Download or read book My Forever Dress written by Harriet Ziefert and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about sewing and sharing, recycling and remembering, this book follows a special party dress a grandmother makes for her granddaughter. When her granddaughter grows taller, new fabric is added. The next year the dress is ingeniously turned into a sleeveless jumper. Finally when the little girl turns ten and is ready for a new outfit, she decides to give the dress to her little cousin so it can be her forever dress. Liz Murphy's collage artwork is the perfect medium for this inventive story of sewing and altering, mixing and matching, and the rituals that connect generations.

Download or read book Be My Forever Bride written by Martha Kennerson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He vowed to love and cherish her… It was like something out of a fairy tale: being swept off her feet, then eloping with her one true love, Houston oil tycoon Brice Kingsley. Then a devastating diagnosis and a threat from her past forced Brooke Smith Kingsley to leave the man she loved. Now she has a chance to make things right, but only if she can keep her secret—and her distance—from her irresistible husband. Though he couldn’t accept Brooke’s reasons for running away, Brice never gave up on her or their marriage. And with the beautiful tax attorney back in his life, reigniting passion stronger than before, he can’t bear to let her go ever again. Even as a revenge-seeking blackmailer schemes to bring down the Kingsley empire, Brice will fight for their future—a love that’s for now and forever.

Download or read book My Forever written by Elena Matthews and published by Elena Matthews . This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you meet your soul mate, but he’s married? You have to walk away. Kaelyn and Chase never expected to see each other again, but months later, Kaelyn’s eyes find Chase’s across the sports bar. This time, there’s no wedding ring in sight. Though he might appear to be single, the darkness and sadness surrounding him mean that he’s still just as unobtainable as before, and they are forced to go their separate ways for the second time. However, fate keeps bringing them together, and with a connection that’s too hard to ignore, Chase eventually lets Kaelyn in—but only as a friend. It’s not long before lines begin to blur, and their friendship quickly turns into something more, something explosive. Forever is within reach, but are they able to latch on to their happily ever after, or will they let it slip away? Warning: Recommended for ages 18+ due to subject matters of drugs, explicit language and sexual situations. **This can be read as a stand-alone**

Download or read book My Forever Love written by Keith Walley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the story of Tommy and Parker in this Christian romance/mystery about love now and hereafter. Love never comes too late when it's in God's time. Tommy is a successful businessman who has never married. Parker is a successful fashion designer and a young widow. They grew up knowing each other, but circumstances separated them for many years. They meet by "chance" and fall in love. Marrying soon afterward, they spend their remaining years making up for lost time. But a seemingly freak accident cuts things short. Yet this is where the story really begins, with a mysterious twist, as they relate their lives during the the three days that follow.

Download or read book The Forever Wardrobe written by Anna Cascarina and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate capsule wardrobe guide from fashion editor and social media influencer, Anna Cascarina 'Anna champions ageless style, body inclusivity and staying in love with your clothes. Her book is a go-to for anyone who needs advice on how to dress' ? Sarah Tomczak, Editor-in-Chief of Red magazine Have you ever opened your wardrobe and, despite it being bulging with clothes, don't know what to wear? Enter the capsule wardrobe, a streamlined approach to creating a long-lasting and empowering wardrobe, whatever your style or budget. One that's good for you and the planet. Let fashion editor Anna Cascarina give you the tools and knowledge to create a wardrobe full of pieces you'll love and wear time and time again. With easy-to-follow steps, tools and questionnaires, this book will help you build a wardrobe and dress in a way that not only reflects your personality and style (it's not just solely neutrals!) and fills you with confidence but it will also help you understand how to consciously buy items (be it new or vintage as well as renting), take care of clothes and avoid fast fashion trends once and for all. 'Using Anna's advice, creating your dream wardrobe becomes a process that feels like second nature and just makes sense. Everything that you need to know about personal style is in here!' ? Anna Newton, @theannaedit 'Beautiful, inspiring, useful – this should be the fashion manual for everyone who wants to fall back in love with getting dressed' ? Jo Elvin

Download or read book Sew Many Dresses Sew Little Time written by Tanya Whelan and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her "choose-your-own-adventure" approach to sewing, Tanya Whelan offers an invaluable collection of patterns that empowers sewers to become designers. The trick is a set of patterns for 6 skirts and 8 bodices that line up perfectly at the waist, plus an additional 4 sleeve styles and 4 necklines. Tanya gives readers clear instructions and easy-to-follow step-by-step diagrams that allow them to use the enclosed pattern pieces to create up to 219 fitted dresses, including simple strapless designs, sheaths, and halter gowns. The book covers basic dress construction and altering techniques for women of all shapes and sizes.

Download or read book My Forever Plus One written by Shannyn Schroeder and published by Entangled: August. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn is a woman who has everything--a successful career as a TV producer, and her best friend—sexy firefighter Owen Hanson—who looks mighty fine as her plus-one to awards dinners and backyard picnics. But something is missing and it’s not just the sex. Owen Hanson is living the dream—a Chicago firefighter who volunteers at a youth center on the Southside and he’s got his best friend Evelyn—who knows him better than anyone. When Evelyn starts hinting about wanting something more, Owen panics. Sex changes everything but taking their relationship to the next level surpasses even their wildest dreams. Until Evelyn’s ex-husband shows up and could make even the most perfect couple crash and burn... Each book in the Daring Divorcees series is STANDALONE: * One Night with a Millionaire * My Best Friend’s Ex * My Forever Plus-One

Download or read book My Forever Memories Are Precious written by Jo Ann D. Broome and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo Ann D. Broome was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the youngest of three children and the baby girl. Her special memories of early childhood were interrupted when her dad was drafted into World War II at the age of thirty-nine. She, her mother, and two older brothers survived some lean years during her dads absence from the family as well as and his newly formed business venture. These few years of change at the age of five had a lifelong effect on her growing up years. The memories that lingered were both happy and sad, good and bad, and several tragic ones that never leave her mind. This book was written as a means of expressing her gratitude to family and friends for their part they played in making such precious memories in her life. They are written for future generations of family who will know their grandparents or great-grandparents personalities through these stories. In each situation you can see the various characters and feel the emotions that make them both real and significant to each precious memory related by the writer.

