It has been said that both of Thomas Hardy's wives were livelier letter writers than he was himself. They were certainly less discreet, especially on the subject of their marital grievances. Michael Millgate has brought together a meticulously edited and fully annotated selection of the letters of Emma and Florence Hardy. As a result, Hardy's intensely private life and personality are uniquely illuminated by the two women who knew him best. In particular, Florence Hardy's letters constitute a remarkable record of literary marriage, reflecting fully and poignantly both the rewards and, especially, the costs of being (as her Times obituary put it) the "helpmate of genius."

Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy

Hardy, Emma

Hardy, Florence

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Oxford University Press

Making cards has never been so easy or so appealing. From simple ideas like fixing a lavender-filled heart to a backing card to creating a wedding cake card with tiers of patterned paper embellished with buttons and braid, Fast Fun Cards offers projects that suit a wide range of abilities. Themed by occasion, most projects include variations, and many can be easily made in large quantities for Christmas and other events. In addition to step-by-step photos and full size templates, this book offers expert advice on how to choose the most appealing materials. Fast Fun Cards offers a wide range of accessible and striking projects, both easy enough for a beginne but special enough for the more experienced crafter. Includes projects featuring popular cardmaking techniques such as: rubber stamping quilling embossing simple stitching paper folding and cutting. What better way to capture messages of love to family and friends than with a handmade card.

Fast, Fun Cards: 50 Step-by-Step Projects for Every Celebration

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

St. Martin's: Griffin

Pretty and practical, the baskets in this book come in a variety of decorative styles, from country-style woven baskets trimmed with roses, to bright and brassy Mexican varieties, to elegant cane baskets studded with tiny lights. Crafters find both the functional and the fanciful, from tiny storage baskets to a cushy dog bed. These ideal gifts, centerpieces, or accent baskets can be created in a single afternoon. 200 color photos show both step-by-step instructions and finished pieces.

Decorating Baskets: 20 Original Projects for the Home and Gift-Giving

Laurel Glen

With 35 of the creepiest projects you have ever seen, Halloween Crafts will inspire you to make and bake your way to a truly scary Halloween. Adults and children alike love Halloween—the costumes, the trick-or-treating, the ghost stories, and the candy! In this spooky book, Emma Hardy will show you everything you need to make for a fun and frightening Halloween. There are seriously creepy fancy-dress costumes to be made, including a black cat, a spider, an alien, and a witch. You will also find scarily sweet treats such as witches' hat-shaped cookies, sugar skulls, candy apples, and other devilishly delicious delights, enough to satisfy even the most demanding sweet tooth. Throw a bewitching Halloween party and deck your house out in style with ghoulish decorations such as a grinning Jack-o’-lantern and some fluttering bat ornaments, or make the haunted house lanterns for your mantelpiece. There are easy ideas suitable for the beginner crafter or baker, as well as more challenging projects, and some are even straightforward enough for children to help you make.

Halloween Crafts: 35 spooky projects to make and bake

CICO Books

Hand-Crafted Cards contains 50 exciting step-by-step projects for making greetings cards for all occasions. Here are 50 fast, fun cards featuring a wide variety of techniques, including collage, stamping, embossing, painting, applying metallic leaf, and embroidery, all with simple instructions and clear step-by-step photographs. Choose from scented lavender heart cards for Mother’s Day, colorful felt finger puppet cards that are perfect for children’s birthdays, pop-up cards in the style of a fairytale gingerbread house, and a monochrome card which doubles up as a photo frame. There are cards for every celebration, including weddings, Easter, new baby, and birthdays, as well as thank-you notelets and more general cards that you can give for any occasion. There are also designs you can make in large quantities for Christmas and other festivities, and most of the ideas can be made with inexpensive materials and basic tools, so you can get started straight away.

Hand-Crafted Cards: 50 step-by-step projects for every celebration

Learn how to use a sewing machine while making fantastic projects! With 35 projects that you’ll love to make and a helpful techniques section, this book will teach you all about sewing machines. Start out with Clothes and Accessories, where you can make a felt collar and cozy scarf, as well as a pretty skirt. Then try one of the Bags and Cases, such as a cute bobble-trim coin purse, an MP3 player case, and even a sleepover bag. Transform your room with Things for Your Room—the wall tidy looks great and gives you somewhere to store all your bits and pieces, and you can brighten up your bedding with a patchwork quilt. Finally, why not have a go at the Toys and Games? Make a rag doll, and then clothes for it, too, to get a feel for dressmaking, or create a fabric games board for playing checkers and chess. Every project has step-by-step artworks to guide you, plus a skill level so you can start with easy items and move on to more challenging things as you get better at using your machine.

