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Creatively Christmas: Inspired Yuletide Décor

Jennifer Rizzo · Plain Sight
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback

Start your holiday decorating with Creatively Christmas! Filled with over 35 hands-on projects, creative and easy craft, gift and decorating ideas for every skill level. Follow popular designer and lifestyle blogger Jennifer Rizzo on a rustic, vintage, handmade journey through the yuletide...
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200 Ripple Stitch Patterns: Exciting Patterns To Knit And Crochet For Afghans, Blankets And Throws

Jan Eaton · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Creativity abounds with vibrant colors and combinations for 200 ripple stitch patterns to knit or crochet.A new edition of the popular stitch book by internationally renowned needlecraft and textile designer, Jan Eaton. In this collection, create beautiful fabrics with variegated zigzags...
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Christmas with the First Ladies: The White House Decorating Tradition from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama

Coleen Christian Burke · Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

No home in America celebrates Christmas quite like the White House Whether adorned with hand-made ornaments or thoughtful crafts the White House has warmly welcomed celebrities dignitaries and hardworking Americans and epitomized the Christmas spirit And behind each holiday celebration...
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Landscape Construction 1-2-3: Build the Framework for a Perfect Landscape with Fences, Walls, and More

The Home Depot · The Home Depot
Format: Hardcover

Packed with practical techniques and technical know-how to help do-it-yourselfers succeed.Covers fences and gates, retaining walls, outdoor sheds, trellises and arbors, outdoor electricity, plumbing and drainage, and working with concrete.Wisdom of the Aisles on every page guarantees a beautifully...
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Best of Halloween Tricks & Treats, Second Edition

Better Homes and Gardens · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Cool ideas for a personalizing any Halloween partyFrom spooky to whimsical and everything in between, this all-new edition of Best of Halloween Tricks & Treats is a treasure-trove of neat ideas and helpful how-tos for adding a personal touch to Halloween parties and celebrations. You'll...
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Stitch & Sew: Beautifully Embroider 31 Projects

ANEELA HOEY · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Revive your love for hand stitching with 30 fresh embroidery designs! Showcase your needlework on 5 pretty, practical projects -- a drawstring bag, clutch, flex case, change purse, and zipper pouch. Learn beginner to advanced embroidery one stitch at a time, testing your thread choices...
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Homemade Holiday: Craft Your Way Through More than 40 Festive Projects

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Bring the magic of a handmade Christmas into your home with 40 projects for gifts, decorations, and homemade wrapping paper.Save time and money with the festive craft projects in Homemade Holiday. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide readers to create fresh flower garlands, bake edible...
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Witches' Brew and Other Horrifying Party Foods

Ali Vega · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What can be as petrifying as it is appetizing? Your party food! Learn how to create a variety of party foods that are both repulsive and tasty. Create dishes like earwax on a stick, crispy mice, and a spooky shrunken heads brew. Making party treats has never been so much funor so gross!
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Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn

W. J. Johnson · Quayside
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Yarn Works is the ultimate sheep to sweater reference book for fiber enthusiasts everywhere. Have you ever wondered what the best spin method is for a chunky yarn? Or how to dye fiber to the color you want? Or perhaps your yarn isn't holding its shape when you knit... This how-to book...
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All for Fall: Whimsical Wool Projects and Warm Quilts

Bonnie Sullivan · That Patchwork Place
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Welcome the autumn season with warm-and-woolly wonders from the best-selling author of A Change of Seasons. Start with classic patchwork projects in harvest hues, including lap quilts, pillows, and runners. Then delight in playful nods to the lighter side of the season--grinning cats, squirrels,...
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Faerie knitting : 14 tales of love and magic

Lisa Hoffman · Adams Media
Format: Print book

"Gorgeous knitwear meets inspired fairy tales with Alice Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman's Faerie Knitting. Each of the 14 projects from knitwear designer and knitting instructor Lisa Hoffman is inspired by and paired with an original fairy tale by New York Times bestselling author Alice...
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Painting Imaginary Flowers: Beautiful Blooms and Abstract Patterns in Mixed Media

Sandrine Pelissier · North Light Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Discover a fresh, fun approach to painting unique flowers! Forgo reference photos and discover a more organic and joyful way of painting! With its friendly step-by-step format, Painting Imaginary Flowers features a simple, three-stage approach to creating flowers only you can make...Drop...
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