How to Avoid Probate: And Protect Your Estate With a Living Trust

Bennett, Gordon Mead

Chapelle

"Beginners will be able to create soaps that don't look like beginner projects with this beautifully photographed book."--Quick &amp; Easy Crafts The elegant, luxurious soaps found in boutiques are easy to make right at home-even for newcomers to the craft-with this accessible, illustrated question-and-answer guide that presents all the basic techniques. What can I use as a mold for my soap? What tools and supplies do I need? What do I use to add color to my soap-and scent? How do I embed decorative objects? From the cold-processing method to melt-and-pour, from prettily shaped bars to bubbling bath oil, from soap-on a roap to skin-codding bars with oatmeal and aloe vera, every technique and project has instant appeal.

Soapmaking For The First Time

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Orton, Linda

Crafts & Hobbies

If you've got the papermaking questions, we've got the answers. From enhancing with decorative elements to tearing the paper properly to wetting embossing sheets, here's the irresistible illustrated workshop with all the basics and way beyond. Wondering what materials you need to get started? How to add color and sizing, increase the paper's strength with natural fibers, work with molds, or create textures using a dizzying array of techniques? It's all covered. As you learn to craft interesting effects and styles of paper, you'll also complete magnificent projects, including a watermarked lampshade, lovely Chinese-style hanging scroll, creative découpaged vase, ruby slipper pincushion, greeting cards, and more.

Papermaking For The First Time

Rainey, Rhonda

The Comfortable Garden: Designs for Harmonious Living

Hundreds of lush and lavish color photographs give gardeners divine inspiration to transform their gardens into comfortable havens, with tantalizing colors, fabulous textures, and irresistible scents. "Gardeners...will find practical information and paradisiacal inspiration within these pages."--Booklist Every garden showcased here seems to extend an irresistible invitation to relax, stay a while, and enjoy the weather. Their fine design, appealing composition, and excellent lighting turn ordinary outdoor space into real outdoor rooms that feel like extensions of the house. See how to achieve symmetry and proportion by balancing restful and active areas, as well as sunshine and shade. Work with plants' natural cycles; use water to provide both cooling and soothing sounds; and add containers, collections, and special interest items to further personalize this little touch of paradise.

The Comfortable Garden: Designs For Harmonious Living

Zimmerman, Ann

Zimmerman, Scot

Gardening & Landscape Design

Anita Rosenberg--whose work has appeared on several TV series (including Friends)--shares her super secrets for creating fabulous painted furniture. Stars such as George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, and Jennifer Aniston have snapped up her unique pieces, and now anyone with a brush and paint can try out her hot techniques. She presents the most beautiful patterns and creative ideas, all broken down so they're easy to follow, and offers suggestions on where to find furniture to personalize, feng shui tips on color, and exciting designs. Try a little kitsch, take inspiration from travel brochures, and go wild for patterns, including a bright leopard scroll. Great projects include a gothic-style table, as well as chairs, trays, chests and more.

The Art Of Painted Furniture

Arts & Photography

Rosenberg, Anita

Painting

"The photographs are absolutely charming. Well written...a great gift for the gardener in your life."--Expression A truly imaginative garden features more than just flowers and shrubs, and in only two hours, gardeners can complete a delightful project to beautify any outdoor area. But this breathtaking guide offers much more than things to make: the brilliant garden rooms captured in dozens of color photos provide endless inspiration. Redecorate the front porch in Victorian, Southern, Country, Formal, or Shabby-Chic style. Refresh windows, inside and out, with charming planter boxes, shelves, and cut-flower arrangements. Eye-catching yard displays include a nostalgic, kid-pleasing lemonade stand and lighted crystal trees. From small bird feeders to a sunny solarium, every decorative accessory is amazing.

Two-hour Garden Art

Begonia, Ruby

Genealogy for the first time: Research Your Family History

Here's everything you need to know to start tracing your ancestral roots, presented in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format that's designed to inspire and encourage. Begin by organizing and evaluating readily available material, including family documents and photographs. Explore fundamental research techniques, from interviewing relatives to surfing the Internet. Find out about more advanced methods of obtaining information from census, citizenship, and other public records; cemeteries; early newspapers; immigration documents; and passenger manifests. Plenty of photographs, charts, and lists help you embark on your journey of discovery."Distills a complex subject into bite-sized pieces for the beginning genealogist...Color photos, a large font, adequate margins, and a detailed index make this book approachable and appealing...an excellent introduction to genealogical research."--Library Journal

Genealogy For The First Time: Research Your Family History

Reference

Best, Laura

Genealogy

Decorative Painted Projects for the Home

With some paint, vibrant patterns, and simple instructions at your disposal, it takes only a mere few hours to create these special pieces for yourself or as a gift. Make a functional and artistic Tulip Candle Vase, Funky Flowers Tray, Sunflowers and Strawberries Table and Chairs, and more—30 in all. “Helps even beginners create beautiful accessories for their homes.”—Tole World.

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