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Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd A Life in Design: Celebrating 30 Years of Interiors
Acclaimed interior designer to the A-list, Kathryn M Ireland celebrates 30 years of decorating in A Life in Design. Organized by location, the book takes an overview of the interiors Kathryn has designed over the past 30 years, including her own homes in Los Angeles, London and the south of France. She shares her story of a life in design, from the early days in LA, where she started her career by decorating a home for Steve Martin, to designing houses all over the world, from California to the Cotswolds. This lavishly illustrated deep dive into Kathryn’s work is paired with a wealth of chatty, informal and invaluable advice on creating comfort, adding colour, finding and hanging art, designing great spaces for entertaining and the design rules she lives by. A Life in Design is full of character and charm, just like Kathryn herself.
£36.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Fashion Hacks: Use Simple Sewing Techniques to Recycle, Reuse, and Revamp Your Clothes for a More Mindful Approach to Fashion
Discover how to rework, reconstruct and embellish well-worn clothes and vintage finds into sustainable, fashion-forward pieces. Whether you trawl markets for pre-loved clothing that's in need of repair, or want to do your bit for the planet by sustainably updating your existing wardrobe, you'll find plenty of inspiration here. Take 'make do and mend' one step further by not just mending but repurposing your old clothes to create fashionable, unique items. Janine Chisholm Sullivan, an experienced dressmaker, teaches you how to rework clothes into new styles – from adding embellishments and changing necklines, sleeves and hems to total transformations, such as creating a brand new dress from two old ones. Make a pretty blouse from a floral dress, or convert a man's shirt into a stylish shirt dress. Take a basic woollen skirt and bring it bang up to date with an asymmetric hem, or add interest to a plain top with an embellished collar made using a linen table doily. With step-by-step artworks and a comprehensive sewing techniques section, three full-size patterns and advice on sourcing vintage clothes, Fashion Hacks has everything you need to know to create a wardrobe that's all your own.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd And Breathe...: Daily Meditations and Mantras for Greater Calm, Balance, and Joy
This invaluable book of daily meditations and mantras will improve the wellbeing of anyone who wants to achieve a calmer, more stress-free and joyful life. When life is so fast-paced and there are countless demands on us, it can become impossible to find time for ourselves. And Breathe… offers simple ways to stop, take a breath and become present. From starting the day with self-care intentions to ending it with stillness and love, the meditations, mantras and exercises will help you to cultivate greater awareness, presence and calm so that every day, however busy, has some mindful moments that will benefit you both physically and emotionally. You will learn to pay more attention to the good rather than having a default of negativity, meet difficult moments with acceptance and curiosity rather than railing against them, and become more mindful and less judgemental of loved ones for better relationships. By experimenting with the techniques that suit you best, you will cultivate a more mindful way of being that can be sustained throughout your life.
£8.03
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Seasonal Scandi Crafts: Over 45 Projects and Quick Ideas for Beautiful Decorations & Gifts
Create 45 simple projects with a Scandinavian flavour, including home decorations, garlands and beautiful gifts. Christiane Bellstedt Myers has developed a beautiful collection of decorative makes using rustic fabrics and natural materials. The four chapters – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter – cover a wide range of crafts, including collage, embroidery, painting and sewing, and take inspiration from Scandinavian seasonal traditions to bring magic to your year. Celebrate the coming of Spring with a lovely Clematis wreath, share the joy of Mid-Summer with your friends by setting the table outdoors using a handmade tablecloth, decorate your home for Autumn by bringing the harvest indoors, and make Winter a time for hygge by lighting plenty of candles and hanging some vintage chandelier crystals to capture the soft glow. Try out some simple embroidery on the lavender cushions, which would make great gifts, or make a pretty garland to hang on the mantelpiece at Christmas. So why not get the family involved and make each season really special by making decorations together? You can then relive those happy memories each year as you decorate your home.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Cooking with Weed
35 quick and easy recipes for snacks, drinks, dinners, and lunches that will send you stratospheric!They say that your wedding day or the day your children are born are the best ones of your life. And, sure, they were great days… but if I’m going to be really honest, there were three days in the August of ’69 that go down in history as the best days of my life. Between the 15th and 18th August, 1969, I lost myself and found myself on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Woodstock—the festival that rocked the world and defined my generation—was pure, unadulterated fun, love, harmony… and marijuana. I’m not going to lie—I was high pretty much the whole time. As I imagine most of the other half million people there were, too. We smoked, we danced, we laughed, we hugged… we lived. Over the years, I slowly transformed from that young, carefree hippie with flowers in her hair to a respectable teacher, to a PT
£9.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Smoke Spice Deck
This 50-card boxed set and a 64-page book unlocks the secrets of fantastically flavorsome grills, with recipes for versatile BBQ rubs, marinades, glazes, and butters.Incredible flavors, inspiring ingredients, and the epitome of laid-back entertaining—grilling is the best way to cook in the summertime. Whether you like your food fiercely hot or prefer gentler aromatic flavors, Valerie Aikman-Smith has created an enticing array of marinades, brines, butters, rubs, and glazes to add flavor to your cooking, either outside on the grill or in your kitchen. Creative matching of seasonings help create exciting new taste sensations as well as tried and tested favorites from around the world. Nothing brings out the flavor in meat like a marinade, and it also tenderizes it and can keep it moist whilst cooking, too. Inspiration for pork includes Sticky Smoky Baby Back Ribs and Blackberry and Sage Glazed Ham. Beef can be made even more mouth-watering when prepared with
£17.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Gin-dulgence: Over 50 Gin Cocktails, from Iconic to Avant-Garde
Over 50 gin-credible recipes for refreshing cocktails for all occasions, from the classics to new and exciting creations. With more flavours and brands of gin on offer than ever before, it’s no wonder that this spirit is so treasured and beloved by many. Perfect for a post-work tipple, a cooling drink on a hot afternoon or the perfect treat for a weekend get-together, the possibilities that gin provides are endless. It’s always a good time for a gin cocktail! Whether you prefer sensational spins on the classic G&T, a Dry Martini or a wonderfully fizzy Gin Rickey, this book provides recipes for all the best ways to create exciting gin-based drinks. Let the fun be-gin!
