The Holiday Shopping Season is going to be quite different this year. As Covid-19 still lingers, many of us are rethinking our shopping and gift-giving habits. Online shopping has unsurprisingly grown this year and with the holidays breathing down our necks, it's about to explode. Luckily, the variety of online shopping is wide. From Etsy to Amazon the options are endless and every day I'm coming across more options for shopping. For example, I just came across bookshop.org which lets you search for the independent bookstore of your choice and links you to their online catalogs. Next to online shopping, my other plan for this year to crank out handmade gifts. I just need to work up the energy and the courage to set my kids up with crafts involving paint... Wish me luck!
Containing more than 70 projects, from candle making and crocheting to paper-crafts and baking, Handmade Gifts is the perfect guide to making handcrafted items that people will love. Each project is clearly explained using simple step-by-step images along with photographs of the finished item and variations on how to make each piece unique. There are even ideas for green and up-cycled gifts.
Crocheting has had a huge surge in popularity in recent years and continues to be a very popular craft, and this book has a very wide appeal both to beginners and more accomplished crocheters. This book represents amazing value, comprising 100 projects from some of our best-selling crochet authors. The book covers a wide variety of themes from beautiful crocheted flowers, beanie hats, Christmas crocheted projects, cute bears, lovely hearts, and stylish purses, so there is something for everyone to enjoy. Crochet requires very little in the way of tools and materials, which are widely available from major yarn stores and relatively inexpensive. The techniques used in this book are simple enough for experienced beginners to master and easy for more seasoned crocheters. Special stitches used are explained in detail, and yarns are described in generic terms so that readers can use what is available to them, wherever they live. The projects cover a wide variety of themes from Christmas crochet, beanies, hearts, flowers, purses, bears, and granny squares. They are simple enough for experienced beginners and will also appeal to seasoned crocheters. The tools and materials are inexpensive and widely available and these charming crocheted items make fabulous gifts for family and friends.
Today's knitters are chic, smart-and busy. Although they love to knit and enjoy making gifts for family and friends, they're constantly faced with the challenge of finding enough time to actually finish what they've started. Last-Minute Knitted Gifts solves this problem. Joelle Hoverson, the owner of Purl, the hip knitting supply store in downtown Manhattan, has designed more than 30 fun, fresh, beautiful patterns, most of which can be made in less than ten hours--some in as little as two!
A collection of beautifully designed motivational quotes in cross-stitch that will raise the spirits, both during the making and beyond. Designed by Emma Congdon, aka Stitchrovia, whose modern styling appeals to crafters of all ages and abilities, these inspiring quotes will provide comfort, motivation, and a positive spin on life.
In What My Mother Gave Me, women look at the relationships between mothers and daughters through a new lens: a daughter's story of a gift from her mother that has touched her to the bone and served as a model, a metaphor, or a touchstone in her own life. The contributors of these thirty-one original pieces include Pulitzer Prize winners, perennial bestselling novelists, and celebrated broadcast journalists.
Whether a gift was meant to keep a daughter warm, put a roof over her head, instruct her in the ways of womanhood, encourage her talents, or just remind her of a mother's love, each story gets to the heart of a relationship.
This holiday season, Anna Gettyenvironmental advocate, writer, television personality, chef, mother, and organic living expert helps families reduce their carbon footprint and save money without sacrificing style or tradition. Anna advises how to best choose a tree (real or fake?), mitigate the negative effects of necessary travel, recycle post-holiday, and more. She shares favorite holiday recipes for organic appetizers and homemade craft ideas such as pinecone wreaths and recycled sweater pillows. With inspiring photographs, extensive resources, and advice from the "Lazy Environmentalist" Josh Dorfman, Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender, and other leading eco-experts, families might just find that these tips help them stay green all year long the perfect New Year's resolution
Quilting and generosity go hand in hand--and this inspiring book will show quilters how to share their creativity with friends, family, and those in need. Easy-to-make projects are combined with ideas for giving that will warm the hearts of givers and receivers alike. Create 20 projects with traditional patterns and repeated blocks-perfect for whipping up quilts in multiple discoveries helpful tips for organizing charitable quilting bees for quilters of all skill levels and ideas for choosing charities, from pediatric centers to nursing homes, plus advice on sizes and materials
1,000 gift ideas for everyone in your life no matter what their type
From a self-proclaimed shopaholic, Gifted identifies more than 20 different personalities-from The Curious Kid and The Sporty Adventurer to The Big Boss, The Quirky Pal, and The Sweet 16-and provides specific and original ideas for each one. The first gift guide to organizing gift recipients according to personality type, Gifted:
- Provides essential shopping info, such as where to buy each gift online and how much they cost
- Inspires out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to gift ideas
- Presents unique services, stores, and products
- Introduces new and creative occasions for gift-giving, such as the Nouveau DivorcA(c), The Mommy-Any-Minute, and the Gay Hooray
Each year, Gooseberry Patch fans look forward to the new Christmas book with all the excitement of kids waiting for Santa. That’s because readers trust Gooseberry Patch to bring them all-new ideas for family-friendly gifts, yummy recipes, and fun decorations.
The humorist presents a selection of more than fifty one-of-a-kind gifts for the discriminating individual, furnishing vendor names, prices, and addresses for such treasures as elephant-print Republican pants and a capsule of rodent bones regurgitated by an owl.
Readers learn how to make a variety of craft gifts including jewelry, sculpture, cards, calendars, containers, wrapping paper, and more.
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And if you are looking to support Crafters and Artists check out Etsy and Amazon Handmade.
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