Country Living Christmas Joys: Decorating * Crafts * Recipes

by Country Living (Editor)

Overview

Make this Christmas the best and brightest yet, with hundreds of gorgeous decorating ideas and delicious recipes. From holiday house tours and ways to deck the halls to handmade gifts and festive feasts, this beautiful book will help you celebrate Christmas in Country Living style. Create stunning wreaths, turn saltshakers into sparkling snow globes, craft Advent calendars from tiny envelopes, bake gourmet-store-worthy cookies, and more to make a truly happy holiday.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618371942
Publisher:	Hearst
Publication date:	10/06/2015
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Country Living is the definitive guide to the country lifestyle. Country Living is the largest-selling shelter magazine on the newsstand, with 12.6 million readers each month.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2015
Just about everything one needs for holiday entertaining is presented here—decorating, gift-giving, and recipes. The decorations shown for every room of the house range from an elaborately ornate Victorian Christmas tree to a simple evergreen garland wrapped around a banister, with many displaying a simpler approach to holiday decorating. Included are instructions for a variety of wreaths, many using upcycled objects from paper rolls to spools of thread. Instructions are provided for close to 30 handmade gifts from pillows to mouse pads including additional gift-giving ideas for baked and homemade items such as cookies and flavored salts as well as unique gift-wrapping tips. Then it's on to entertaining, which includes recipes for cocktail party hors d'oeuvres, holiday brunches, and the formal sit-down meal. VERDICT Even those whose style preference excludes country decor will find plenty of ideas for Christmas decorating, gift-giving, and entertaining that will fit any lifestyle.

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