Simple Secrets to a Beautiful Home: Creating a Place You and Your Family Will Love
By Emilie Barnes (Author)I found this gem in the lobby of the Carlisle Inn while on a visit to Walnut Creek in the heart of Ohio Amish country. If you haven’t already read it, do yourself a favor and get a copy. It’s awesome. Written by best-selling author and home-management expert Emilie Barnes, it is a fabulous little book full of inspiration, great ideas, and useful tips on how to easily weave beauty and happiness into the fabric of your daily life. BUY THE BOOK
Cooking with Flowers
By Miche Bacher (Author)/Miana Jun (Photographer)This book is brimming with scrumptious botanical treats—from sweet violet cupcakes and daylily cheesecake to savory sunflower chickpea salad and chive blossom vinaigrette. There are over 100 recipes with tips and tricks for finding, cleaning, and preparing edible blossoms . . . and infusing vinegars, vodkas, sugars, frostings, jellies and jams, ice cream, and more with the color and flavor of your favorite flowers. BUY THE BOOK
The Essential Tea Companion
By Kim Waller (Author) and Victoria magazineThe best of three classic Victoria books are collected in this single completely redesigned and beautiful volume. Filled with the history and lore on tea, advice on brewing the perfect pot, and notes on collectible china, there are more than 100 recipes for sandwiches, scones, tarts, cakes, breads, and biscuits, as well as flavored teas, honeys, spreads, and jams . . . and menus for eight themed parties, from a grandchildren’s tea party to a classic bridal shower. BUY THE BOOK
English Gardens
By Kathryn Bradley-Hole (Author), The Duke of Devonshire (Foreword)This beautiful book by one of Britain’s foremost garden writers and authorities comes from the archives of Country Life magazine. It showcases more than seventy gardens from across England and distills the essence of what makes the English garden style so sought after. Seasonal photographs capture the gardens—some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some rarely photographed—at their finest moments, accompanied by sparkling, insightful text. BUY THE BOOK
