Stunning new Tilda designs from Tone Finnanger - Homemade and Happy is a gorgeous collection of inspirational home accessories including quilts, cushions and decorative items to make the Holiday season even more special. This book features more pretty practical designs such as an irresistible patchwork quilt, classic pillow covers and a cup pin-cushion, all made-up in the latest Tilda fabric range. Tone also brings her familiar style to a new range of embellishments, as well as animals and dolls including gold-winged reindeer and sheep, round-eyed owls, plump pigs with flower applique detail, angels, stars and darling decorative cakes. The projects are photographed in the author's own log cabin situated in the snowy mountains of Norway!

How can you keep your marriage from breaking up? / How can you preserve your children from delinquency? / How can you most effectively discipline your children? / Howcan husbands keep their wives happy? - 1. Atmosphere of Your Home, 2. Fundamentals of True Homemaking, 3. Man's First Home, 4. Influence of Your Home, 5. Solemon Promises, 6. A Happy, Successful Partnership, 7. Mutual Obligations, 8. Where Should Your Home Be?, 9. Your Family and the City, 10. Building and Furnishing Your Home, 11. Children, a Blessing, 12. Planning the Size of Your Family, 13. Parents' Legacy to Children, 14. A Sacred Circle, 15. Your Child's First School, 16. Family Companionship, 17. Secuity Through Love, 18. Garden of the Heart, 19. Promises of Divine Guidance, 20. Father's Responsibilities, 21. Sharing the Burdens, 22. A Companion With His Children, 23. Tolerant, Courteous Husbands, 24. Mother's Responsibilities, 25. The Mother's Influence, 26. Misconception of the Mother's Work, 27. Problems of Motherhood, 28. Mother's Health and Appearance, 29. The Child Before Birth, 30. Care of Little Children, 31. Mother's First Duty, 32. Encouragement for Mothers, 33. True Estimate of Children, 34. Mother's Helpers, 35. Honor Due Parents, 36. Counsel to Children, 37. Home Government, 38. A United Front, 39. Religion in the Family, 40. Moral Standards, 41. Divorce, 42. The Aged Parents, 43. Stewards of God, 44. Principles of Family Finance, 45. Practicing Economy, 46. Instructing Children About Money, 47. Business Integrity, 48. Provision for the Future, 49. Portals We Must Watch, 50. Courtesy and Kindness, 51. Cheerfulness, 52. Speech, 53 .Hospitality, 54. Your Social Needs, 55. Guidance in Social Affairs, 56. Recreation Is Essential, 57. What Shall We Play?, 58. Directing Juvenile Recreation, 59. The Rewards, 60. The World to Come, 61. Pen Pictures of the New Earth

This how-to guide and personal memoir features 20 meditative sewing projects and inspiring stories that promote creativity, happiness, and fulfillment When Sanae Ishida was diagnosed with a chronic illness and lost her corporate job, she felt like her whole life was falling apart. Inspired to succeed at just one thing, Ishida vowed to sew all of her daughter’s clothes—and most of her own—for one full year. In Sewing Happiness, Ishida recounts her incredible journey, reflecting on how sewing helped her survive such a difficult time in her life. Sewing Happiness features twenty simple sewing projects (with variations) organized by season and tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story Ishida’s unexpected transformation and how sewing brought her profound happiness. Each seasonal project—from Japanese-inspired home goods to children’s and women’s clothing—is specially designed to promote health, creativity, and relationships and to provide gentle inspiration to live your best life. Complete with photos and easy-to-follow steps, Sewing Happiness is at once a guide to the craft of sewing and a guide to enjoying life in all its beautiful imperfections.

Heal the senses and start stress baking with the only bread recipe you need to help you live a happier, carefree life! Who doesn’t love sourdough bread? And bread making is more than just a hobby. Baking sourdough can change your worldview and fine-tune your values, making you patient, caring, and reliable. It will ground the flighty and soothe the restless. There is no simpler recipe to achieving happiness. Now you can enjoy the benefits of sourdough baking right in the comfort of your own home while learning life lessons you can carry with you out of the kitchen. Life Lessons from a Homemade Sourdough Starter not only teaches you how to make delicious bread, but also helps your heart to grow like a happy sourdough starter!

