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Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines

Martha Stewart · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate guide to getting your life in order - with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips - from America's most trusted lifestyle authority

Trust Martha to help you master all things organizing - sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying your life - with...
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Blacksmith's Craft: An Introduction to Smithing for Apprentices & Craftsmen

Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback

The iconic, must-have guide for modern handcraft artisans!37 foundational lessons for beginner blacksmithsStep-by-step instructions, crisp photography, and descriptive captionsLearn about the hearth, blast, and anvil, and practice all necessary skills, methods, and techniquesLessons on equipment,...
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Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland: More than 20 heritage designs to knit

Christine LeGrow · Boulder Publications
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Woollen mittens have long been a Newfoundlander's best friend. The warmer the better. In a quirky climate of freeze, thaw, blow, and drizzle, good mittens made all tasks easier to split birch, hammer a nail, gut a fish, draw and haul water, hang clothes on a line, shoot a seabird, or snare...
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Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

Harold Davis · Rocky Nook
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Black-and-white photography poses unique challenges; without color to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition take on even more importance. In Creative Black and White, 2nd Edition, renowned photographer Harold Davis explains these elements and demonstrates the basic rules of black...
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Deer-Resistant Design: Fence-free Gardens that Thrive Despite the Deer

Karen Chapman · Timber Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"Fear deer no more! The best source I've seen on the topic!" - Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author

Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars'...
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Super-Quick Colorful Quilts: 35 Vibrant Designs for Fast Quilts

Rosemary Wilkinson · CompanionHouse Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Super Quick and Stunning Quilts! The twenty gorgeous patchwork quilts in this collection are designed for beginners and any quilter whose time is limited. Using just three shapes, they show an amazing variety of designs made all the more exciting by a clever choice of fabrics in three groups...
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The Complete Book of Clean: Tips & Techniques for Your Home

Toni Hammersley · Weldon Owen
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book of Home Cleaning is a complete, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home. From establishing routines, making schedules, and DIYing green cleaning solutions to help keep every area of your home neat, safe...
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DIY Mushroom Cultivation: Growing Mushrooms at Home for Food, Medicine, and Soil

Willoughby Arevalo · New Society Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Bring mushrooms into your life as you dive into the practice of home-scale mushroom cultivation With applications in permaculture, urban farming, cooking, natural medicine, and the arts, interest in home-scale mushroom cultivation is exploding. Yet many beginners remain daunted by the perceived...
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Embroidered Country Gardens: Create beautiful hand-stitched floral designs inspired by nature

Lorna Bateman
Format: Paperback


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Disney Princess Cross-Stitch: 22 Easy-to-Follow Patterns Featuring Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and More!

Disney · Running Press Adult
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Disney Princess Cross-Stitch brings your favorite leading ladies -- from Belle and Mulan to Tiana and Merida -- to the craft space with easy-to-follow patterns and enchanting art.
Featuring characters from beloved classics to modern treasures, it's a fun book for crafters of all ages...
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