£8.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Gin the Mood: 50 Gin Cocktail Recipes That are Just the Ticket
With 50 gin-based cocktail recipes – from classics to contemporary twists – this is a must-have for anyone Gin the Mood for a good time. Ah gin, how we love you. Lifter of spirits, enhancer of vibes, reliever of stress and instigator of stimulating conversations; where would we be without your reassuringly delicious qualities? And the best thing about gin? There's never not a good time to enjoy a gin cocktail, whether it's a restorative Corpse Reviver to shake off the hangover, a perfectly mixed G&T to sip at a leisurely lunch, a pre-prandial Negroni to whet the appetite, or a bone-dry Martini to enjoy as a night-cap. Gin the Mood showcases some of the most superlative examples—it's a celebration of the gin cocktail in its myriad forms. From the aforementioned classics to cutting-edge concoctions like the elderflower-infused Space Gin Smash, the 50 examples proffered here are must-tries for any self-respecting ginthusiast. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let us drink gin.
£8.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Guilt-free Kitchen: Indulgent Recipes without Wheat, Dairy or Refined Sugar
Delicious recipes that provide easy ways to swap unhealthy ingredients for nourishing alternatives, without having to compromise on flavour and enjoyment. This cookbook is not about denial; its approach to cooking and eating simply swaps ingredients such as refined sugar, wheat and dairy for natural and healthier alternatives that achieve the same indulgence without the negative health impacts and connotations associated with certain ingredients. These easy swaps make healthy eating both simple and delicious. Recipes range from simple sharing plates to ‘Foods from Afar’ such as Massaman Curry, and Smoked Mackerel Sushi Rolls. There are ‘Light & Fresh’ dishes such as Polenta Pizza, as well as ‘Comfort Food’ recipes including Wild Mushroom & Leek Risotto and Lasagna. With ideas for everything from brunch, such as New York Avocado Toast, to ‘Sweet Treats’ like Cheesecake with Sweet Cherries, Jordan and Jessica Bourke combine their expertise as a chef and nutritional therapist to prove that you can have your cake and eat it.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Perfect English Farmhouse
Perfect English Farmhouse celebrates the characteristic style and fascinating history of the classic farmhouse and shows how to turn your own home into a similarly welcoming retreat. Farmhouse is a word that conjures an array of appealing associations: fresh eggs and baby lambs, chunky wooden beams and flagged floors, cream teas and harvest suppers; a place of welcome and plenty. With their generous kitchens and meandering layout, the architectural informality of the farmhouse suits modern lifestyles. In Perfect English Farmhouse, via a series of case studies, Ros Byam Shaw explores both traditional and contemporary farmhouse style. The book is divided into chapters according to style: Organic, Traditional, Fresh, No Frills and Funky, and at the end of each chapter a spread highlights the key elements of that particular decorative look. At the back of the book, there is also a comprehensive listing of UK and US suppliers to help readers create their very own take on perfect farmhouse style.
£27.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Rockett St George Extraordinary Interiors In Colour
In Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, self-confessed colour addicts Jane Rockett and Lucy St George follow on from their best-selling first book by tackling the topic of choosing colour for the home. Such is their passion for colour that Jane and Lucy launched the Rockett St George paint range in August 2018 sophisticated, earthy shades that work perfectly together. This new book allows them to explore the world of colour and reveal their inspirations – travel, hotels and restaurants, Instagram, the natural world and vintage design. Starting at the beginning, Jane and Lucy investigate colour theory before plunging into the history of colour and how it affects our emotions. Next, they take a look at the natural world and explore what colour means in different cultures around the globe. They then tackle the million-dollar question – which colours should you choose? A final chapter explores inventive ways to decorate with colour, from bold blocking to brave use of contrasting hues. Each chapter is interspersed with a real-life home that exemplifies the Rockett St George style. If you want maximum impact when updating an interior, there’s no better way to achieve it than with bold, clever and creative use of colour.