The Happy Book shows how to practice and celebrate happiness so you can find it when you really need it. Packed with creative prompts, wacky ideas, and hip activities, this is the ultimate pick-me-up. Packaged to encourage doodling and drawing, The Happy Book has space to scribble thoughts, make lists, fill in the blanks, and paste pictures. This book is about creating a record of what makes you glad, whether that means '80s hair bands or hot chocolate with churros. Fully interactive and customizable for each reader, The Happy Book allows today's social networking fans an offline outlet for play. From photo scavenger hunts to cake baking to finger painting, everyone's happy formula is unique. The Happy Book enables readers to celebrate and share whatever gives them wall-to-wall joy.

Meet the Tan family, who have created a homemade Peranakan food legacy in Singapore!Join the fourth generation member of the family, Ethan, as he travels back in time tracing the evolution of his family business -- home-grown brand HarriAnns Nonya Table -- from a humble push-cart to the chain of Peranakan cafes it is today. Just like Peranakan food, this story is spiced generously with the different flavours of life.Come join the feast!

100 spell-binding, crowd-pleasing cocktails. Work some magic at home with these original cocktail recipes from everyone's favourite experimental bar, The Alchemist. Elevate your mixology skills and bring some creativity to your bar cart with unique and show-stopping tipple time recipes, from their iconic Caramelised Rum Punch and Smokey Old Fashioned, to new takes on the cocktail classics. With chapters from Chemistry & Theatre, Twisted Classics and New Wave to Classics and Low & No Alcohol, The Alchemist Cocktail Book truly has something for everyone, from mixing novices to experienced bartenders. Bring some dramatic flair to your cocktail hour, with recipes including: Lavender Daiquiri Paloma Rhubarb and Custard Sour Bananagroni Maple Manhattan Cola Bottle Libre Grapefruit and Apricot Martini

Whether you have a small urban section or a rambling, shady backyard, Homegrown Happiness will help you create the perfect garden to suit your needs. An advocate of the low-maintenance no-dig gardening method, Elien Lewis leads you through a year in your vegetable garden, including advice on: Preparing and maintaining your vegetable patch, what to plant and when, whatever your climate, how to establish a working compost bin, keeping pests at bay, the best time to forage and harvest. Elien shares her favourite seasonal recipes that draw on the 'root to tip' philosophy, resulting in a low carbon footprint and minimal waste. Includes healthy homegrown recipes the whole family will love, including Sticky Ginger Cauliflower, Dandelion Quesadillas, Probiotic Honey Lemonade and many more. Homegrown Happiness is sustainable, low-maintenance, low-cost living at its best - providing easy-to-follow guidelines for creating a robust and healthy garden ecosystem, whatever your living situation or lifestyle.

Need a special gift fast? Want to start--and finish--something fabulous this weekend? Discover a treasure trove of lovely little projects from Jina Barney and Lori Woods, owners of Poppie Cotton. Known for their sunny palettes and creative details, these talented designers share their artistry in a charming collection of fun-to-make patterns. Projects include a decorative garland, hexie pouch, sewing caddy, table topper, gift boxes, and the prettiest pincushions ever. Enjoy English paper piecing, wool appliqué, and hand embroidery as you create fanciful delights that you and your loved ones will adore.

Join Chelsea as she shares the recipes she loves to cook for family and friends. In this much anticipated follow-up to her bestselling books Everyday Delicious and At My Table, there's a recipe to suit every occasion, from speedy weeknight dinners to special celebrations, irresistible baking, soul-warming desserts, and tasty lunchbox treats to tempt even the fussiest eater. As Chelsea says, home-cooked food makes the world a better place, and with this scrumptious collection of recipes you're promised plenty of good times cooking for those you love. Homemade Happiness is all about taking the time to make and share honest-to-goodness food. There's no fancy, hard-to-find ingredients or complicated cooking techniques--just a vast array of delicious recipes designed to make you a legend in your own kitchen.