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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2023 |
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Recent Releases Please note: These links will not work using Internet Explorer. Open this newsletter in a browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Safari for the best experience. Also, if you haven’t visited our new catalogue yet on this computer be sure to do that first or the newsletter links may not open correctly: https://wind.ent.sirsidynix.net |
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Easy Drawing: Simple Step-by-step Lessons for Learning to Draw in More Than Just Pencil
by Chelsea Ward
Easy Drawing offers beginning artists a definite way to succeed. Without getting bogged down in a lot of technical detail, aspiring artists just need to gather a few inexpensive supplies and put pencil to paper! Even if you have never drawn before, the engaging yet easy subjects are simple to re-create by following the step-by-step progressive images.
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Make Space for Happiness: How to Stop Attracting Clutter and Start Magnetizing the Life You Want
by Tracy McCubbin
We've all done it: looked around and thought, "How did I get so much stuff I don't really need?" Here, Tracy McCubbin addresses that burning question, and offers a solution. What she's found is that people who suffer from chronic clutter want, above all, to attract the feeling their "stuff" represents. Tracy presents the 7 emotional "magnets," and how you can recognize your magnet to attract more of what you really want: love, self-confidence, time, and ease.
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| The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks by America's Test KitchenWhat's inside: 160 recipes for delicious, good-for-you beverages, from smoothies to a DIY sports drink, all made with healthy ingredients and minimal sweeteners. Plus an equipment list, buyer's guide, storage tips, and substitution suggestions.
Recipes include: London Fog Tea Latte, Raw Hot Chocolate, ATK V5 Juice, Old-Fashioned Mulled Cider, Mango Lassi, Milk Kefir, Sparkling Mixed Berry Kombucha, Pear and Vanilla Spritzer. |
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| 100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat by Laura EricksonWhat's inside: details on planning a bird-friendly garden as well as in-depth profiles of 100 plants -- including herbaceous plants, trees, grasses, shrubs, and vines -- that will provide food and shelter for birds throughout the entire year.
Don't miss: the details on why bird habitats are needed, the beautiful color photos, planting and care advice, and a list of plants to avoid. |
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Flower Porn: Recipes for Modern Bouquets, Tablescapes, and Displays
by Kaiva Kaimins
Bold, modern and more than a little bit cheeky, Flower Porn ditches the traditional floral bouquets for designer arrangements that you can recreate at home. Kai Kaimins, founder of East London florist "My Lady Garden," shows you how to fill your home or office with eye-catching, Instagram-worthy arrangements.
"Ignore the salacious title, and you have a great book"--Review Chimp on Amazon
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101 Greatest Soups on the Planet
by Erin Renouf Mylroie
"Only the pure of heart can make good soup."--Beethoven
"I live on good soup, not on fine words."--Molière
"A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting."--Abraham Maslow
"Good manners: the noise you don't make when you're eating soup."--Bennett Cerf
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| Watercolour Lessons: How to Paint and Unwind in 20 Tutorials by Emma LefebvreWhat it is: personable YouTuber Emma Lefebvre's approachable, beautifully illustrated guide to watercolors, based around 20 tutorials, that's perfect for beginners or anyone who wants to improve their skills.
Chapters include: Supply Guide, Colour Theory and Colour Mixing, Before You Begin, Botanical Painting Projects, Landscapes, Animals. |
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Low-Water Landscaping
by Teri Dunn Chace
Useful tips, achievable plans, and easy-to-understand instructions help eco-conscious gardeners create beautiful landscapes, incorporating grasses, perennials, shrubs, trees, groundcovers and succulents without wasting hundreds of gallons of water each day.
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Supersize Crochet Animals: 20 Adorable Amigurumi Sized to Snuggle
by Kristi Simpson
Worked with bulky yarn and larger hooks, these stuffed animals hook up fast, and all of the patterns are easy enough for even a beginner crocheter. You'll love the new friends you crochet, from a soft, fluffy llama or sheep to a frisky puppy, platypus, dinosaur, teddy bear, raccoon, turtle, and more. Once you make one, you'll see how easy and fun they are to crochet, and you'll want to make all 20 supersized amigurumi!"
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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