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Rich, luminous fabrics.

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Artistry in Two Forms
The artistry and craftsmanship in the quilts in this book are amazing.What a stunning representation of the new forms and methods of quilting, and what a delightful way to share them!Pairing these quilts with simple poems that capture the light and shine of the holiday season was truly an inspiration.Now I must have her other quilt book!I'm an art teacher and a mom and I can't wait to share this with my students and my kids!

More Beautiful Quilts
Here's a stunning collection of dramatic and magical quilts teaching about winter holidays of various cultures and describing winter sights such as a million-colored aurora borealis and a glowing wash of sunset against darkening snow. Swirling lights and crackling flames flicker bright against deep darkness, and there is a clever depiction of reading by flashlight. An extra treat for adults is the brief explanations of how the quilts were made. "Winter Lights" will warm the senses of young and old. See the author's first quilt book Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts

leaves out Jesus the Reason for the season
This is a poem book about things that happen in the winter.Each poem is pair with a quilt that was made by the author.The poems are about the quilt that is pictured such as snow themes and holidays that are celebrated in winter time.

All sorts of holidays are featured such as Kwanza and Hanukkah.Christmas was mentioned in one poem but Jesus was not.



This would be great for kids and grandmothers who enjoy quilting to enjoy together.

Poetry, in words and cloth.
The poems are lovely, the quilts are spectacular. Yes, the book is great for four and five and ten year olds (I am mother of the latter two ages!) and, pleasing too for 43 and 45 year olds, as well!(the parents of said five and ten year olds) Poetry comes in many forms:letters and words, yes, but also in these fabulous textiles. What a wonderful antidote to a cold, dark grey winter.Check this out; you can't possibly be disappointed, esp. if you notice the figure who looks like he is out of E.J. Keats "The Snowy Day".

beautiful read aloud book
i bought this book to read to my daughter who is four. it instantly became her favorite bedtime book. i love the illustrations and the poems -- we savor each page, taking it slowly. The page with the faralitos is incredible. I've never quilted, but this book makes my fingers itch! ... Read more

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Includes recipes and craft ideas for Valentine's Day celebrations and information about the holiday. ... Read more

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A collection of Thanksgiving recipes and crafts, accompanied by information about the holiday. ... Read more

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Celebrate a Holiday By Folding Paper
The first section of this book illustrates most of the basic folds in origami.The rest of the book illustrates how to make various objects for holidays.For example for Halloween a gremlin mask, witch, and jack-o-lanterns; for Christmas reindeer, Santa Claus, and angel; for New Year's Father Time; for Easter bunnies and baskets.The directions are clear and easy to follow with great illustrations.ORIGAMI HOLIDAYS is a fun book for someone wanting to learn the magic of folding paper. ... Read more

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Directions for making various Christmas decorations, gifts, and foods accompany the chapters of a story about a group of friends preparing to celebrate Christmas. ... Read more

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Book looks like new and was sent quickly and wrapped with care. Highly recommend this seller.

Christmas fun
This will be the second Christmas I form a Christmas club with girls. We'll make crafts and read the book. I highly recommend this for girls 1st through 6th grade. I only wish it were still in print.

As the subtitle reads: "A Season of Fun for Girls"
This book was fun for the mom too!5 Girls start a Chrismas Club and the reader becomes a member.The main character is Emilie Marie, the author as a girl.She and her friends have all sorts of wonderful ideas they want to do during the Christmas season. This wonderful book tells of their club activities and gives you all the instructions so you can do all the fun things too!You have instructions to make an Advent Calendar, Activity Chain, Candy Advent, Cards, Grammie's Spiced Cider, PBJ People, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Spicy Old-Fashioned Pomander and lots, lots more! The girls share Traditions from their families with each other. I [the mom] enjoyed reading this book.. it brought back wonderful memories and I look forward to sharing the book and activities with my two daughters. ... Read more

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Holiday HeartsA Collection of Inspired Recipes, Gifts, and Decorationsby Pamela Sheldon Johns and Jennifer Barry

Occasions abound on which we show our love for family and friends—Valentine’s Day, of course, but also anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day, all days meant for pampering. What better way to please the object of your affection than with the classic symbol of love, a heart? From acclaimed chef Pamela Sheldon Johns and celebrated designer Jennifer Barry come HOLIDAY HEARTS, a book teeming with food and craft ideas all devoted to the heart. Hearts can be savory—Parmesan Braided Hearts. They can definitely be sweet—Pink Coconut Hearts with Rose Blossoms. They can be decorative—Rose Heart Candle Wreathes. They can even be practical—Lavender Heart Sachets. This year, honor that someone special with a unique, homemade treasure. ... Read more

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A one-of-a-kind collection of Easter and springtime crafts, recipes, and flower ideas offers more than one hundred colorful photographs, instructions on uniquely embellishing dyed eggs, plans for gift baskets, and other projects. 17,500 first printing. ... Read more

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Making something with your own hands—whether it's a plate of just-baked cookies, a handcrafted stocking, a homemade wreath, or a hand-folded origami ornament—is a great way to connect with the true meaning of Christmas.

