Decorating with Mini-Lights: 40 Sparkling Ideas & Projects for Home & Garden

They twinkle as brightly as on Christmas Eve, but mini-lights aren’t just for holidays anymore. Economical, safer than candles, and available in many styles, they produce beautiful effects indoors and out. The vast decorative possibilities shine on every page, with ideas ranging from traditional white and rainbow strings to large gleaming, flickering orbs. Show off collections with lighted display shelves, bring the garden in with a star-kissed bower of glimmering plants, or give a young girl a pretty princess canopy over her bed. Illuminate windows with lights and lace or make a patio shine. Go through the year with seasonal sensations, from a spring wedding arbor to a spooky Halloween House to an enticing Valentine’s table for 2. Every lighting design is brilliant.

Decorating With Mini-lights: 40 Sparkling Ideas & Projects For Your Home & Garden

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Miller, Marcianne

Home Improvement & Design

Main Street Pr

“As the author explains, four elements are key to success —the gel, containers, embedded objects, the wick. Vintage costume jewelry becomes the 3-D treasure in a wide candle. Rocks form the solid surface for a ready-to-light Zen garden. And geometric shapes tinted just the right colors emulate sushi forms—albeit with wicks. Naturally, all 35 projects feature materials, designer credits, step-by-step instructions, and great photographs.”—Booklist.

Fantastic Gel Candles: 35 Fun & Creative Projects

Crafts & Hobbies

Lark Books

They twinkle as brightly as on Christmas night--but minilights aren't just for holidays anymore! Economical, safer than candles, and available in many styles, they produce beautiful effects indoors and out. The vast decorative possibilities spring out at you from each page, presenting everything from traditional white and rainbow strings to large gleaming, flickering orbs. Light display shelves to show off collections; bring the garden in with a star-kissed bower of glimmering plants; or give a young girl a pretty princess canopy over her bed. Illuminate windows with lights and lace, or make a patio shine. Kindle romance with an enticing Valentine's Day table for two. Go through the year with seasonal sensations, from a spring wedding arbor to a spooky Halloween House. Every lighting idea is brilliant!

Whether for a tiny city garden or for a rolling estate with outdoor "rooms," vertical landscaping is one of today's most popular trends. Just imagine walking up stone steps that are bordered by lush greenery and topped by a pretty, decorative white arbor "canopy." If you have even the simplest equipment and love gardening, you can easily make every one of these beautifully photographed arbors and trellises--all overseen by an award-winning designer. Cultivate the art of good conversation in a sheltered arbor with stay-a-while sides and face-to-face benches for an intimate chat. Lightning strikes in a bamboo trellis that zigzags like a bolt from heaven. Have a casual garden? Then set up a rustic trellis, constructed from vines and twigs, with vegetables or flowers or both. A basics section explains the details of elementary tasks, and many wonderful photos feature the flowers, foliage, and shrubbery that flourish in these special structures.

Making Arbors & Trellises: 25 Practical & Decorative Projects for Your Garden

Rollin, Olivier

Hardcover and dust jacket, as pictured (crft)

New gel candlemakers get a friendly greeting to the craft with plenty of basic projects and helpful tips on technique; as they gain more experience, more detailed and exquisite items await their imaginative touch. Add glitter, insets, fragrance, and layers of color—even vertical ones. Among the awe-inspiring projects: a polymer clay spider “weaving” its web in stylish clear gel; a patriotic Stars &amp; Stripes design; and even a Gumball Machine candle.

The Ultimate Gel Candle Book

Quick, easy to make, sophisticated, and elegant: these 40 silk flower arrangements are well suited to today's busy home decorator. The basics of designing that are illustrated and presented here will soon have the arranger making creative leaps in styling. Put the new, more life-like than ever, silk flowers in treasured tiny vases, go "simply exotic" with Chinese-red blossoms and a single bold leaf, or make an everlasting, never fading bride's bouquet. Show off a bucket of tall blossoms, artfully arranged to look as if you've just carried them in from the garden; the version shown here has blue and white delphiniums, lupine, and bells of Ireland in a silver container, but you can select your personal favorites. Hang a unique sylvan wall sconce: with its leafy greenery, ferns, and berries, and a grapevine nest hidden amid the flowers, it captures the beauty of a wild meadow. Plus: Designer tips and project variations expand the decorating possibilities.

Silk Flower Arranging: Easy, Elegant Displays

“A collection of 25 beautiful and functional structures that will surely appeal to gardeners and outdoor designers. There is something here for every garden—the designs range from a rustic trellis to a formal arbor. Easy to follow and supplemented by excellent photos and drawings, the instructions are within the skill level of most....Recommended.”—Library Journal.

Making Arbors & Trellises: 22 Practical & Decorative Projects for Your Garden

Vast decorative possibilities spring from each of these pages, presenting everything from traditional white and rainbow strings to large gleaming, flickering orbs. Brighten display shelves; bring the garden in with a star-kissed bower of glimmering plants; give a young girl a princess canopy over her bed; or go through the year with seasonal and holiday sensations.

Tempting topping, delicious cake, and a spectacular decoration to complete the pretty picture: that’s what makes a cupcake such a perfect delight—and why these 32 recipes will please young and old. These recipes are relatively easy to make, and use simple, readily available ingredients. The pages brim with helpful baking advice, including tips on incorporating nuts, working with decorative sugars, and even creating your own pastry bag. How about cupcakes decorated with sugar butterflies, Winter Spice Cakes with snowflakes, and sinfully good Chocolate Mousse Layered Cupcakes? With these recipes at hand, any amateur pastry chef can wow a crowd. A Selection of the Good Cook Book Club.

The Artful Cupcake: Baking & Decorating Delicious Indulgences

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Baking

Union Square & Co.

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Decorating With Mini-lights: 40 Sparkling Ideas & Projects For Your Home & Garden

Fantastic Gel Candles: 35 Fun & Creative Projects

Decorating with Mini-Lights: 40 Sparkling Ideas & Projects for Home & Garden

Making Arbors & Trellises: 25 Practical & Decorative Projects for Your Garden

Fantastic Gel Candles: 35 Fun & Creative Projects

The Ultimate Gel Candle Book

Silk Flower Arranging: Easy, Elegant Displays

Making Arbors & Trellises: 22 Practical & Decorative Projects for Your Garden

Decorating with Mini-Lights: 40 Sparkling Ideas & Projects for Home & Garden

The Artful Cupcake: Baking & Decorating Delicious Indulgences