Whether used for warming up the hearth or tucked into a cozy corner, these 31 charming quilting projects help turn Christmas into a country-style celebration. Use them to adorn the home, to make something special for family or friends, or just to bask in the old-fashioned feeling of holidays past. Each project, photographed in a Christmas setting that will inspire decorating ideas, includes additional quilt-block patterns for making sets or multiple presents. Stitch up some Santa Stockings to hang by the chimney with care; Star Ornaments to enhance the tree; a sweet Snow Angel or Bless This House Pillow; Peace, Love, and Joy gift tags; plus journals, keepsake boxes, pictures, and frames.

Presented here are four unique ways to go back in time and add charm to the holidays: Victorian Vintage, Shabby Chic, Country Style, and Personal Vintage. For each style, you'll find enticing projects, decorating ideas, and pictures to inspire creativity and evoke nostalgia. Craft traditional cardboard villages, give new ornaments an antique finish, and create other glorious designs.

Over 100 crafts for Christmas including step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and tool and materials lists.

Written to please country connoisseurs, this hardbound volume explores the lore of country Christmases past and present and forecasts new country trends. 100 color photos.

Offers advice, humor, and time-tested tactics for making the most of grandparenting.

Stories to inspire, crafts to decorate the home, gingerbread houses of all sorts to bake, and drinks to bring cheer to all who come by: these are just some of the ways to make Christmas very, very merry, and more than 500 of them are beautifully collected right here. How will you celebrate? Perhaps the traditional American style seems most appealing: then make a Tole Painted Nativity, whip up some delicious Hot Buttered Rum, and read “The Night Before Christmas” aloud. For a classic Victorian holiday, sing “Deck the Halls,” place a charming Violin and Cherub wreath on the door, and sip some mulled wine. Or choose the Country, Southwestern (a little salsa verde, anyone?), International, or fun-filled Not-Quite-Grown-Up style.

Country girl Charlotte Bass fell for the sophisticated ways of Shaun Matheson, hoping to become his wife. But he abruptly returned to Boston and his rich city-girl fiance. Now Shaun has come back to Peacham, Vermont, and Charlotte is engaged to another man. Shaun can't explain why he left, but he can't let her marry a boor who doesn't deserve her. Will a Christmas miracle stop her?

Baby boomers feeling nostalgic, hipsters longing for the handmade, and anyone interested in going retro can stop right here! This is the definitive guide to the fun and quirky world of retro crafts, written by a diva of the style. It’s jam-packed with history and wonderful images from vintage pamphlets, collections, and flea market hunts. Everything memorable is included, from the ridiculous to the sublime, along with the lowdown on collecting, Junking 101, and creating a crafting group. Forty retro-inspired projects run the gamut from glitter frames and matchbox purses to bottlecap men and teacup ladies, plus lovable Plastic Flower Pixies; the Sparkling Sputnik and its desk-top compadre, the Beauty Orb; and the unforgettable Reinbeer. Variations and creative suggestions will keep readers inspired.