Secrets of Home Staging

Learn and Master the Art of Macramé

“A wonderful resource for beginning and advanced macramé artists.” ―Elizabeth Majka, Library Journal

#1 New Release in Ribbons, Knots, Macrame & Rope Work

Learn the art of macramé and craft beautiful and practical creations such as wall hangings, plant hangers, jewelry, and much more.

Develop a new creative hobby or just improve your macramé skills. New to macramé or an accomplished macramé artist? Either way, with the expert guidance of author Nghi Ho, online macramé community star and founder of Miss Knottie Macramé supplies, you’ll discover new macramé patterns and projects and a whole world of enjoyment and satisfaction.

Relax with macramé DIY crafts. Having a stressful day? Unwind with a macramé project that can be both gratifying and fun. If you are new to macramé, Nghi Ho will show you how to get started, explain the basic materials you’ll need, and give you a good grounding in macramé knots.

Inside find:

• Tutorials on starting your own macramé projects, macrame kits, and basic knots
• Crafts to do at home and fun activities for the whole family
• Macramé projects that are unique and personalized

If you have read books like Macramè For Beginners, Statement Macramé, or Modern Embroidery, you’ll love Nghi Ho’s Macramè: The Power of Knots.

A Seasonal Guide for Growing & Cooking Foods Right at Home

“Luay makes growing your own food, even if just a small amount, into an achievable endeavor.”—Niki Irving of Flourish Flower Farm, flower farmer, florist, author of Growing Flowers

#1 New Release in Vegetable Gardening, Organic Gardening & Horticulture, and Organic Cooking

Learn to garden in any space with Seed to Table, grow and cook nutrient-dense foods to take your gardening and cooking to the next level!

Gardening, cooking, and eating done right! Seed to Table focuses on how to feed your family with nutritious foods from your own outdoor, home and/or kitchen garden. Whether you live in a city or in the country, this book gives you tools on effective growing techniques, seed starting methods, and garden maintenance. 

Organic gardening for every individual style! Have fun while you create your own gardening system whether it be for a container garden or a kitchen garden. Try out big and small garden ideas to stock up your fridge with delicious fruits, vegetables, and herbs to grow your self-sufficiency. Maximize your minimal or large space with impactful practices that are perfect for anyone on a sustainability and self-sufficiency journey.

Inside Seed to Table, you’ll find:

• A full and in-depth guide on preserving foods while cultivating homegrown foods
• Easy and delicious vegetable-forward recipes and preservation techniques to feed your whole family
• Effective urban gardening tools to create a garden in a patio garden, rooftop space, or any space

If you're looking for books on urban gardening or gardening in any space, add this book to your collection! If you liked Plants-Only Kitchen, Holistic Homesteading, or Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners, then you’ll love Seed to Table.

Make Slow Living Part of Your Everyday!

“Slow Living is a work of art…I observed a sense of calm within myself as I read its pages and appreciated the beautiful pictures.” —Andrea Henkels, author of Herman Heals His Heart

Living peacefully is within reach if you slow down your life. With Slow Living, you too can embrace simple living and mindfulness for peace-induced days!

Looking for peace and happiness? Book a personal reading hour with Slow Living, your guide on how to slow down your life and live peacefully. Helena Woods, author and creator of popular YouTube channel Simple Joys, reveals the wisdom she has learned by moving abroad from the US and living a slower life in France. With beautiful prose and original photography, she provides inspiration and guidance to create a simple living environment wherever you are.

Slow Living is for anyone looking to simplify life. Personal growth books for women tend to leave out men and children, but this book was intentionally crafted with everyone in mind! If you're looking for how to improve yourself and how to get into simple living, then this is the guide for you! For many, a slow European lifestyle seems out of reach, but with the direction in this book, readers are able to craft this lifestyle for themselves anywhere, anytime.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Ways to value quiet moments, which bring simple joys to your life
• How slow living takes root when less becomes more in your home
• A guide on how to simplify your everyday life for mental clarity
• How to create routines that enrich your mind and feed your soul

If you like books for homebodies or if you enjoyed Slow, Essentialism, or Simple Pleasures, you’ll love Slow Living.

Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year 

“Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and more

An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities

Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing! 

Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.

Simplify your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn’t have to be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters. Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts. 

Inside this positive attitude book you’ll find: 

• Ways to decorate your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic 
• Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care year
• Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions

If you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman’s Garden, you’ll love Simple Pleasures of the Garden.

Cat Care Strategies, Tips, and Secret Tricks ​

“This delightful book is great for cat parents of all ages and experience levels…I give it Four Paws Up” —Larissa Wohl, on-air pet rescue expert, producer, and host

#1 New Release in Cat Breeds

There are over 95 million pet cats in the United States, and most cat owners will tell you that they have the best cat, so why not prove it with this one-of-a-kind keepsake for cat lovers.

Claw This Journal. Following in the paw prints of Sassafras’s beloved dog keepsake, Chew This Journal, comes this creative cat care activity tracker.

Show some love for your emotional support cat. Many cat people incorporate their fur babies into their coping strategies for their emotional well-being, and since our cats do so much for us, it’s about time we support their emotional wellness too! Claw this Journal guides you on how to have fun and intentional time with your house companion.

The cat lover’s craft book. Skip the expensive cat furniture and cat carrier backpack, and instead opt to pamper your pet with exciting DIY cat care tricks like enrichment activities and cat crafts that are sure to keep even senior cats from indulging in too many cat naps!

Inside this cat care tracker you’ll find: 

• Crafts like cozy DIY cat beds, mouth-watering treats for cats, and a memory book of your pet’s milestones, silly moments, and adorable faces
• Brainbusters for your cats to ponder over such as cat puzzles, cardboard forts, and DIY cat toys
• Journaling pages to track your cat’s grooming, training, and activity progress

If you love pet training books like Chew This Journal, Who’s a Good Dog?, or Puppy Love, you’ll love Claw This Journal!

Make Your Embroidery Pop with 3-D Techniques

“A well-written book that will continue to expand embroidery collections and encourage creativity along the way.” —Sarah Sieg, Library Journal 

#1 New Release in Embroidery

Follow author and needlework artist Rachael Dobbins as she teaches you how to embroider flowers, portraits, and other 3-D patterns that make your art pop—literally. Using a combination of traditional and unconventional stitching and macramé techniques, Modern Embroidery takes traditional embroidery design to the next level while truly encouraging readers to think outside the box.

How to embroider flowers, portraits, and more—like an artist. Embroidery doesn’t have to be flat or about perfection. It can be interpretive, with innovative textures, unconventional color gradients, and movement throughout. In Modern Embroidery, Rachel goes back to basics in order to push the boundaries of traditional needlework. Designed to take you from beginner to intermediate artist, this inspired guide contains new techniques and twenty jaw-dropping embroidery patterns.

Textured hand embroidery made easy. An embroidery book like no other, Modern Embroidery makes a unique craft gift or coffee table accessory for anyone passionate about art in new mediums. In addition to beautiful patterns, you’ll discover how to start embroidery projects and how to apply the same techniques to home décor, clothing items, and much more.

Inside Modern Embroidery, find step by step embroidery instructions, as well as advice on:

• How to turn photographs or sceneries into embroidery templates
• How to create depth and movement
• How to use color palettes to think outside the box 

If you want to learn how to embroider flowers or like embroidery books with patterns, stitching books, or modern embroidery designs—such as Embroiderer’s Guild Transfers Collection, Embroidery, or Foolproof Flower Embroidery—then you’ll love Modern Embroidery.