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The Crochet Chronicles is your step-by-step companion through the world of crochet. Designed for absolute beginners, this friendly and practical guide will take you from your very first slip knot to stitching beautiful patterns with clarity and confidence.

In today's increasingly visual business world, personal style matters. A well-dressed woman conveys authority and confidence, critical traits for leading a team and driving revenue. Clothes the Deal will teach you that enviable personal style isn't just for millennials and celebrities - it's a skill you are more than qualified to master, with far less clothes than you ever imagined.

In this poetic and inspiring memoir, one of America’s most revered actresses uses the imagery of flowers and the art of Ikebana to depict the unique creative bond that she has had with her mother throughout the years - and how, together, they are facing her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Paraben, Sulfate and Triclosan are some of the ingredients in commercial soap that I never questioned until I began making soap at home. That’s when my curiosity got the best of me.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like living small, but luxuriously? Not sure where to start, or what the process of engineering your own tiny house would look like? This book will give you the steps and strategies you need to start living a tiny life! If you want to learn the steps you need to take to see your tiny house become a reality quickly and easily, then you must get this book now. This book will explain important facts and considerations regarding the building process of your tiny house.

These essays are ultimately designed for long term members of 12 step fellowships to help them be better sponsors and to help them be of service to others without allowing it to become their whole identity. In recovery, we get a chance to help others, but, in attempting to do so, we end up making mistakes, and coming face to face with our own characters defects. Service to other is a chance for us to exercise our own personal demons.

Growing up in 1970s Suffolk in a crumbling giant of a house with wild, tangled gardens, Alex Monroe was left to wreak havoc by invention. Without visible parental influence, but with sisters to love him and brothers to fight for him, he made nature into his world. Creation became a compulsion, whether it was go-karts and guns, crossbows and booby traps, boats, bikes, or scooters. And then, it was jewelry.

Janet takes the reader step by step through the process of making natural soaps for family, friends, and for profit. Easy to understand and master. Soap Making Reloaded : How to Make a Soap from Scratch Quickly &Safely: A Simple Guide for Beginners &Beyond includes extended directions for first time soap makers, new recipes, how to make soap in small and large batches It also Includes tips and advice for how to cut and cure soap, how to sell your soaps, packaging and labeling, and how to set up at a craft fair or market.

Are you a weekend hobby carpenter with a passion for creating high-quality pieces, but not quite the equipment budget to match? Would you like to know how to create Japanese joints using common tools? Japanese joinery is an ancient carpentry skill developed in a time before mass production, when ingenuity and character of design still mattered. Now, you can revive this ancient art and introduce it to your own carpentry designs.

50 Things to Know about Sewing by author Christine Anderson offers an approach to beginning’s sewing that is clear, fun, and easy to listen to. Most books on sewing tell you about complicated sewing techniques or precision-led projects. Although there's nothing wrong with that, this book offers a more forgiving approach to creative sewing.

Are you good at working with your hands? Do you love creating things? Would you like to start a profitable side hustle, but don’t know where to begin? Maybe you already make and sell your own soap, but you don’t know how to find new customers. No worries: My book, Ultimate Guide to Building a Soap Making Business Empire can give you the knowledge and inspiration to start making and selling your own unique line of handmade soaps.

If you're new to woodworking and want to learn a few new tips, or you've already started working with wood, but want to know more, this comprehensive techniques book is for you.

Discover how easy it is to get glowing, youthful skin, with our new extensive guide to organic soap making. Even if you’re just a beginner, this audiobook takes the hassle and stress out of making organic soap. So you can get your dream skin with incredible ease. Almost effortless and intuitive step-by-step instructions, you’ll become the best version of yourself in no time, physically, mentally and spiritually.

Do you have so many clothes and outfits that they’re practically spilling out of your closet the second you open it? Despite that, do you find yourself having little or nothing to wear and have difficulty keeping up with ever-changing trends? Fashion doesn’t have to be complicated, nor does it have to be expensive. What if there was a method you could follow that would leave you looking and feeling radiant every single day? Gone are the days of worrying about what shoes go with what dresses when you commit to the Capsule Wardrobe lifestyle.

Do you suffer from having too many clothes but there's nothing at all you can wear? Or still worse do you find yourself doing ‘emergency' shopping on a regular basis because you need something new for this occasion or that? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then a capsule wardrobe will change your life for the better. In this beginner's guide to capsule wardrobes, you'll learn the history of the concept, what the benefits are, and how you can find your style and make your own capsule wardrobe.

Transform your ordinary bath with amazing bath bombs to bring some fun, color, and amazing scent into your daily routine. Included are easy-to-follow recipes for great bath bombs for kids with hidden toys; Halloween bombs that change color; bombs to make you feel good; soothing, scented bombs; and bombs that detox your skin.

Ready to make some beautiful candles from scratch? How about figuring out how to become the best at it in a short period of time? How about all the different kinds of candles you can make? How about the ins and outs from candle wax to candle wicks? Find out how. This author walks you through the steps - from start to finish! The complete walkthrough guide from basic to dipped candles!

This audiobook includes a detailed description of the tools you need, the woods available, as well as how to plan and construct your project. For thousands of years, wood has been one of the most used materials in building many items, from furniture, to vehicles, to buildings. Even with the emergence of new materials like metal and plastics, wood has been the "go to" material for construction given its availability and ease of use. There are so many advantages to learning this art form.

Ready to learn how to have a great sense of style and beauty? Let me tell you this: There's no such thing as unattractive women; there are only lazy women. Do you want to learn how to have a great sense of style that turns heads? You've found just the book for that! Learning how to have a great sense of what to wear is not easy, and not everyone can do it, especially if you're not born Coco Chanel. It requires time, money, and patience. I made this guide to help you be the lady you deserve to be, with your body in the right clothes.

Full of helpful resources and inspirational chapters by top fashion bloggers What I Wore, College Fashion, Gala Darling, Second City Style and Corporette, the book is packed with all the advice and motivation you need to take your blogging career to the next level!