£17.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Wiccan Feasts, Celebrations, and Rituals: Make the Most of Special Days with Witchy Rites, Decorations, and Herbal Magic Touches
A beautifully illustrated guide from a Celtic Wiccan High Priestess to celebrating the Wiccan way, from Halloween to handfastings, as well as everyday rituals to enhance all areas of your life. The Wiccan calendar is marked by significant festivals, called sabbats. The most famous is Halloween, also known as Samhain, but you will be familiar with others, too, such as the Summer and Winter Solstices. Wiccans celebrate these sabbats with rituals, crafts, and food and drink, and in this book, Silja reveals how you can bring some of that magic into your life, even if working as a solitary witch. She also details other special days throughout the year, such as August 23, the Roman festival of Vulcanalia, which is celebrated with bonfires. Discover, too, how Wiccans celebrate personal rites of passage, such as the naming of a baby and a couple committing to each other in a Wiccan wedding, known as a handfasting. Finally, Silja explains how to write your own daily, weekly, or monthly rituals to bring you peace and happiness. Lavishly illustrated throughout, this is your essential guide to all your Wiccan celebrations.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Wild Creations: Inspiring Projects to Create Plus Plant Care Tips & Styling Ideas for Your Own Wild Interior
Dubbed the "LeBron James of plant styling..." by "Good Morning America", Hilton Carter now shows how you can make, style, decorate and care for your own stunning plant-inspired interior with his 25 step-by-step DIY projects and plant hacks. In plant and interior stylist Hilton Carter’s previous books he has given us glimpses into stunning plant-filled homes where ivy and creeping figs hang miraculously from ceilings, mosses grow effortlessly to create living walls and succulents flourish planted in terrariums. Now in Wild Creations, Hilton will show you how you can actually create these amazing fixtures for your own home. There are step-by-step instructions for Wild Ideas – making projects such as a wall mounted plant and a leather hanging plant stand, genius Wild Hacks for all of your plant worries from how to water your plants while you are away to repelling bugs, thought-provoking Wild Rants looking at the transformative power of plants and finally a detailed look at ten key Wild Plants and how to care for them. Design and learn about your very own wild interior, get creative and get WILD!
£18.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Be Mindful: Don'T Dwell on the Past or Worry About the Future, Simply be in the Present with Mindfulness Meditations
With mindfulness meditation, we can learn to pay attention to our daily experience and become more contented and fulfilled by daily activities. Many of us find it difficult to simply appreciate the present moment. We either dwell on the past or worry about the future, moving mindlessly from one activity to the next. When we are not being mindful, we miss out on small moments that are often incredibly valuable – be it a beautiful park that we walk through on our journey to work, or the taste and texture of a delicious meal. In mindfulness meditation we pay attention to our ongoing experience whether it is pleasant – such as appreciating a beautiful sunny day; unpleasant – a disagreement with a loved one; or neutral – doing household chores. This 'Little Pocket Book' is the perfect introduction to mindfulness and is packed with easy-to-follow tips and suggestions that will allow you to incorporate simple mindful moments into your daily life.
£7.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Chef Tee's Caribbean Kitchen: Vibrant Recipes That Bring the Joy of Island Cooking to Your Home
Bring the joy of Caribbean cooking to your kitchen and discover 80 varied and exciting recipes, from street food grills to one-pot stews, salads and rum-based cocktails. Caribbean cuisine offers a world of flavour from Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago and everything in between, all the islands have their own unique dishes and cooking styles. In this sunshine filled book you’ll find recipes for mouth-watering hot sauces, spice rubs, fragrant marinades and cool chutneys as well as vibrant salads, BBQ wood grills and slowly simmered braises. Food is often eaten on the go from beach shacks or street vendors, who cook up fresh bites every day. Satisfying curries are always on the menu and are traditionally served with rice or Indian-style roti breads for wiping your plate clean, and vegetable sides. Meat is a big feature, often marinated, and fresh fish is readily available, particularly on the smaller islands, but there are plenty of vegetarian and vegan dishes to enjoy too. And let’s not forget the rum-based cocktails! Celebrate the fresh and vibrant colours and tastes of the Caribbean in your own kitchen with delicious and easy recipes, filled with lip-smacking flavour and guaranteed to transport you to paradise.
£18.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Heritage Style: A Fresh New Take on Traditional Design
In Heritage Style, Selina Lake celebrates the new nostalgic mood in interiors, using vintage and inherited furniture and other accessories in a fresh, original fashion. Our homes are more important to us than ever before, and heritage style harks back to the reassuring comfort of traditional interiors. Panelling, wallpaper, floral fabrics and heritage paint colours provide a backdrop for house plants, artworks and contemporary crafts, while upholstered and wicker furniture, pretty decorative detailing and plump cushions feel warm, welcoming and familiar. It’s not only a comforting style, but also a sustainable one, built around pre-owned and vintage pieces sourced at online auctions or on Instagram and given a new lease of life in modern homes. Heritage Style shows how to create a home that feels both modern and nostalgic at the same time – inviting, easy to live in and full of intriguing personal touches.
£22.50
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Healthy Vegetarian & Vegan Slow Cooker: Over 60 Recipes for Nutritious, Home-Cooked Meals from Your Slow Cooker
Discover the plant-based goodness your electric slow cooker can provide, with over 60 convenient and delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes For those of us with busy lifestyles and little time to spend in the kitchen, it can be hard to find convenient ways to whip up meat-free meals. Let your slow cooker do all the work for you here, with this delicious range of recipes for vegan and vegetarian magic. Spend a little time preparing and let your meals cook away without you having to watch over them! These delicious dishes have something for the everyday, from simple plant-based essentials to more impressive recipes for special occasions.
