Crafts & Hobbies

In this crafty, cozy book, you will learn to:

• Sacred Heart Bowl to remember all that is meaningful in your life
• Window Herb Garden to bring nature inside the home
• Junk Journaling for savoring the special moments in your life 
• Family Recipe Cookbook to pass on legacy meals and treats 
• Fairy Light Landscapes to light up the darkness with magic 

D.I.Y. guide to peace of mind, you'll find inspiring ideas for how to do exactly that through a wide range of creative exercises. In this book, author Maggie Oman Shannon explores crafts and creativity as a practice with enormous physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. By immersing ourselves in a craft with intention and mindfulness, we can quiet those voices around us and in us — we can enter sacred stillness. Through revealing interviews, personal stories, and forty suggested activities, the author shows how creative processes can become spiritual practices

From the author 

"Through these weekly projects, you’ll be encouraged to slow down, embrace the joy of making, and discover the beautiful synergy of creating while reflecting on what’s most important in your life. Whether it’s a handmade gift, a seasonal decoration, or a personal totem, each project will offer not only a sense of accomplishment but an actual conduit to the beauty and enchantment of the everyday." 

Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year 

“Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and more

An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities

Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing! 

Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.

Simplify your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn’t have to be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters. Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts. 

Inside this positive attitude book you’ll find: 

• Ways to decorate your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic 
• Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care year
• Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions

If you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman’s Garden, you’ll love Simple Pleasures of the Garden.

Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year 

“Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and more

An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities

Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing! 

Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.

Simplify your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn’t have to be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters. Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts. 

Inside this positive attitude book you’ll find: 

• Ways to decorate your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic 
• Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care year
• Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions

If you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman’s Garden, you’ll love Simple Pleasures of the Garden.

Simple Pleasures of the Garden is a treasure chest of tips, how-to's, stories, and trade secrets gathered together in one beautiful book. Organized by season, the hundreds of suggestions and recipes present a profusion of ways to celebrate the bounty of the Earth all year round.

Projects include handcrafted lotions and oils, baskets and wreaths, potpourris and floral waters, along with dozens of simple, inexpensive home decorations and easy-to-prepare recipes that utilize all of your garden's harvest. From compost tea to confetti corn chowder, Simple Pleasures of the Garden will inspire you to bestow the comforts and charms of your garden on family and friends.