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Who’s ready for the holidays? Not us! Grab your needle & thread and get ready to stab away the stress of the holidays with this collection of festive f*cking patterns–and maybe even make a few gifts to boot!Let’s face it - the holidays can be stressful. When the peppermint latte won’t cut it, you might find yourself in need of something to stab. A LOT. Now, you can release your holiday anxiety with some truly irreverent and silly sentiments, and make a couple of presents in the process! Featuring 20 patterns from the crafting world’s most bad-ass cross-stitchers, this book has everything from a simple “Ho” ornament to a sampler featuring Clark Griswold’s famous “Hallelujah, holy shit, where’s the Tylenol?” There is no previous experience required here! In addition to simple instructions and clear, easy-to-follow patterns, you get a basic lesson in cross-stitch technique, so anyone can make these designs. Stitch your stress away with a little “Hello Drunk, I’m Christmas” for your tree, or make a “Deck the Halls and Not Your Family” for your sibling. And above all, have a Happy F*cking Holiday! TOP DESIGNERS: Patterns created by some of the f*cking best-selling cross-stitch designers and influencers on Etsy 20 FESTIVE PATTERNS: Festive As F*ck includes 20 hilariously sassy patterns to help ease the stress of the holiday season EASY-TO-FOLLOW-DESIGNS: With simple instructions and clear and easy-to-follow patterns, even a novice potty-mouth can enjoy this filthy holiday fun INSPIRING IMAGES: Full-color images of the finished projects help ensure success and offer ideas of how to frame and display your festive artwork THE PERFECT SNARKY GIFT: Make the best f*cking gifts of the season with hilarious and irreverent cross stitch designs that will make anyone laugh their ass off.

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Make every birthday a special and delicious celebration with 50 party-ready recipes for cakes, cupcakes, and ice cream treats—plus ideas for party favors and games—from American Girl.American Girl Birthday! features 50 sweet recipes suitable for every taste and any day of the year: fabulous cakes with fun frostings and toppings, cupcakes for every season, fruity and colorful ice pops, sundaes, and more. Guarantee every party will be a hit with great flavor, sparkly decorations, and shareable treats. Kids can select their favorite cake or desserts for the big day, and make edible gifts for friends, all while gaining confidence and baking skills in the kitchen. 50+ RECIPES: Kids will learn to bake delicious cakes, cupcakes, ice cream treats, and more to mark and celebrate birthdays for friends and family. EXPERT TIPS AND TRICKS: Young chefs will learn baking knowhow and while mastering measuring, rolling, f

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Made in a lightweight, durable, wipe-clean format, The Forager''s Journal is designed especially for foragers to document the vivid details of their wild food expeditions, describe and draw edible plants and fungi, and capture priceless memories in the outdoors. Made in a lightweight, durable, wipe-clean format, The Forager''s Journal provides space to record everything about your foraging treks. Logs include guided prompts to track key information, such as each plant’s name, colors and markings, settings, as well as your current location, weather, and other notes. Lined and blank note pages enlivened with inspirational quotes allow you to reflect on your wild food discoveries, record the edible plants and fungi you gather, and sketch the ones you don’t recognize. And lists offer a place to note your foraging bucket-list destinations and other thoughts as you embark on your expeditions into the wilderness. This unique journal is destine

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Join the community of millions of romance readers! In this oversize, hardbound book, romance genre-inspired reading challenges are paired with bookish rewards, propelling you toward a sizzling season of reading escapes and satisfying achievements.Exceed your reading goals with The Ultimate Romance Reading Challenge! This collection of 25 prompts inspires readers to embrace their romantic side and explore all the romance genre has to offer. Reading prompts include: --Read a book with an enemies-to-lovers premise --Read a romance novel with a protagonist much older than you are --Read a romance novel published in the year you were conceived --Read a romance novel featuring an LGBTQ+ character The Ultimate Romance Reading Challenge encourages reading habits that help to inspire new ideas and creativity, in your reading life and beyond. REWARDED FOR READING!: Each prize is though

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With this 3-book collection of American Girl Summer Treats, American Girl Garden to Table, and American Girl Tea Parties, learn how to whip up tasty treats for summer sleepovers, picnics, fiestas, tea parties, and more!A perfect cookbook gift set for the emerging chef and American Girl fan. From nourishing Garden Veggie Minestrone, to tender Jumbo July 4th Whoopie Pies, to shareable Colorful Fruit Jellies, the more than 120 recipes inspire chefs to make yummy treats for friends and family. This set not only helps young chefs and bakers develop their culinary skills with simple instructions, full-color photography, and guides to mastering basic kitchen skills, but creates experiences to last a lifetime. OVER 120 RECIPES: With a broad selection of shareable dishes and desserts, this set is an inexhaustible source of education and entertainment for young chefs PROJECTS FOR EVERY SKILL LEVEL: Scattered throughout the pages are helpful tips and tricks for enhancing, customizing, decorating, and gifting recipes, as well as important information on how to handle kitchen tools and cook safely with the help of an adult THREE COMPLETE COOKBOOKS: Includes full copies of American Girl Summer Treats, American Girl Garden to Table, and American Girl Tea Parties DELUXE SLIPCASE: Beautifully packaged in a sturdy slipcase for a special and thoughtful gift OFFICIAL AMERICAN GIRL COOKBOOKS: The trusted partner for families who want to raise strong, confident girls and help girls discover their sense of self

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With this 3-book collection of American Girl Baking, American Girl Cooking, and American Girl Parties, learn how to whip up tasty treats for movie nights, picnics, fiestas, family dinners, and more! Filled with delicious snacks, main dishes, and desserts, you’ll be on your way to becoming the best chef in town.A perfect cookbook set for the emerging chef (and American Girl fan) in your family. From tasty and nutritious snacks, soups, salads, main dishes, to desserts such as cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, the more than 120 recipes inspire chefs to make yummy treats for friends and family. This set not only helps young chefs and bakers develop their culinary skills with simple instructions, full-color photography, and guides to mastering basic kitchen skills, but creates experiences to last a lifetime. Guides to throwing parties, with eight different party themes included, keeps kids engaged from kitchen to table.

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The Mother''s Gratitude Journal is a guided journal moms can use to reflect on ordinary days and extraordinary moments using approachable, thought-provoking prompts. Capture the essence of the season you’re in, while infusing those long days with a bit of celebration for yourself--and gratitude for the opportunity to experience it all. Created by Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers, co-hosts of The Mom Hour podcast, this journal will inspire moms to not only record memories but also reflect on what these intense days, weeks, months, and years of motherhood mean to us. Francis and Powers, experienced mothers with decades of parenting experience between them, provide encouragement throughout the journal, reminding moms that, “it’s all going to be okay.” With space to record ordinary moments and capture the sweet details of everyday parenting, prompts that will help you document can’t-miss memories, and journal pages for longer reflections, this

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From the well-loved American Girl brand comes a favorite topic: baking cookies! With more than 60 recipes for mouthwatering creations, Cookies will be a go-to guide for aspiring young bakers in search of sweet inspiration.Cookies features 60+ recipes for one of America’s favorite sweet treats, from classic favorites to fresh, fun, and contemporary creations. Chewy, crunchy, gooey, or crumbly, choose from a delectable collection of drop cookies, sandwich cookies, cut-out cookies, brownies, and bars—like cinnamon-y snickerdoodles; chocolate sweetheart sandwiches; lemon squares studded with coconut; brownies covered in gooey chocolate frosting; rainbow sugar cookies; and cookie cutouts decorated with every kind of sprinkle! In addition to essential baking tips and safety knowhow, discover fun skills like piping and flooding icing, making natural food dyes, and rolling and storing dough like a pro. Whether you want to bake the perfect after-school snack, fun desserts for a party, or a dozen special treats to gift and share, this beautifully photographed collection of recipes will inspire you to bake cookies for any and every occasion. This guide has everything you’ll need to become an expert cookie maker in no time. So grab your friends, your rolling pin, and get baking! Sample recipes include: Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies Triple-Chocolate Chunk Cookies Cinnamon-Sugar Snickerdoodles Vanilla and Chocolate Sugar-Cookie Cutouts Black-and-White Cookies Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Triangles Rainbow Cookies Jam Swirls Homemade Oreos Chocolate Sweetheart Sandwiches Vanilla Spritz Sandwiches Crispy Ginger Snaps Stained Glass Cookies Chocolate-Peanut Butter Squares Coconut-Lemon Bars Frosted Chocolate Brownies

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This elegant set of cookbooks celebrates the characters, customs, and way of life at Downton Abbey. With this alluring and vibrant set of cookbooks, fans of the PBS series and anglophiles alike can stage traditional Christmas celebrations and timeless British meals at home. Spanning sweet and savory dishes fit for any occasion—like Pear Charlotte, Oysters au Gratin, Palestine Soup, and Filet Mignons Lili—to classic and Downton–inspired Christmas dishes—like Figgy Pudding, Roast Turkey, Christmas Apple Pie, and Stuffed Mushrooms—these recipes capture the quintessential delicacies Edwardian England, and the proper way to serve them. This gift set features a detailed narrative history and extols the proper decorum for special occasion and holiday gatherings, gorgeous food photographs, lifestyle stills from the television series and recent movie, and character quotes, all of which bring the characters of Downton Abbey to life.

