Crafternoon

Crafternoon
Author: Maura Madden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2008-10-07
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1439123152

Hello, Crafternooners! Maura Madden invites you to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of crafting.... Named after a monthly event that comedian and crafting superstar Maura Madden began hosting in 2002 as a way to get her friends together, meet new people, and have a good time making some cool stuff, Crafternoon is both an entertaining how-to guide and an irreverent social manifesto. Organized by month and theme, Crafternoon explains how to create and host a fun-filled casual gathering (including recipes for snacks and decorating tips) that celebrates the art of crafting. Knot nautical-themed crafts to wear, quilt new additions to your home decor, make the perfect gift for any holiday, or feel free to BYOP (bring your own project). All crafters are always welcome and encouraged to bring guests, and if your knitting or clay-shaping skills are a bit rusty, that's fine, too -- there are instructions aplenty! A must-have for anyone who wants to get their craft on, this quirky guide offers a twelve-month blueprint for a year of connecting with friends old and new, and enjoying a possibly messy, but always fulfilling afternoon.

Lazy Crafternoon

Lazy Crafternoon
Author: Stella Fields
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 162370751X

This how-to book shows readers how to create a large number of craft projects (alone or with friends) using basic crafting supplies.

Kids' Crafternoon Sewing

Kids' Crafternoon Sewing
Author: Kathreen Ricketson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781742700403

Each title contains 25 appealing projects from expert crafters around the world, with each project designed to appeal to kids and simple enough to take only one afternoon to complete. Original.

Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon

Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon
Author: Eliza Muldoon
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1742695620

Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon is a collection of 52 blissfully simple craft ideas to make with a child helper. This beautiful book will have you creating delightful things out of everyday household items using nothing more than your own time and ingenuity. You and your child can while away hours of crafting fun with Eliza Muldoon as she helps you make these easy projects - from a child's head band or aprons, to peg dolls, to skirts and shoe adornments, to practical bags and tool belts, felt toys and unique artworks to adorn your home.

Work From Anywhere

Work From Anywhere
Author: Alison Hill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0730390896

Bring out the best in your hybrid team with this invaluable resource Work from Anywhere delivers practical strategies and actionable guidance on how to develop a high performing team and business in a remote and distributed environment. Accomplished authors, behavioural experts, and fast-growth business leaders, Alison and Darren Hill, show you how to craft business and culture strategies to bring out the best in your hybrid and remote team members by focusing on both performance and people. You'll learn how to: Understand the unique psychology, methodology, and technology that makes hybrid teams excel Develop strategies for embedding high performance across your team, no matter where they're located Create rhythms and rituals to keep your team highly motivated and on task, and avoid disengagement The ability to work from anywhere is no longer just a HR conversation, it is an Executive conversation. Perfect for business leaders working with hybrid teams, Work from Anywhere is also ideal for organizational development executives, cultural transition leaders, business leaders, and entrepreneurs who are responsible for ensuring that employees consistently perform at their best, regardless of location.

A Likely Story

A Likely Story
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425260747

Bonus short story "An unlikely meeting" included.

Read It and Weep

Read It and Weep
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101626607

William Shakespeare is credited with inventing how many words?* Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris. But when the Briar Creek Community Theater mounts their newest production of the Bard, she has no intention of leaving the stacks for the stage. Unfortunately a villain is waiting in the wings… Former Broadway actress Violet La Rue is holding auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream—and everyone from the sour spinster librarian Ms. Cole to Lindsey’s youthful library pages are trying out for parts. Brought in to play the mischievous Puck is the flirtatious professional actor Robbie Vine, who seems to have eyes for Lindsey. Before her blush has faded, the Bard’s dream turns into a nightmare—when one of the cast is poisoned. Now Lindsey and her crafternooners must take center stage to unmask the culprit before the final curtain call… *Over 17,000

Books Can Be Deceiving

Books Can Be Deceiving
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101538090

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cupcake Bakery Mysteries comes the start of a series about a library where the mysteries refuse to stay in the fiction section... Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey’s friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children’s book, but Beth’s boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he’s found murdered—and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast—before they throw the book at the wrong person.

Due or Die

Due or Die
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 042524668X

Library director Lindsey Norris must solve a murder in her cozy Connecticut hometown before anyone else is checked out for good in this Library Lover’s mystery. Carrie Rushton, the president of the Friends of the Library, has been accused of murdering her husband. The evidence is stacking up against Carrie, but neither Lindsey nor the Briar Creek crafternoon club is buying it. When a nor'easter buries the small coastal town, the police are too busy digging out the locals to investigate the murder. With the help of her crafternoon friends and an abandoned puppy they name Heathcliff, Lindsey has to solve the question of who murdered Mr. Rushton before the killer closes the book on Carrie...

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451488644

In this Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Likely Story, a decades-overdue book puts library director Lindsey Norris hot on the trail of a cold case… When the Briar Creek Public Library holds its first overdue book amnesty day—no fines for late returns—the volume of incoming materials is more than Lindsey and her staff can handle. But one tardy tome catches her attention—a copy of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, twenty years past due. When Lindsey looks up the borrower, she’s shocked to discover it was a murdered teacher named Candice Whitley, whose killer was never found. Candice checked out the novel on the day she died. Now Lindsey wonders if it could provide a clue to the decades-old cold case. No one noticed who brought the book back in, but could it be Candice’s killer? Lindsey is determined to catch the culprit one way or another, because justice for Candice Whitley is long overdue... INCLUDES READING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS