Celebrate throughout the calendar year with handmade crafts, from knitting and quilting to beading and cake decorating. Want to make gorgeous homemade gifts, cakes, cards, and decorations? This stunning collection of all-new projects includes something for every occasion with a wide range of crafts to enjoy, from stitching stuffed animals to baking cookie bouquets, creating macramé bracelets to constructing gift boxes. 101 Ways to Stitch, Craft, Create for All Occasions features: · Simple step-by-step projects · Quick makes for fast results · Helpful time and difficulty indicators

This collection of 50 DIY gifts provides a rich source of inspiration and step-by-step projects. With handmade gifts ranging from easy jewellery projects to simple sewing patterns to quick ideas with paper, yarn and clay, this book will be your go-to manual for DIY gifts forever! With the minimum of skills, you can create fabulous handmade gifts that will be treasured by their recipient. Even if you have never crafted before, you'll find a wealth of projects in this stylish collection that you can confidently tackle. Whether you're looking for DIY gifts for friends or family members, there's the perfect gift here just waiting for you to have a go!

Create your own stylish cards for all occasions with this collection of 21 simple papercraft designs. Discover how to make unique greetings that are sure to delight friends and family. With just a few clever techniques, it's quick and easy to transform basic materials into beautiful cards. Follow clear step-by-step instructions to make the 21 featured card designs, or be inspired to create your own personalized variations. All you need to get started is card, paper, scissors and glue, so there’s no excuse not to have a go!

Learn how to create elegant macramé pieces with this comprehensive, fully-illustrated guide by the renowned author of The Knotting and Braiding Bible. In How to Macramé, jewelry crafter and macramé expert Dorothy Wood covers all the essential techniques for creating your own elegant and intricately knotted jewelry. With detailed photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions, you’ll go from beginner to expert in no time. How to Macramé covers Macramé Basics, Square Knot Variations, Multistrand Macramé, Half-hitch Variations, Adding Beads, and Finishing Techniques. Plus, once you've mastered the basics, you will be able to test your skills with jewelry projects including bracelets, a necklace and a brooch.

“Full of brilliant ideas” for harnessing the natural goodness of plants through the seasons for self-care and gift-giving (Kirstie Allsopp, from the foreword). This is a source book for mind, body, and soul, as well as a testament to the natural power and beauty of herbs. Overflowing with ideas from the pretty to the practical, it contains many projects that use the gardener’s bounty through the seasons. Our gardens contain much of what we need to keep mild ailments at bay, and it’s fun giving it a go—instead of nuking the dandelions in your lawn, pick them and use them. Or plant marigolds, not just for their cheerful color, but to make wonderful skin oils with them. You’ll find recipes for invigorating body scrubs, relaxing bath salts, and just-plain-fun bath bombs—as well as tips for what to look for in your garden or home that can be used to make health-giving tonics or soothing balms. Take a leaf out of the wisdom of country lore—new research shows much of what they were talking about made sense—and put it to use for mild ailments. Whether you want to give something practical for the home, indulgent to enjoy at bath-time, or to complement a delicious dinner, there is a present that will suit everyone.

This is a collection of 100 cross stitch card designs to celebrate every occasion, from christenings and Christmas to Mother's Day and moving home.