The authors of Madderlake's Trade Secrets show us how to look around and discover for ourselves the best natural materials for creating our own Christmas decorations and traditions. You're no Grinch if you've had it with all the tinsel, standard-issue poinsettia arrangements and the rest of the commercial Christmas juggernaut--it just means that you're ready to go natural! 150+ full-color photos.

Give your holiday season a personal touch with beautiful handmade Christmas decorations from the author of Celebrate with a Stitch. This collection of Christmas wreath and garland projects makes the festive period even more special. Celebrated author and pattern designer Mandy Shaw shares her favorite Christmas sewing projects and shows us how to make beautiful Christmas decorations to bedeck our home at this special time of year. The projects feature Mandy’s favorite seasonal motifs, including snowmen, reindeer, holly, doves, and candy canes, along with Mandy’s super simple techniques for making eleven different garlands, wreaths, and Christmas cones. All the motifs and wreaths can be mixed and matched to make endless seasonal variations for a totally unique Christmas project. These projects make the perfect presents for friends and family—or treat yourself and make one to decorate your own home this Christmas!

Reveals the golf tips and tricks that make a difference to the top professionals. This title covers the various aspects of the game from tee to green, offering advice on dealing with pressure - the ability that makes good golfers champions.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Flower arranging has never been simpler or more enticing. The women behind Studio Choo, the hottest floral design studio in the country, have created a flower-arranging bible for today's aesthetic. Filled with an array of stunning, easy-to-find flowers, it features 400 photos, more than 40 step-by-step instructions, and useful tips throughout. The arrangements run the gamut of styles and techniques: some are wild and some are structured; some are time-intensive and some are astonishingly simple. Each one is paired with a "flower recipe"; ingredients lists specify the type and quantity of blooms needed; clear instructions detail each step; and hundreds of photos show how to place every stem. Readers will learn how to work with a single variety of flower to great effect, and to create vases overflowing with layered blooms. To top it off, the book is packed with ideas for unexpected vessels, seasonal buying guides, a source directory, a flower care primer, and all the design techniques readers need to know. Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo are the founders of Studio Choo, a San Francisco-based floral design studio that serves up fresh, wild, and sophisticated flower arrangements for any occasion. Their work has been featured in publications such as Sunset, Food & Wine, and Veranda and in the blog Design*Sponge.

Crochet beautiful home decorations in a contemporary style with these 35 patterns for every season, special occasions, Christmas, and all year round. Kate Eastwood has designed 35 colourful and natural-looking wreaths and garlands just for you, with something to suit every occasion and every place. There are garlands with flowers and foliage that won't fade after a few days, and wreaths that can be kept on display all year round, not just for Christmas. You can crochet a Heart Garland for Valentine’s Day, or an Easter Egg Wreath full of the colors of spring. In summer, a wreath covered in bright strawberries will brighten up your hallway. For the autumn, a ring of crocheted pumpkins will look great on your front door, and for Christmas there’s everything from a Mistletoe Wreath to a Gingerbread Garland. If you want a make that will look good all year round, try the Bobble Bunting in strong pastels, or the Shaker Birdhouse Garland in soft, neutral shades to suit any room.

Whether you want to create a beautiful wreath from scratch or quickly adorn a pre-made wreath base, you'll find all the instruction you need in Making Holiday Wreaths. Learn how to make a boxwood wreath entwined with holly and ivy to grace the front door. Craft balsam wreaths to fill your home with the sweet scent of the forest. Hang gaily decorated wreaths from doors, windows, and mirror frames, or display them on mantels and tabletops. And don't limit your holiday cheer to the house - wrap an evergreen garland around the post of your mailbox, craft a wreath to encircle your birdbath, or clip a row of whimsical wreaths along your clothesline. You can even put out a wreath filled with delectable tidbits to delight your backyard birds!