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Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round

Ariella Chezar · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly photographed book from renowned floral designer Ariella Chezar provides step-by-step instructions for 39 seasonal floral arrangements and projects that celebrate the splendor of flowers, the bounty of the changing seasons, and the wild beauty of nature in your home.Just as fruits...
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A Year of Stone Painting: 52 Mandala Designs to Inspire Your Spirit

F Sehnaz Bac · Dover Publications
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

You can craft a new mandala every week for one year with this full-color guide by the author of the bestselling The Art of Stone Painting. F. Sehnaz Bac, an artist and seasoned archaeologist, presents step-by-step instructions for fifty-two projects. Her easy-to-follow guide will show you how to transform...
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30 Knit Ponchos and Capes: Easy-to-wear styles for any occasion

Rita Maassen · Stackpole Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Ponchos and capes are so easy to wear! They don't slip and slide like shawls can; just toss one over a basic tee and you are ready to go and look anything but basic. They go with nearly anything and can be dressed up or down as you please. Add in the fun of knitting a variety of styles,...
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The Autopilot Garden: A Guide to Hands-off Gardening

Luke Marion · Hobble Creek Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Train your garden to practically grow itself with this new guide from YouTube gardening sensations Luke and Sindy Marion, founders of MIGardener. Instead of slaving away year after year, work smarter (not harder) by strategizing to help your garden become self-sufficient. Learn to break...
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Beyond the Battlefield: 14 Scrappy Civil War Quilts

Mary Etherington · That Patchwork Place
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

From beloved design team Country Threads comes this all-new collection of patterns inspired by quilts from the Civil War era. Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene's signature make-do style comes to life in 14 quilts, from small, simple tributes to larger quilts featuring hundreds of scrap...
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Family Handyman Make It Last: 750 Tips to Get the Most Out of Everything in Your House

Family Handyman · Reader's Digest
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Repair, Reuse, Remodel The best way to cut home expenses - and frustrations - is to prevent problems from happening in the first place. With The Family Handyman Make It Last, see how easy it is to avoid appliance breakdowns, keep your furnace humming and avoid expensive water damage. Extend...
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Seamless Knit Sweaters in 2 Weeks: 20 Patterns for Flawless Cardigans, Pullovers, Tees and More

Marie Greene · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Knit a Sweater You'll Love for Years to Come in Just a Few Weeks!Marie Greene's twenty gorgeous new patterns make knitting the sweater of your dreams a breeze. If you've ever struggled to complete a pullover or been too intimidated to start a cardigan, these seamless, top-down designs will...
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The Organic Painter: Learn to paint with tea, coffee, embroidery, flame, and more; Explore Unusual Materials and Playful Techniques to Expand your Creative Practice

Carne Griffiths · Quarry Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Bored with the same old paints? The Organic Painter introduces innovative techniques for using non-traditional "paint" derived from materials like coffee, tea, and alcohol, to encourage freedom and expression! Traditional art supplies will only take you so far! Sometimes you need...
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An Edited Life: Simple Steps to Streamlining Life, at Work and at Home

Anna Newton · Quadrille Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Declutter every aspect of your life -- from your wardrobe, exercise schedule and food budget to your phone, bookshelves and beauty regime -- with this realistic guide to getting neat and keeping things that way. Anna Newton is just trying to balance work, her friends, her family, her husband...
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Stitchcraft: An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and Peculiar Patterns

Gayla Partridge · Blue Star Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Step inside a world of arcane imagery and rich esoteric symbolism in Stitchcraft: An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and Peculiar Patterns. Author Gayla Partridge draws upon her knowledge of phrenology, anatomy, floral design, and Ouija to create deeply imaginative embroidery art. Through...
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