£15.29
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Jane Packer Flowers: Beautiful Flowers for Every Room in the House
Jane Packer Flowers shows how to use fresh flowers to bring colour, variety and style to every corner of the home. An introduction covers all the basics, including choosing flowers, conditioning and caring for them, as well as key design principles when it comes to choosing vases and containers and getting the proportions of arrangements right. There are dramatic flowers for mantelpieces, massed vases on console tables, tiny posies on windowsills, architectural blooms showcased on coffee tables, luscious colour on dressing tables and desks, and even cut flowers for outdoor entertaining, as well as gorgeous arrangements for guest bedrooms and bathrooms. Fresh flowers have a powerful ability to raise our spirits and bring colour and a sense of vitality to every interior. In Jane Packer Flowers there are no stiff formal bouquets or party displays, just pretty, simple and achievable arrangements that you’ll yearn to recreate in your own home.
£7.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd My Very First 100 Words: In English, French, and Spanish
£9.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Weed All About It: A Guide to Growing, Rolling, Smoking, and Eating Your Green
Everything you need to know about growing your own cannabis, recipes for marijuana munchies, and a step-by-step guide for 20 innovative ways to roll a joint. Sick of smoking low-grade weed? Fed up of paying increasingly high prices? Well, now it's time to do something about it and grow your own. With just a small investment in some basic equipment and this guide, you'll soon be raising two fingers to your dealer as you spark up some super-strong green you've grown entirely yourself. And what about once you’ve cultivated your first harvest? The second section looks at recipes for cooking with weed – from hash brownies to ganja guacamole – and innovative, fun ways to smoke it. There are 20 different rolling projects to try, like the perfect, simple one-skin spliff for beginners or the more elaborate behemoth that is the The Scorpion.
£9.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd A Sloth's Guide to Taking It Easy: Be More Sloth with These Fail-Safe Tips for Serious Chilling
Is modern living stressing you out and getting on top of you? Try slowing things down a little by being more sloth. Living in the 21st century is exciting, but with everything moving so quickly it can feel a touch overwhelming. It’s time that everybody relaxed and took a moment to enjoy the simple pleasures, but we also appreciate it’s easier said than done. That’s why we’ve enlisted the help of an expert to guide you along the path to peace. Meet your mentor: Brian the sloth. Brian's hilarious advice is presented in this brilliant gift book that taps into 2018's cutest animal trend: sloths.
£7.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Selina Lake: Garden Style: Inspirational Styling for Your Outside Space
In her latest book, Garden Style, Selina Lake reveals how to make the most of any outdoor space, no matter what size or shape. Selina begins by describing her sources of inspiration – famous gardens, nurseries and garden centres, plant catalogues and botanical prints. Armed with ideas, she moves on to Chapter Two, Decorating your Garden, which is packed with suggestions for container gardening and introducing decorative features. In the next chapter, Bringing the Outside In, she harvests flowers and foliage from the garden to provide seasonal adornment for her home. Chapter Four, Garden Rooms, Greenhouses and Sheds, taps into the current trend for garden buildings that allow you to make the most of your outdoor space. Next, in Relaxing Outdoors, Selina explains how to transform your garden into a stylish space for entertaining, with ideas on furniture, lighting and more. Finally, in Eating Outdoors, Selina offers advice on creating an inviting outdoor room for eating alfresco. The book is peppered with styling ideas and simple projects. There are also tips on choosing easy-to-grow garden plants and even growing your own produce. Perfect for anyone who wants to make the most of their own little patch of green, Garden Style will also appeal to those who might have neglected their outdoor space and need help to see the potential in their plot. Garden Style will allow readers to transform even the smallest scrap of outdoor space into a lush green retreat.
£17.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Curious Bartender Volume 1: The Artistry and Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail
Preparing a first-class cocktail relies upon a deep understanding of its ingredients, the delicate alchemy of how they work together. In The Curious Bartender, Tristan Stephenson explores and experiments with the art of mixing the perfect cocktail, explaining the fascinating modern turns mixology has taken. Showcasing a selection of classic cocktails, he explains their intriguing origins, introducing the colourful historical characters who inspired or created them. Moving on, he reinvents each drink from his laboratory, adding contemporary twists to breathe fresh life into these vintage classics. Stay true to the originals with a Sazerac or a Rob Roy, or experiment with some of his modern variations to create a Green Fairy Sazerac topped with an absinthe ‘air’ or an Insta-age Rob Roy with the ‘age’ on the side. Also included is a reference section detailing all the techniques you will need, making this an essential anthology for the cocktail enthusiast.
