Hundreds of budget-friendly projects include edible homemade goodies, holiday decorations, toys, musical instruments, and gifts made from wood, metal, glass, leather, clay, and found objects

Happiness is more than a state of mind--it's a lifestyle! And with this book, you can transform your life--and get happy in only 365 days. With daily tips and tried-and-true tactics for every aspect of happiness, you'll reach for the stars--and shine! Monday: Update your resume Tuesday: Volunteer to read books to the blind Wednesday: Take a down-in-the-dumps chum to the circus Thursday: Max out your odds for Mr. Right at your local pub--on Trivia Night Friday: Get out the George Foreman grill and have a BBQ for the whole family indoors Saturday: Join a hiking club and strut your stuff Sunday: Take a sunrise yoga class With this book, you'll have the advice you need to make this the year that you bliss out—every day in every way!

Provides instructions for the planning of twelve different types of theme parties.

Offering an abundance of information and inspiration, Homemade is a revelatory addition to the craft world—the ultimate reference book on crafting and also a warm, engagingly written book that combines history and personal narrative with the science that makes a craft possible and the passion that inspires it. Carol Endler Sterbenz is a crafter, a teacher, a homemaker, a wife, and a mother. Raised by immigrant parents who taught her the enduring value of resourcefulness and creativity, she makes her lifetime of experience and infinite enthusiasm the foundation for Homemade. Sterbenz provides readers with not only practical information and direction but also a philosophy and methodology of crafting that build confidence and ability, making it easy to achieve truly professional results. Teeming with clear, reliable, and thorough information on everything from tools and materials to techniques, Homemade is an essential guide to seven of the most beloved crafts: beading, the flower arts, paper crafting, hand printing, decoupage, decorative embellishing, and children’s arts and crafts. Crafters—beginners and veterans alike—can turn to Homemade to learn which glues and finishes to use, how to form a perfect beaded loop, assemble a miniature robot, hollow out an egg, emboss paper, make a hand-tied bouquet, or transform a chandelier. Overflowing with hundreds of techniques; easy-to-follow step-by-step directions supported by more than eight hundred beautiful and precise hand-drawn illustrations, diagrams, and patterns; and countless insider secrets and troubleshooting tips, Homemade is an indispensable go-to reference no crafter should be without.

Written by a current student, this guide gives all the dirt on the Harvard experience, including the lowdown on admissions, financial aid, student life, extracurriculars, academic life, and graduation.

Vacations is the magazine of new vacation ideas. Every year, Vacations’ editors evaluate thousands of vacation options and feature hundreds of the very best in the pages of the magazine. Vacations magazine covers cruises, tours, resorts and destinations worldwide. For the nearly one million avid travelers who regularly read Vacations, the magazine provides a taste of what to expect and whet the appetite for more.

The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.