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Cultivating Garden Style: Inspired Ideas and Practical Advice to Unleash Your Garden Personality

Rochelle Greayer · Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

In Cultivating Garden Style, Rochelle Greayer shares ways to create outdoor areas that are charming, comfortable, appealing, and reflect individuality. It features twenty-three unique garden styles accompanied by advice on how to recreate the look. Simple step-by-step projects, like how to make...
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Kimono: The Art and Evolution of Japanese Fashion

Anna Jackson · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

Highlights from one of the world's most outstanding collections of traditional Japanese kimonos, with stunning examples from the Edo period through the twentieth century

In traditional Japanese dress, the surface of the garment is most important. The T-shaped, straight-seamed, front-wrapping...
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Simply Color: Purple: A Crayon Box for Quilters

Vanessa Christenson · Lucky Spool Media
Pages: 107
Format: Print book

Open up a crayon box of color inspiration with this simply irresistible collection of sweet books. Each book in the series is an exploration of an individual color. Simply COLOR: GREEN, Simply COLOR: BLUE, and Simply COLOR: PURPLE are exceptional pattern and color inspiration books for the confident...
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Women's Car DIY - If you need something done, do it yourself - The Multi-Tasker's Manual: The girl's guide to car DIY, including basic maintenance, ... preparing for the MoT test

Caroline Lake · Haynes Publishing UK
Format: Hardcover

Men work on cars and women cook. Men put up shelves and women make curtains. This used to be typical but not any more, with tasks in the home often shared equally. But women can go a step further and become as confident with a jack as with a power drill. This empowering manual, written...
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Country Living Spooky & Bright: 101 Halloween Ideas

Country Living · Hearst; Spi edition
Format: Book

When October arrives, thoughts turn to Halloween and all things scary. To make your holiday marvelously macabre, Country Living has a collection of 125 creepily cool ways to create meaningful memories for family and friends. With ghoulish delight, Spooky & Bright revels in Halloween's...
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Companion Planting for the Kitchen Gardener: Tips, Advice, and Garden Plans for a Healthy Organic Garden

Allison Greer · W W Norton
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

Companion planting techniques have been used for centuries to facilitate better, more nutritious, and more abundant crops. Did you know that carrots will grow better if surrounded by lettuce, onions and beets, but beans should not be planted near onions? Your tomatoes will be happier if they're...
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Stuff Every Bride Should Know

Michelle Park Lazette · Quirk Books
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

Wedding planning doesn't have to be stressful! From budgeting to bachelorette parties to writing your own vows, this pocket-sized manual is packed with tips to plan, execute, and enjoy the perfect engagement and wedding. It's a personal wedding planner you can carry in your pocket...
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Sockupied: 20 Knit Projects to Satisfy Your Sock Obsession

Anne Merrow · Interweave; 1 edition
Format: Book

Slightly obsessed with knitting socks? Get Sockupied!Sockupied is a groundbreaking eMag that began in 2010. Now available for the first time in book form, Sockupied brings knitters a collection of 20 sock patterns specially chosen from its first 10 issues. Simple patterns appeal to beginners,...
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On the Loom: A Modern Weaver's Guide

Maryanne Moodie · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

In On the Loom, Maryanne Moodie brings the ancient art of weaving to the modern day in a comprehensive guide packed with step-by-step tutorials and beautiful photography. Learn the basics of this simple and beautiful craft with valuable information on basic stitches, tools needed, and even...
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Beautiful Boxes: Design and Technique

Doug Stowe · Taunton Press
Format: Book

Making wooden boxes is one of the best ways to develop overall proficiency in woodworking. Boxes are relatively quick to build, require only a small amount of material, and can be made in the smallest of woodshops. And, of course, they make wonderful gifts!   In this all-new collection...
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The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time

Cameron Diaz · Harperwave, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Cameron Diaz follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, The Body Book, with a personal, practical, and authoritative guide that examines the art and science of growing older and offers concrete steps women can take to create abundant health and resilience as they age.

Cameron...

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Wired Jewelry: Knitting, Crocheting and Twisting in Wire

Kath Orsman · Guild of Master Craftsman
Format: Paperback

Using just wire, beads, and techniques familiar to knitters and crocheters, anyone can create truly unique pieces of jewelry. In fact, most are simple enough to complete in a single evening! These 20 intricate wirework designs are fashioned from basic stitches along with spool knitting...
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The Flower Workshop: Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches, Fruits, and Foraged Materials

Ariella Chezar · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 245
Format: Print book

Written by a celebrated floral designer and lavishly illustrated with full-color photography, this book not only provides step-by-step instructions for 50 stunning floral projects from simple to spectacular, but also equips readers with the skills to customize arrangements at home....
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How to Make 50 Fabulous Kumihimo Braids: A Beginner's Guide to Making Flat Braids for Beautiful Cord Jewelry and Fashion Accessories

Beth Kemp · Barron's
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The best-selling author of Twist, Turn & Tie 50 Japanese Kumihimo Braids first taught us how to create stunning cord jewelry with a round loom. This time, she'll teach you how to make stunning kumihimo braided friendship bracelets, jewelry, and fashion accessories with the square...
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