£17.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Knitted Scarves and Cowls: 35 Quick and Stylish Patterns Suitable for Knitters of All Abilities
Stay cosy with these gorgeous, colourful designs for knitters of all abilities! A scarf, cowl or snood is one of the simplest and quickest things that you can knit. Whatever your skill level and however little spare time you have, Fiona Goble has a project for you. She has designed 35 scarves, cowls and snoods with something for everyone, from a snake scarf to a sparkly evening capelet and an extra-long ‘college’ scarf to a cowboy-style bandana for kids. Every project has full instructions for knitting and making up, but most will need little more than the sewing on of a button to finish them off and some can even be knitted in an evening. An added bonus is that many of the projects require only one or two balls of yarn, enabling you to use up your stash of leftovers from other projects.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Healing Breath and Mudras: Channel the Power of Yoga for Connection and Wellbeing
"Christine’s artistry as a yoga teacher is evident on every page… [Her] voice, enthusiasm, and knowledge here are contagious. When reading these pages, you’ll feel as though you are practicing with her. It will be a fun, uplifting, healing, and even powerful practice with Christine as your guide." – LA Yoga Magazine Discover how to heal both body and mind using only your breath and your hands. In Healing Breath and Mudras, Christine Burke shows how you already have all you need to heal both physical and emotional conditions and improve your overall wellbeing. Breath awareness has been linked to calming the body and brain, regulating blood pressure, improving memory and immune function, preventing heart attacks, and easing chronic pain and asthma. Mudras are known as ‘yoga for the hands’: they are hand poses and positions that channel energy and offer a point of focus during meditation. Christine teaches you a range of breathing techniques and reveals the background behind mudras and how best to use them, then offers breath and mudra practices for 36 conditions, divided into body and mind. Each practice also includes an accompanying ‘jewel thought’ meditation.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Celtic Goddesses and Their Spells: Discover Your Inner Goddess Through These Amazing Divinities
Channel the power and use the magic of more than 50 Celtic goddesses. The Celtic goddesses and druids were legendary beings. Now these heavenly spirits have personal relationships with us in everything we do. All females are divinely attuned to goddesses from birth for guidance and protection through life until death. Working by divine plan, goddesses imbue us with their ancient wisdom, which becomes our own, helping us to avoid pitfalls and reach our full potential. Celtic Goddesses and Their Spells features 52 of these inspiring deities, all beautifully illustrated. Gillian Kemp gives a description of each goddess and her main powers, followed by a spell associated with that goddess. For example, Cerridwen is the goddess of truth and she encourages you to be your most authentic self, while Awen, goddess of inspiration, helps you find the answers you need.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Simple Art of Japanese Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Japanese Characters with 15 Projects to Make
Create beautiful gifts, stationery and decorations that incorporate the elegant, centuries-old art of Japanese calligraphy. Developed since the sixth century, practised by the royal elite and Buddhist scholars, and packed with spiritual meaning, Japanese calligraphy has its own style: simple, elegant and gentle. Starting with a history section that illuminates thousands of years of calligraphy with inspiring examples, the core of the book is a clear step-by-step guide to creating stunning calligraphy. The 15 projects, from a greetings card to painting calligraphy motifs on river pebbles and linen hangings, represent authentic uses of Japanese scripts. The combination of simple strokes and meaningful characters that makes up each of these unique projects means you can create artworks that will give you and your loved ones truly enduring results. A clear materials section shows you exactly what you need to start, while the comprehensive techniques chapter demonstrates how to hold the brush, create characters and write pieces. Also included are 100 of the most popular Western first names, plus a series of greetings, sentiments and poems, including haikus and Zen proverbs, so you can personalise your projects.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Easy Crochet for Beginners: Learn to Crochet with 35 Simple Projects
Expert crafter Nicki Trench brings you 35 easy-to-follow patterns that will teach you how to crochet. Nicki Trench, one of the leading figures in the revival and promotion of home crafts, has designed a series of patterns that will guide you from the initial crochet stitches to producing beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of techniques. Starting you off is Crochet Know-How, which explains all the stitches with clear step-by-step artwork and instructions. Next, there are three chapters packed with patterns to improve your skills. In Starting Out, you will find a simple springtime throw and a pretty hat for a toddler, both of which you’ll find amazingly easy and quick to create. Once you’ve mastered these, Practice Makes Perfect provides more of a challenge. Whip up some cute gifts for babies and young children, including baby bibs and blankets, or treat yourself to a pair of gloves in soft double knit yarn and a chunky seashell scarf to keep you warm on chilly mornings. Finally, Confident Crocheting has more advanced patterns, ranging from a family of adorable Russian dolls to a cherub dress with decorative picot stitching.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Essential Origami: Paper Block Plus 64-Page Book
Discover the calming art of Japanese papercraft with Essential Origami, a pack which includes a 64-page book and 250 sheets of origami paper. Origami is known to have therapeutic effects: the focus required for the folds naturally encourages a state of mindfulness, while completing a model brings a sense of joy and satisfaction. This collection of 15 projects will introduce you to this healing, creative craft. The 64-page book guides you through basic folding techniques and then provides clear, step-by-step instructions to make the projects, which include a box, starfish, tree, flower basket and boat – all beautiful creations for your own home or to give as gifts. The paper block provides 250 sheets of traditional origami paper, including a range of stunning patterns, so you can begin making beautiful projects straight away.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd A Beginner's Guide to Sewing by Hand and Machine: A Complete Step-by-Step Course
Use this informative book to hone your skills in the art of sewing. A Beginner's Guide to Sewing by Hand and Machine is a complete sewing course for first-timers. It starts by telling you which pieces of sewing kit you need to buy, explaining which fabrics to use and how to use paper patterns. The second part of the book is a structured course of 12 workshops, which build from the most basic hand-sewing techniques through to more advanced dressmaking skills. At the end of each workshop, there is also a step-by-step project, which reinforces the skills mastered in the workshop, allowing you to recognise your progress as you go. The projects range from simple hand-embroidered cushions to a lined throw, and from a shirred sundress to an organdie pleated skirt. Techniques include embroidery, patchwork, quilting, dressmaking and curtain-making, and there are useful tips and shortcuts throughout the book to help you become a sewing expert!
