Book - Cross Stitch

The Stockings were Hung - Leisure Arts Publication
(Christmas Remembered - Book 16)

(Publ 1998 - 96 pages)

There are only about 15 patterns but they are very nice ones. They are large ones that can be broken down into smaller patterns such as for ornaments.

Book - Cross Stitch

Timeless Ornaments - Leisure Arts Publication
(Christmas Remembered - Book 10)

(Publ 1995 - 96 pages)

This book has about 80 small charts. They include - sayings, angels, Santas, elegant flowers, quilt blocks, elves, a few primative patterns, teddy bear paperdoll with clothes. small sampler, church scene, snowmen, a very cute nativity, stocking ornaments, Noah's animals, toys, and Snow Babies.

Very nice patterns. I would like to do several for Christmas.

Book - Cross Stitch

Sweeter Than the Rose - Leisure Arts Publication (Christmas Remembered - Book 7)

(Publ 1993 - 96 pages)

This book has about 55 patterns. They include ones of flowers, butterflies, fairies, children, sayings, and samplers. All patterns are very elegant.

Trivia Book - Trivia Almanac

Trivia Almanac by Ken Jennings

(Publ – 2008)

This is a cute book of trivia. It is arranged by having questions for each day of the year. The answers are on a different page to give you time to think of what you want to guess. There are 531 pages. The questions cover all sort of subjects so anyone can find something of interest.

Writing - Book and Exercise

I read about some exercises you can do where you just get pictures, with no words, and write your own story from the pictures. I ordered this book for those exercises.

From National Geographic - Through the Lens

It's a small, thickish book - the width of your hand all around and about 1 1/2 inch thick. There are some wonderful pictures in here. It's very hard not to read the little blurbs with some of the pictures but try. About 1/2 the pictures don't have blurbs with them, so it's easier with those.

The main idea I came away with was - some of these pictures put me in a different country with different customs - things I would never have thought about in my own little world. Very interesting to work with.

Book - for Halloween

Reader’s Digest Tricks and Treats

The Ultimate Halloween Book

- Deborah Harding    (publ  1998)

I found this book at the library but have ordered one for myself. It's not a very thick book - lay your pinkie along the spine and it's about that thick.

I liked several things in this book but my favorites were -

- Two carved pumpkin patterns – one with leaves shapes cut out all over, another with bat shapes cut out all over (on the cover)

- acorn squash looking like black cats

- butternut squash looking like ghosts

- recipes for how to make Twinkies look like a mummy and a witch.

- a haunted doll house

- a quilt pattern for black cats, pumpkins, fall leaves, and candy corn.

Book - For Children

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes -  by DuBose Heyward , Pictures by Marjorie Hack

I saw this book today and had to share it with you. This was one of my all time favorite books when I was little. If you have a little person you need to get a present for any time soon, get them this. I didn't know it was still around. My favorite pictures were the ones of how she trained all of her twenty-one kids, the one on the cover of all the kids, and the one of all the Easter eggs stacked up in the palace hall.