My First Sewing Machine Book: 35 fun and easy projects for children aged 7 years +

Planting and gardening techniques to attract birds, bees, butterflies, beneficial bugs, and more to your outside space. "The Urban Wildlife Gardener" is packed with planting ideas and simple gardening techniques to attract birds, bees, butterflies, beneficial bugs, and more to your outside space. If you would like to attract wildlife to your garden, you need to learn which plants to grow, how to provide nesting areas, when to prune shrubs or mow the grass and when to leave well alone, how to deal with weeds, how to create a pond for tadpoles and frogs, and more. The choice of plants is important, including shrubs which provide berries as food for birds, tall plants to attract bees and dragonflies, trees which have nesting areas for birds, flowers which provide pollen for bees, and night-scented plants to attract moths and bats. Follow the insect-friendly ways to keep weeds under control and to deter unwanted visitors such as slugs, and learn how to make organic plant feed. Discover how to turn a pile of logs into a home for ladybugs and other insects, how to plant a hedge to provide cover for small mammals, how to create a pond (no digging involved!), and how to make simple birdhouses and feeders. No matter what size your outside space—from a single windowbox to a full-sized backyard—"The Urban Wildlife Gardener" contains hundreds of easy-to-follow tips and techniques, simple projects, and essential plant know-how.

The Urban Wildlife Gardener: How to attract birds, bees, butterflies, and more

Gardening & Landscape Design

Bring color and life to your garden during the cold winter months with Emma Hardy’s wonderful planting ideas. There are plenty of creative ways to bring vitality to your garden, with ideas for planting pots, forcing bulbs, growing winter crops, and more. In the first chapter, Stems and Leaves, you will learn how to make a stunning wreath from succulents, plant a decorative tabletop display of miniature conifers, and grow ferns in a reclaimed sink. Add scent to your winter garden with Beautiful Bulbs, where you will find bright hyacinths in glass jars, crocuses in jello molds, a china tureen of snowdrops, and other imaginative ideas. Winter Color has bright designs such as a vivid vertical display of cyclamen in vintage cake tins, an indoor terrarium with hellebores and violas, festive poinsettia pots, and a variety of containers with small-scale shrubs laden with berries. And if you are keen on growing your own food, there are projects in Winter Harvests to make the most of hardy herbs, cabbages, chard, and lettuces. Whether you want to decorate your entrance with colorful pots, brighten up your balcony or windowsills, or grow a winter harvest by the kitchen door, you will find The Winter Garden packed with ideas and inspiration.

The Winter Garden: Over 35 step-by-step projects for small spaces using foliage and flowers, berries and blooms, and herbs and produce

35 simple costumes to make for parties and dress-up games, with pull-out full-size pattern sheets 35 simple costumes to make for parties and dress-up games, with pull-out full-size pattern sheets Children love to dress up, whether it's for parties or just for everyday fun. If you want to add to your dressing-up box without spending a fortune, Emma Hardy has designed 35 magical costumes that will satisfy every child. Whether you have a little princess or a superhero in your family, or your children favor the traditional roles of cowboy, pirate or nurse, there are ideas here that are easy to make and much more effective than shop-bought outfits. All the favorites are included, such as animals—a lion, a ladybug, a dinosaur—and fairy-tale characters from Red Riding Hood to the Gingerbread Man. Two pull-out sheets are included with all the full-size patterns you will need, and there's a techniques section so you can brush up on your sewing skills. Your children will love these costume makes, and when the party's over, you can add them to your dress-up cupboard at home for many more hours of fun.

Sewing Dress-Up: 35 cute and easy costumes for kids

Sewing is fun—learn how to stitch with this step-by-step guide. Sewing is fun—learn how to stitch with this step-by-step guide. You’ll soon be a sewing whiz, using a wide variety of hand stitches, as well as learning how to sew in a zipper, how to sew on buttons, and how to embroider and applique. In Jewelry and Accessories, you can make adorable watermelon slice brooches or a fun raccoon scarf, whilst Toys and Dolls has a fake fur teddy bear, which would make a great gift, although he’s so sweet you’ll want to keep him for yourself. You can also make a bunch of colorful felt bugs to play with—your littlest family members will love them. Next is Stationery and Storage, which makes being organized fun! You’ll be the star of your class with the monster pencil case, and the customized tote bag is perfect to carry your books in. Learn some beautiful embroidery stitches with the monogramed pillowcase in Gift Ideas, or why not surprise a friend for their birthday with some personalized bunting? All of the projects have simple step-by-step artworks to guide you, plus a clearly marked skill level so that you can start with the simpler projects and move on to more challenging crafts as you become a more confident stitcher.

My First Stitching and Sewing Book: Learn how to sew with these 35 cute & easy projects: simple stitches, sweet embroidery, pretty applique

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