£15.29
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd From Grief to Peace: A Guided Journal for Navigating Loss with Compassion and Mindfulness
A guided journal with writing prompts, meditations and practices to transform the heartache and pain of grief and loss into love and resilience, the mindful way. Grief is a natural reaction to loss and the mourning process can be a difficult and stressful experience. Time alone does not heal our wounds – it is what we do with our time that matters. But in the wake of devastating loss, how and where do you begin? One way is through grief journalling which can help you record and process your experience of grief. With the support of grief and mindfulness expert Heather Stang, From Grief to Peace offers the writing space, guidance and freedom to express your feelings without judgement. Explore your heart’s story fearlessly, transform grief roadblocks into green lights and write a thank-you letter to your inner strength and courage. Mindful journalling prompts, tips and practices allow you to tap into your natural resilience and find the meaning you need to thrive. In turn you will learn and grow through your grief journey.
£9.98
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd A Bowl of Soup: Over 70 Delicious Recipes Including Toppings & Accompaniments
There is nothing quite as comforting and nourishing as a warm bowl of soup — enjoy over 70 recipes for everything from broths and chowders to dunkers and dippers. Nourishing, hearty and often easy to whip up, soup is a staple that has true range and appeal to all. Soups are soothing, filling and a great way to use up leftovers or pack in nutrition and vegetables for the perfect bowl of both virtue and comfort. From sensational starters to feel-good main courses, this book contains over 70 recipes for everything from a silky Butternut Squash Soup to a rich Langoustine Bisque. There are soups for every occasion, all of them brimming with flavour. When in need of something good for the soul, look to Chicken Noodle Broth or Chilled Broad Bean, Pea and Mint Soup. For those cold winter afternoons that call for something earthier, Roasted Cream of Tomato Soup with Pesto or French Onion Soup with Gruyere Rarebit are just the ticket. For ultimate nourishment, try Italian Wedding Soup or a classic Minestrone. Dinner parties and special occasions may call for an ocean-based bowl such as Clam Chowder or Prawn Gumbo, whilst those keen for global tastes may lean towards Costa Rican Black Bean Soup, or Korean-style Beef Broth. Occasions that require more indulgent treats can be fulfilled with whipping up Boxing Day Turkey Soup or Lasagne Soup. This book is also complete with recipes for dunkers and dippers, with everything from toasties and sandwiches, to crisp-breads and wraps. Feel-good and tasty, this book is a soup bible no matter the reason or season!
£18.00
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Plant-based Burgers: And Other Vegan Recipes for Dogs, Subs, Wings and More
Vegan fast-food is here to stay and never tasted so good with these stunningly inventive recipes for plant-based burgers, dogs, subs, wings and much more! While traditional butchers might be disappearing from the high street, there’s a new breed ready to slice a different kind of meat – made from plants! So-called ‘vegetarian butchers’ are creating food that mimics meat and offering convincing substitutes that look, feel and even taste like the real thing. Mock meat, of course, is nothing new. Burger patties made from soy-based protein and wheat gluten have been around since the 1960s but now vegetables, nuts, pulses and grains are in on the act and taking vegan substitutes for all our fast food favourites to a whole new level! But why buy over-processed and over-packaged meat-free products from supermarkets when you can make healthier, cheaper and equally delicious meat-free fast fixes at home? Prepare to be wowed by recipes for Easiest Vegan Burger Recipe Ever with Beet Ketchup, Hell Yeah Chilli Dogs, Baby Got No Beef Burrito, KFC-style Chkn Burger and even Tofish & Chips. Plant-Based Burgers is a fantastic new edition of the previously published Vegan Mock Meat Revolution.
£15.29
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Dutch Oven Cookbook: 60 Recipes for One-Pot Cooking
60 Dutch oven recipes for casseroles, braises, pastas, rice dishes and breads. A Dutch oven is an iconic piece of kitchenware, highly prized by all cooks from beginners to professionals. A thick-walled, seasoned cast-iron cooking pot, as to why it’s called a Dutch oven, no one knows for sure. The most popular theory is that the 17th century Dutch were the first to use clay moulds in favour of casting metal in sand, and this enabled smoother finishes for iron cookware. Regardless of its origins, by the 1920s, a well-known French brand (now synonymous with this lidded casserole) was supplying them to French restaurants specifically for cooking their most popular dish, coq au vin. As a Dutch oven can be a costly investment piece, how do you make sure that you put yours hard to work? Easy – with this collection of 60 tried-and-tested recipes you can impress with well-known classics from Beef Bourguignon and Slow-cooked Greek Lamb to One-pot Spanish Seafood Stew. But what you can cook in a Dutch oven is not limited to these familiar dishes – you can also prepare home-cooked comforts ranging from Cajun Chicken Gumbo, Mac ‘n’ Cheese, Short Ribs, Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork) and Spinach & Cheese Strata, plus discover exciting new recipes to expand your repertoire, including Kale & Squash Lasagne and Sriracha- braised Brisket and even a loaf of Dutch Oven Bread!
