie Thompson-Adolf · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better. Creating dinner from food you've grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds, tending them, planting them in your garden,...
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Crocheted Beanies & Slouchy Hats: 31 Patterns for Fun Colorful Hats

Julie King · Stackpole Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Keep warm while looking your best with these modern crocheted hat designs! They are fast and fun to crochet in gorgeous yarns. Make a bunch in your favorite colors, and you'll have a hat to match whatever you wear. A variety of stitch patterns keep the work interesting, and detailed...
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The Spoonflower Quick-sew Project Book: 34 DIYs to Make the Most of Your Fabric Stash

Anda Corrie · Abrams
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Stitch up a storm with more than 30 new stash-friendly projects from quilt and fabric lovers' favorite creative force: Spoonflower. Discover all that you can make with just a yard or two! Spoonflower - a design-your-own/print-on-demand fabric company known for its unique, clever, and must-have...
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