Posted on December 7th, 2011 by ascplpop
Decorating with evergreens This book is packed with ideas for decorating for the fall holidays. Fresh flowers, fruit, and live greenery are combined to create beautiful wreaths, swags, garlands, centerpieces, Christmas trees, and more. Have yourself a very vintage Christmas : crafts, decorating tips, and recipes, 1920s-1960s A tempting array of decorations and provides step-by-step [...]
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Posted on December 5th, 2011 by ascplpop
‘Tis the season to get in the holiday spirit with these new fiction titles. What better place to spend the holidays than Cold Comfort Farm? Available for the first time in 50 years, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons features the emotionally damaged Starkadders having Christmas dinner and enjoying their annual traditions before Flora’s [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by ascplpop
Check out these new crafts books for the holidays: Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts: 225 Inspired Projects for Year-Round Celebrations Merry & Bright: 125 Festive Ideas for Celebrating Christmas by Country Living Christmas [Book 13] by Gooseberry Patch
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Posted on December 4th, 2009 by ascplpop
Holiday and Christmas themes loom large on new book lists this time of year. Here are some diverse takes on the season. First, Augusten Burroughs is back with another memoir, YOU BETTER NOT CRY. In a series of trademark vignettes Burroughs relates some unusual holiday occurrences and muses on the spirit of the holidays with [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by ascplpop
Goblins and witches and ghosts, oh my! Help prepare by checking these Popular Culture titles out: Extreme Pumpkins: Diabolical Do-It-Yourself Designs to Amuse Your Friends and Scare Your Neighbors Extreme Pumpkins II: Take Back Halloween and Freak Out Your Neighbors. Extreme Halloween: the Ultimate Guide to Making Halloween Scary Again. [on order, can be requested] On a [...]
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