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Bring the spirit of Christmas to your home with this inspirational book of seasonal recipes, crafts and carols. Christmas can be an expensive time of year, but it doesn't have to cost a fortune to deck your family home with traditional festive decorations and delicious treats. Packed with seasonal ideas, "The Spirit of Christmas" provides a miscellany of decorative and delightful projects to bring colour and comfort to your festive season. This title helps to: learn how to perfect classic seasonal recipes, from fruity Christmas cake to creamy egg-nog; create unique and beautiful keepsakes - from homemade stockings and tree decorations to seasonal napkins and ornamental candle holders - to decorate your home, year after year; and, find great ways to personalise presents with elegant homemade wrapping paper and easy-to-make seasonal cards. With classic Christmas carols and seasonal poems, here is everything you need to create treasured memories for all your Christmases to c...

NEW IN PAPERBACK Individually made cards are increasingly popular in gift stores but they are expensive - handmade cards can be quick, cheap and simple. Packed with fabulous ideas, The Big Book of Greetings Cards is a must for anyone who is interested in making their own cards. There are 45 step-by-step projects with cards to suit every occasion - birthdays, Christmas, birth announcements, new home and wedding and party invitations. The cards are made using a wide variety of techniques - some modern, some traditional and all from readily available art materials and papers, as well as incorporating fabric, needlework and "found" items. The designs are simple and stylish and are imaginatively captured in stunning photography. Product details Format Paperback | 144 page...

Following on from the success of The Big Book of Greetings Cards and Handmade Cards and Gift-wrap comes this collection of 40 stylish papercraft projects from Vivienne Bolton. Packed with ideas, the book shows how to make everything from stationery and scrapbooks to cards, gift-wrap, boxes, bags and tags. A wide variety of techniques are explained including rubber stamping, quilling, fringing, embossing, pricking, origami, weaving, iris folding and how to make pop-ups. The ideas are sure to be of interest to beginners and more proficient papercrafters alike. Every project is made using readily available art materials and papers. With its easy to follow format and inspirational photography, the Big Book of Weekend Papercrafts makes it easy to create individual and highly desirable keepsakes for occasions throughout the year. Product details Format ...