Crafts and Keepsakes for the Holidays Christmas With Martha Stewart Living 在線電子書 圖書標籤:
發表於2024-12-25
Crafts and Keepsakes for the Holidays Christmas With Martha Stewart Living 在線電子書 pdf 下載 txt下載 epub 下載 mobi 下載 2024
It has been a real pleasure for me watching this book
evolve from an idea to reality. The "homemade," the
handcrafted," the "heirloom," and the "keepsake"
have always been for me the real essence of the holiday
season. I personally would rather receive something
fashioned by hand than anything store-
bought, and I have always tried to give presentsto my loved ones that I have made myself. My tradition of homemade gifts goes all
the way back to my childhood, when cookie and cake baking were essential to celebrating
the holidays in our home. We packaged noel
in hand-p
ribbons. I
nut balls, Vienna tarts, and springerle cookies
ainted tins, and wrapped Mrs. Maus s fruitcakes in cellophane with colorful
knitted scarves and mittens for my brothers and sisters, and one year I spent nine
months knitting a
socks--in the most
very special herringbone scarf for my father. I even recall knitting argyle
difficult pattern--for a friend! When I got married I started a "plum
pudding" tradition, steaming dozens and dozens of puddings in specially designed handmade
bowls. I still make them--only fewer, because the tradition had gotten out of hand. But no
one has forgotten the fragrant pudding with the handwritten labels and the recipe for brandied
hard sauce. I have also baked hundreds of panettone in brown-paper sacks, giant sugar
cookies, and shortbreads to
myself,~reating more craft g
give
ifts.
as gifts. In addition to the baked goods, I have found
One year I made silk-velvet scarves for my women friends
and silk-lined fine-woolen mufflers for the men in my life. Just this past year I sewed several
dozen stockings from remnants of antique ingrain carpeting. I got a lot of pleasure from
making these gifts, and the enthusiasm with which they were received made me start
thinking right away of the following year s presents. -)~ In this book we have assembled so
many wonderful projects that have lasting and memorable qualities. The entire editorial
staff of MARTHA STEWART LIVING contributed to the creation of these ideas, and we are
proud to take you through all of them, step by step, so that your personal gifts will be
successful and gratifying, not only to receive, but to make
評分
評分
評分
評分
Crafts and Keepsakes for the Holidays Christmas With Martha Stewart Living 在線電子書 pdf 下載 txt下載 epub 下載 mobi 下載 2024