From holiday decorating to gift giving, A Homemade Christmas is chock-full of projects, recipes, tips, and helpful hints that are guaranteed to add a homemade touch to your holiday season. Open this charming volume to any page and discover a wealth of practical and easy-to-accomplish ideas for a homemade holiday:

• create personal, distinctive holiday greetings

• deck the halls with festive, handmade trimmings

• cook simple but memorable homemade dishes

• make unique, handcrafted gifts

• share the joy of the season with friends and family

Packed with inspiration and how-tos for ideas that are family-friendly and eco-conscious, festive and meaningful, A Homemade Christmas will put homemade back into your holidays! ... Read more

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Not the best way to spend your hard earned money
I ordered this book in hopes of finding something useful for my sons kindergarten classroom. Well the book gets 2 stars; one for each of the things in this book that are of value to me. First off for the price there are no real pictures of finished products, only drawings. Most everything in here is not out of the ordinary. The one thing we took exception to was the Christmas tree options, one suggestion was a ladder? Making a mix CD? Re-gifting??? There were your typical suggestions of homemade cards, candy, and cookies. If you dig deep on your paper craft knowledge, you really do not need this book. What I found of use was the suggestion of a homemade snow globe and painting our own pictures on canvas. Not a really good use of money.

Save some money this year and still have a Merry Christmas
A Homemade Christmas: Creative Ideas for an Earth-Friendly, Frugal, Festive Holiday is full of ideas to have a lovely, thoughtful, homemade Christmas that won't break the bank. Written for adults, most of the projects are kid-friendly or easily adapted for children.

The book is divided into 5 chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of Christmas crafting. They include Greeting, Trimming, Cooking, Giving and Celebrating. Although there are no photos, there are plenty of illustrations that accompany well-written instructions for the projects. And while there are lots of Christmas crafting books available, the thing that makes this book stand out is the emphasis on using recycled or re-purposed materials. There are projects utilizing paint color chips, glass jars, tin cans, egg shells, old sweaters, galoshes, even twigs and branches from your yard.

Of course, there are many of the traditional suggestions like handmade gift certificates, instructions for a knitted cap, recipes for giftable foods, etc. But even those are time-tested and make welcome gifts.

If you are wanting to make this Christmas less about spending and more about enjoying and gifting in a personal and memorable way, this is a nice book to get you started. If you have kids, you'll be sure to find several great ideas to help them get in on the action.

Not worth buying
The first thoughts that came to mind were: All of these ideas are either on line so why do I need a book to collect dust, and/or the ideas are very out-dated and were "exciting" 5 - 10 years ago.Still, there are a couple of interesting things that would be fun to try with the kids like the snow globes.But we would not buy this book.

Short, not so sweet review, but it's just not a very impressive book (and this review comes from a family of crafters and good cooks). ... Read more

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This book is popular with storytellers, recreation leaders, paperfolders, and elementary teachers. Nine original holiday stories for all ages are combined with the progressive folds of nine easy origami models. Includes Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, May Day, and Mother's Day. Photos, completely illustrated instructions, extended activities, and historic holiday facts are all indexed for easy use. ... Read more

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Storigami
I bought this book after enjoying another, "Fold-Along Stories : Quick & Easy Origami Tales For Beginners" by Christine Petrell Kallevig.

The models in this book is simple, very, very simple. Most adults even begineers prefer simple models with a bit more details, something easy to identify and to fold. Most of the models can be completed in less than 10 steps. This book is definitely not for people who prefer complicated models and those looking for new models to try out.

The stories here stress is on holidays, Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, May Day, and Mother's Day. In some instances, how the holiday arise would be described.

The usual flow goes as follows: The story would start, at a strategic point, a fold would be used to illustrate a step in the story. You will find that the story step synch very well with the folding step.

I find this book suitable for teachers who tell stories and wants to get the children to get more involve in the story. It is also suitable for teachers who teaches craft and wants to add another dimension into the craft.

The downside is that there are many cultures in this world that do not celebrate the holidays described, however, ideas gained can be easily adapted for other holidays suitable for your culture or country. The book is also rather expensive. ... Read more

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48 pages with color photos. Book is clean and tight with NO markings. Nice solid copy of this book. ... Read more

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A collection of 20 easy craft ideas specifically geared for readers to take and make on their holidays. The book contains step-by-step instructions and is printed in large easy-to-read type. ... Read more

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Filled with great Ideas
This is a great book for Crafty Ideas for the Christmas Season. Correctly Titled "Treasury of Christmas Crafts and other Holiday Crafts" not sure why this is listed wrong but that is the correct title.

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on July 15, 2002. The length of the article is 792 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Help decorate national holiday tree.(Holidays)(Crafts: Oregon must produce 6,000 handmade ornaments to adorn the 70-foot Douglas fir.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 15, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
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Provides instructions for making pipe cleaner hearts, heart flowers, red hot heart treasures, Valentine cards, and more. ... Read more

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Introduces the concept of recycling with comprehensive project ideas that encourage the re-use of everyday throwaways from a litter-devouring "trash-monster" to an Earth puppet. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 23, 2002. The length of the article is 833 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Day of fun holiday crafts can bring family together.(Columns)(Column)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 23, 2002
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