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• Snacking Cakes

  Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings

  Arefi, Yossy

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  "I am so obsessed with Snacking Cakes and its sequel, Snacking Bakes. Everything I’ve made has been delicious, easy, and gotten a ton of compliments!"

• Snacking Bakes

  Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes & More

  Arefi, Yossy

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  "I am so obsessed with Snacking Cakes and its sequel, Snacking Bakes. Everything I’ve made has been delicious, easy, and gotten a ton of compliments!"

• Tiny Stitches

  Buttons, Badges, Patches, and Pins to Embroider

  Yazici, Irem

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  "I'll highlight Tiny Stitches by Irem Yazici because they're small, easy to accomplish projects that also have some practical uses"

• How to Embroider Texture and Pattern

  20 Designs That Celebrate Pattern, Color, and Pop-up Stitching

  Galbraith, Melissa

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  "it gives you different stitches for adding new dimension to embroidery patterns"

• 30-minute Watercolor Animals

  Create Beautiful Beginner-friendly Paintings in No Time at All

  Busko, Kiley

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  "I like that they're small and quick/easy to paint without getting a lot of supplies out"

• American Cake

  From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-loved Cakes

  Byrn, Anne

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  "I made the American Gingerbread recipe from the book American Cake. It's the first listed recipe and was taken from the first American cookbook published in 1796... It's delicious and toddler approved!"

• Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy

  Gerard, Tieghan

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  "I made these garlic butter steak bites with bang bang sauce and it was delicious! I also made the chicken and dumplings recipe from the same book recently"

• Watercolor Is for Everyone

  Simple Lessons to Make Your Creative Practice a Daily Habit : [3 Simple Tools, 21 Lessons, Infinite Creative Possibilities]

  Ewing, Kateri

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  "This book helps you let go of a sense that you are not good at art or not doing it correctly. These exercises are a good antidote to perfectionism and too much striving for realism."

• Words Inform Images - Creativebug

  View on creativebug.com

  Creativebug offers online video arts and crafts workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more. Available with your library card!

• Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts

  Stories and Recipes From Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

  Wilkinson, Crystal

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  "I've made the chicken and dumplings recipe a few times and it is always so good!"

• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

  Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

  Nosrat, Samin

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  "We made the chocolate cake recipe for my mom's birthday. We'd never made a cake from scratch before, but it turned out really well!"