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The perfect gift for the Downton Abbey fan! Includes two complete Downton Abbey cookbooks: The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook and The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Cookbook. Recreate the style and glamour of life at Downton Abbey with more than 140+ recipes for delectable tea-time treats and sophisticated cocktails in this deluxe slipcased gift set of two popular Downton Abbey cookbooks. Set a tea table fit for the Dowager Countess with the Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook’s recipes for classics like English Cream Scones and Chocolate Florentines. Make every night a party with libations from The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book, from Prince of Wales Punch to Ginger Beer to the Corpse Reviver hangover cure. Each title includes fascinating British history, guides to the proper decorum for teatime and cocktail service, gorgeous photographs of food and drink, lifestyle stills from the television series and movie, and character quotes.

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Reimagine family-friendly comfort food: this comprehensive cookbook makes daily home cooking a nourishing, easy, and anticipated part of the day. At Home Favorites provides cozy home cooks with flavorful and accessible recipes, including pizza, pasta, one-pot meals, and more. Bringing modern flavor and ingredient profiles to classic home-cooking recipes, these dishes will appeal to all ages and are crafted to include all dietary preferences. Whether you’re making butternut squash pizza, potato gnocchi with a beef-cinnamon sauce, or a classic minestrone, this cookbook promises appetizing inspiration for family meals any night of the week. Visually-driven guides to making pizza doughs, fresh pastas, and dumplings make this volume a fantastic resource for cooks of all skill levels. OVER 100 RECIPES: Recipes span favorite dishes and exciting, seasonal flavor profiles. Easy variations make recipes suitable for eaters with different diets, and tips on prepping, storing, and repurposing leftovers cater to busy home cooks interested in reducing food waste. FROM THE WILLIAMS SONOMA TEST KITCHEN: Step-by-step recipe instructions, helpful tips, techniques, and serving ideas make this the most accessible reference for home cooks to serve classic dishes, as well as contemporary twists on old favorites. IN-DEPTH VISUAL GUIDE: Visually-driven sections on pizza doughs, fresh pasta, and dumplings give home cooks of all skill levels the reference guide they need to create delicious, nourishing home-cooking favorites.

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Following the original runaway-hit, The Ultimate Reading Challenge, comes this beautiful portfolio that deepens and expands a child’s love of reading with 15 unique challenges and cool prizes!A reading challenge just for kids! Each pocket inside this portfolio presents young readers with a bookish challenge. Once a challenge is completed, it's time to open the pocket to claim an awesome prize! While many reading challenges and programs are met by reading speed or quantity of books read, the challenges presented in The Ultimate Reading Challenge for Kids! are carefully designed to expand any young reader's experience with reading and create opportunities for accomplishment and success. The perfect gift for both bookworms and reluctant readers, The Ultimate Reading Challenge for Kids! encourages young readers to connect with books in new and creative ways. Challenges include: • Read a book based on a true story. • Watch a movie based on a book. • Read outside. • Read a book out loud. You could read to a sibling, parent, grandparent, or pet. • Create a reading nook: Be creative! Closets, corners, and trees all make for great nooks. And more! Prizes include: • A hologram bookmark • Puffy stickers • A rad keychain • Bookplates And more!

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An inspiring guide to outdoor dining with 125 recipes for alfresco meals, from grilling favorites to make-ahead dishes and batch cocktails.Featuring more than 125 classic and contemporary recipes with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients, Alfresco provides everything you need to know about cooking and serving outdoor-oriented meals. The recipes span easy-to-eat and shareable appetizers (from skewers and flatbreads, to delicious favorites like paella); backyard favorites (such as grilled pizzas, whole grilled fish, and burgers); and fun desserts (like boozy ice cream floats and chai-smoked pineapple). Home cooks will find ways to take advantage of the garden-fresh produce of spring, summer, and fall when menu planning and tips for making the most of outdoor settings. Entertaining advice, including suggestions for serving food safely and making batch drinks and snacks, will ensure cooks entertain and serve with confidence. Vibrant food photography and tablescapes interspersed throughout the pages provide inspiration for making every meal outdoors a special occasion.

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This is the ultimate guide to becoming a fidget spinner expert! Designed to take you from complete beginner to a fidget master, this book is packed with tricks suitable for all environments -- indoors, outdoors, in the car and even while watching TV! With dozens of tricks at every level, you're sure to make fast progress, improve concentration and have fun completing these spinner challenges,

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