£15.29
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Gatsby Cocktails: Classic Cocktails from the Jazz Age
Get out your cocktail shaker and re-live the speakeasy experience with this collection of authentic cocktails. Gatsby Cocktails features more than 20 classic cocktails inspired by the 1920s. Try re-creating the classic Sidecar, comprising brandy, lemon juice and Cointreau. Or discover the secret to Jay Gatsby’s tipple of choice; the cooling Mint Julep. Perfect the classic martini or try a tempting Raspberry Rickey from the sparkling selection of recipes. With more than 20 classic recipes, this collection captures the iconic elegance of the Prohibition era.
£8.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Sewing with African Wax Print Fabric: 25 Vibrant Projects for Handmade Clothes and Accessories
All the techniques, step-by-step instructions and patterns you need to make 25 African wax print garments and accessories. INCLUDES FULL SIZE PATTERNS FOR UK DRESS SIZES 8 TO 26 African wax prints are colourful designs created by dyeing cotton fabric using wax-resist techniques, and then overprinting. The result is a fabric that is bright, colourful, and super-easy to use. Adaku Parker has developed 25 step-by-step projects to make a wide range of stylish pieces with this fabric. There are instant wardrobe classics like a shirt dress, A-line skirts, and culottes, as well as wonderful accessories such as tote bags, a zip purse, and a headband. The basic techniques you will need are all explained, so you’ll feel confident with essentials like attaching waistbands, gathering, pleats, making buttonholes, and adding linings. There are projects suitable for all skill levels so all you need is some gorgeous African wax print fabric and a sewing machine, and you’ll be on your way to updating your wardrobe with unique pieces that will help you stand out from the crowd.
£14.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Crystal Reiki Healing: The Powerhouse Therapy for Mind, Body, and Spirit
Discover how to use crystals in conjunction with Reiki healing for a powerful, holistic therapy that will improve your health and quality of life. Leading crystal expert Philip Permutt shows how Reiki healing and crystal therapy can be combined for effective self-healing and improved wellbeing. At the simplest level, you can charge a crystal with Reiki energy and then carry it with you or give it to someone in need of support, but this groundbreaking book goes well beyond that. As well as learning how to select and prepare crystals, you will discover the intricate and effective Crystal Reiki grids that will dissolve blocked and stagnant energy, remove negative energy, such as stress, from the body and boost the body’s natural self-healing for a range of common health conditions. In this comprehensive guide, Philip identifies 101 crystals that work exceptionally well when combined with Reiki energy. Arranged in colour groups, healing and metaphysical properties, chakra associations and Reiki symbol connections are given for each one. There are also in-depth profiles of quartz crystal, amethyst and ruby – three of the most common and effective crystals used by Reiki Masters.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Knitting Know-How: Techniques and Tips for All Levels of Skill from Beginner to Advanced
A complete guide to the stitches, techniques and finishing touches that every knitter needs to know. Whether you are just learning to knit, or you are seldom separated from your needles and yarn, there will always be times when you need instruction – or just a reminder – on a particular technique or stitch, and even the most experienced knitter may not know all the tips and wrinkles included here. Knitting Know-How has step-by-step instructions accompanied by clear colour artworks, showing you how to do everything from basic knit and purl stitches, to increasing and decreasing, lace patterns, intarsia, and Fair Isle. If you want to know how to get started, everything from casting on and working out your tension to blocking your finished make is covered. For more experienced knitters, useful tips on making buttonholes, picking up stitches and stranding yarns in colour work will all help you achieve a perfect finish to your makes.
£9.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Get Knooking: 35 Quick and Easy Patterns to “Knit” with a Crochet Hook
Everything you need to know to create 35 fantastic knitted projects using a crochet hook. Get Knooking also includes a free bamboo knooking hook (size 4mm) and a cord so you can start right away. A great introduction to the new trend in yarn craft, Get Knooking is perfect for beginners, as well as crocheters who want to expand their skills. You’ll have fun with this innovative method for knitting using a specially adapted crochet hook, and will soon be on your way to making Laura Strutt’s amazing designs for items to wear, gifts and home decorations. Start small with a zipped purse, a headband and armwarmers, then move on to a block-colour cushion, a nautical rope-handle bag and knitted storage boxes. For something a bit more challenging, try making an on-trend kimono cardigan, a rainbow throw, or a dip-dye effect shawl. There is a comprehensive techniques section with detailed step-by-step illustrations so you have everything you need to begin.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home
Transform your home into a calm, balanced and harmonious oasis using architect Anjie Cho’s helpful advice, drawing on her background in green design and feng shui. You don’t have to get rid of all your possessions and become an ascetic to change your space and discover the benefits that living in a considered, organic way can bring. The easy suggestions in Holistic Spaces show you how to implement the principles of feng shui and green design in your home. Written for the way we live today, as we move toward a more mindful approach to health, diet and the way that we choose the objects in our homes, this is the perfect guide to help you to clear and refresh your living environment. Learn how to make every room in your home serve its highest purpose, create eco-friendly spaces, bring nature indoors, choose colours for maximum impact, select a space for meditation practice, and overall, create a peaceful and organic home. From the bedroom to the home office, these intuitive, straightforward tips will teach you to how improve your spaces to boost the flow of energy through your life.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Recipes from My Vietnamese Kitchen
Recipes from My Vietnamese Kitchen is a collection of recipes passed down through Uyen Luu’s family.Uyen was born in Saigon and spent her childhood there before leaving Vietnam in the aftermath of the war. She regularly travels back there to visit family and pick up more classic and modern recipes for dishes found in the homes and on the streets of Vietnam. The recipes in the book tell a story—about Uyen’s family and the culture of food in Vietnam. In essence, the food of her country aims to strike the perfect balance between sweet, sour, salty, bitter, hot, and umami, and to cater to any occasion and time of day, every mood and ailment. Uyen describes some of the most commonly used produce and guides you through chapters such as Breakfast, Soups, Snacks, Noodles, Lunch & Dinner, and Sweets, weaving in tales of etiquette, personal history, and tradition, providing evocative photos of her travels throughout. Popular recipes include pho soup, banh mi bagu
£17.09
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd HandCrafted Cards
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Natural Beauty Recipes: 35 Step-by-Step Projects for Homemade Beauty
Natural skincare and fragrance expert Karen Gilbert shows you how to make your own lotions and potions that are kind to your skin and the environment. Most of us use a huge variety of beauty products on our skin and hair every day, but the majority of these contain a variety of chemicals and toxins that can be harmful to you and to the environment. Now, you can create your own beauty essentials with these 35 facial, body and hair recipes. From a neroli hydrating spritz to a macadamia and jojoba moisturiser, a mango and lime body butter to a lemon and tea tree foot balm, and a bergamot and grapefruit wake-up wash to a cocoa butter lip balm, the hardest part is choosing which of the pampering projects to try first. Each recipe has clear step-by-step photographs to guide you, comprehensive lists of equipment and ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions – you'll wonder why you ever bought beauty products in the first place.
