Martha Stewart's Cupcakes

The cupcake craze is still sweeping the nation's tea tables and this super collection of recipes from queen of entertaining Martha Stewart will only fuel the addiction. Cupcakes are perfect for making any occasion special and you will find ideas for frostings, embellishments and decorations to inspire and delight. There are flower cupcakes, sports day cupcakes, rose cupcakes, black forest cupcakes and raspberry marble cheesecakes, as well as Halloween, Christmas and Easter cupcakes. Superb photography and easy to follow instructions, plus gift packaging and display ideas, ensure that mastering these recipes will soon make you extremely popular!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Colourful Quilts: For Beautiful Beds - 14 Warm and Wonderful Quilts

Comprehensive tools and techniques advice is followed by 14 beautiful and quick to make quilts for every type of bed to enhance bedrooms in country cottages or contemporary homes. Traditional designs are recreated in vintage style or modern fabrics, with tips for shortcuts and always a selection of alternative colour schemes to help you design the perfect quilt for your home or for a gift that will be snuggled under and appreciated on many a chilly night.

 

 

Quick Colourful Quilts for Babies and Toddlers: 14 Irrestible Quilts for the Nursery

14 of the cutest quilts to make with love for babies and children up to 10, with at least four alternative ways of making up each of the designs. Step-by-step instructions, and of course the smaller size, make these quilts ideal for beginners and will always be welcomed as gifts by relatives and friends to bring warmth and comfort to a nursery or child's room.

 

 

Good Housekeeping: Step-by-step Cookbook: Over 450 Easy-to-follow Techniques and Triple-tested Recipes

As soon as you look through this beautifully photographed bible of culinary skills you just know it is a valuable resource that you will return to again and again, a friend in the kitchen with a vast knowledge of tips, tricks and trouble shooting advice, with techniques, conversion tables, nutritional advice, health and safety tips all served up with the up to date common sense that can be relied upon from the Good Housekeeping Institute. Each of the twenty chapters covering Eggs, Fish, Poultry, Pasta, Chocolate, Ice Creams, Sauces, Stocks and Soups, Preserves and more, opens with the essential skills for working with each ingredient before moving on to the 400 delicious triple tested recipes, many that will surely become family favourites and special occasion delights. A kitchen essential and a fabulous gift that will be welcomed by new and experienced cooks alike.

 

 

 

 

 

Where to Take Tea: A Guide to Over 50 of the Best Places from Victorian Tearooms to Grand Hotels

This guide to Britain's best tea rooms is truly a joy to browse. The first part covers this history and traditions of taking tea, the world's most popular drink. It covers reading the leaves, tea gardens and parties, afternoon tea, high tea and elegant tea dances at the Savoy. The second part of the book is a directory of where to take tea today, and reviews over fifty of the very best places to enjoy the experience, from small family run establishments to top city hotels such as the Lanesborough, the Ritz and the Savoy and the world famous Fortnum and Mason and Harrods department stores. Full details of each venue give you all the information you need to plan and partake of the perfect afternoon refreshment. A perfect gift for tea lovers everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love... Quilting: 18 Simple Step-by-step Projects to Sew

There's an old saying that a bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars, and this book contains everything you need to make your own little bit of heaven. Traditional and modern techniques are used, with clear instructions for quilters at all skill levels, inviting you to try out heirloom and contemporary quilts, throws, a gorgeous quilted bag, a table runner, small quilts for babies, children or dolls and wallhangings. Be warned - it's addictive, welcome to the world of fat quarters and jelly rolls!

 

Stylish Papercraft: 25 Contemporary Projects for Your Home

Use up some of those scrapbooking and gift wrap papers you have around to make some of these stunning projects, or even recycle newspapers and junk mail in this modern take on a traditional craft. There are clear instructions on how to make gift boxes, lanterns, mobiles, picture frames, photo cubes, 3D letters, paper flowers, Japanese bound notebooks, Christmas decorations, even bowls, with very little equipment just by cutting, folding and gluing. A fabulous and inexpensive way to express your creativity, make wonderful gifts and decorate your home.