£13.49
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Walking with the Seasons: The Wonder of Being in Step with Nature
Practical wisdom from poets, philosophers and scientists – alongside advice, inspiration, activities, meditations, and much more – to connect you with nature and the seasons on your daily walk. Being outdoors is a balm to the soul, and what better way to experience the wonders of nature in all their seasonal glory than with a daily walk? This thoughtful guide explores what happens to our minds, bodies and spirits when we spend time outdoors and suggests a wide range of beneficial walking activities, meditations, reflections, advice and inspiration to help you connect with nature and get the most out of each season. Whether basking in summer sunshine or crunching golden leaves underfoot, finding joy in springtime blossom or taking solace in winter’s hush, you can enjoy the benefits of a positive mindset, happier social interactions, resilience – and much more! – that the beauty and power of walking in nature can bring.
£13.49
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Mindful Maker: 35 Creative Projects to Focus the Mind and Soothe the Soul
In today’s busy world, it can be difficult to find time to slow down and make time for the simple joy of making, so Clare Youngs has designed a wide range of beautiful and tempting projects to help you experience the pleasure and satisfaction that making something with your own hands can bring. The best thing about practising mindfulness through craft is that you have something tangible to show at the end, and you can start small with the coral reef-inspired embroidery hoops, or just by making pompoms and tassels to be added to the edge of a cushion or blanket. You can learn techniques such as block printing, punch needling, shibori dyeing, weaving, macramé and quilting, all of which encourage a mindful approach, and a way to experience a feeling of 'flow'. Make unique things for yourself and your home, using natural materials such as wool, cotton, linen and leather. Clare is a believer in making new things from old, using what you have and adapting old fabrics to counteract a throwaway society, and all her designs have a Scandinavian-inspired, modern aesthetic.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Creating the French Look: Inspirational Ideas and 25 Step-by-Step Projects
The French interior evokes a way of life to aspire to, with its good food, unhurried pace and, above all, its past for which many people feel nostalgia. Developed over hundreds of years, the French look reflects all tastes, from the cultivated grandeur of the chateau to the simplicity of rural living, and can be adapted to every home. Creating the French Look is divided into four styles: ‘Chateau’, ‘Country’, ‘Provençal’ and ‘Parisian’, and each “look” is applied to living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms plus outdoor living spaces. As well as describing each overall style, focusing on colours and fabrics, Annie Sloan emphasizes the details and accents required by each one, and, aided by 25 clearly explained step-by-step projects, shows how to achieve it. Among other things, she explains how to paint and distress furniture, and describes how to cover an armoire door with embroidered voile. Whatever interior you desire, this book will guide your choices from the grand statement of the painted armoire to the finishing touch of a little posy of lavender.
£12.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd Cauliflower Power: Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes to Nourish and Satisfy
£9.99
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Guilt-free Gourmet: Indulgent Recipes without Wheat, Dairy or Cane Sugar
The Guilt-free Gourmet is for anyone who’s trying to eat more fruit and vegetables and reduce their intake of sugar and saturated animal fats but isn’t willing to compromise on the flavour and enjoyment of their food. This cookbook is not about denial; it’s approach to cooking and eating simply swaps the ‘bad for you’ ingredients for natural and healthy alternatives that achieve the same decadent results without the negative impact on our waistlines, energy levels, health and wellbeing. Recipes range from simple sharing plates to Foods from Afar such as Thai curry and fiery Korean noodles to Japanese tempura and Moroccan tagines. There are Light & Fresh dishes such as Globe Artichoke, Fennel & Rocket as well as Comfort Food recipes including Beetroot Burgers with Mustard Mayo and a velvety Aubergine & Tomato Gratin. With ideas for Home Baking and Sweet Treats, Jordan and Jessica Bourke combine their expertise as a chef and nutritional therapist to prove that you can have your cake and eat it.
£13.49