Download or read book How Not to Wear Black written by Anna Murphy and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shop better, buy less, and dress to tell the world "this is me"! Anna Murphy, Fashion Director of The Times, shares her tricks for dressing to feel confident and comfortable, look modern and fabulous, and define your personal style - without always resorting to black. Your clothes stake your place in the world to a voice, a path, a future. Choose who you want to be and how to dress well accordingly. As Mark Twain said, "There is no power without clothes". Anna draws on her years of inside fashion knowledge and style experience to help you work out your "clothing happy place". What best flatters your body? What expresses your sense of self? And how do you build a sustainable wardrobe that will serve you day in, day out, for years to come? Explore why less is more; how to layer, the tricks of mixing and non-matching, and how to dress up neutrals. Follow Anna's tips on the 9-5 work wardrobe, what to wear for that special event, and how to carry off athleisure in style. Also discover the best length of dress or trousers for you, your perfect jeans, and how to invest in a handbag that you will use and love for ever. Immerse yourself in this inspiring, realistic, and practical style book and you, too, will be able to throw chic outfits together effortlessly, have something you want to wear for every occasion, and create wardrobe that, with occasional shopping forays, can last forever. Make fashion your friend!

Download or read book Still My Forever written by Kim Vogel Sawyer and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a frustrated composer find new inspiration with the woman who once made his heart sing? From the bestselling author of Freedom’s Song comes a charming romance inspired by a real historical figure. “A melodious second-chance romance.”—Publishers Weekly Four years after leaving town to make a name for himself as a composer, Gilbert Baty has returned temporarily to Falke, Kansas. Now, he’s trying to keep everyone from learning the truth about his disastrous years in New York City. He hopes to start writing music again in Falke, but he can’t help being distracted by Ava Flaming, the brown-eyed baker to whom he was briefly engaged before he ended things—and who still stirs feelings in him he knows he has no right to pursue. Ava had thought she was past the loss of Gil Baty. But to her dismay, she’s as drawn to him as ever. The situation only gets worse when Gil establishes a youth band in Falke, showing once more what a good man he is. But when the band has a chance to compete in a statewide competition, Ava faces the prospect of heartbreak again. Could music take Gil away forever this time? Or might God be stirring in Ava’s and Gil’s hearts a new song that will draw them together for good?

Download or read book Foxy Forever written by Noreen Wald and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2000-06-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noreen Wald imparts her wisdom on the benefits of growing older with humor and wit. She dispels the notion that the best years are over and gives advice that will help you achieve optimal happiness in reaching each milestone of maturity. Life has just gotten fuller and richer, and it's time to celebrate you, the superwoman who juggled career, kids, friendships, in-laws, and demanding bosses. Defy the rules of growing older -- get better with age. * Maintain optimal health with exercise and a nutritious diet * Make-up tips that will magnify your beauty * The joys of cosmetic surgery * The importance of good friendships to enrich your life * Adventures in dating, looking for Mr. Right * Have a wonderful time at any dinner party ... even if you're the extra woman Accept and admit that you're getting older, but you're still a WOW - Wonderful Older Woman.

Download or read book A Beggars Purse written by Toni Nelson and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you react when approached by a homeless person? Do you stop and listen or simply walk away as if the person doesn't exist? Toni Nelson grew up in a beautiful home, set in an idyllic beach community, making friends with the hobos passing through town on the freight trains. Her grandparents' home was a 'safe house' for the roaming drifters, and Toni learned at an early age the joy that could come from showing compassion to those less fortunate. Later in life, Toni moved to Nevada and was struck by the amount of homeless and penniless peopling the city of Las Vegas. With a heart opened and sustained by God, Toni embarked on a journey to help the people who have nothing, and now shares her experiences in this touching and beautiful memoir. Join Toni in her journey to share God's love with the people around her, and discover the treasures that can be found in A Beggar's Purse. 'A wonderful portrayal of how with time, heartfelt examinations, and a touch from the Lord, a person can journey from a child-like perspective to one which is able to identify the redeeming qualities found in all of mankind.' -Laura Broadwater, contributing author in A Cup of Comfort series

Download or read book Finding Home written by Michael Finch and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Home is a book from a new voice in poetry. The poems are about home, nature, love, places in America, and a view of the plight of Christians in the world today. If your heart ever hearkens back to a simpler time and home, Finding Home will touch you in a way that poetry has not before.

Download or read book Friends Forever written by Shannon Hale and published by First Second. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.

Download or read book The Dress written by Marnie Fogg and published by Welbeck Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through 100 groundbreaking dresses, The Dress traces the past and present influences and reinterpretations in clothing design. From the Victorian crinoline to Vivienne Westwood's mini-crini of 1985, from Herve Leger's 1985 bandage dress to Christopher Kane's 2006 neon version, each landmark dress gives examples of how fashion ideas have been reborn and referenced throughout time by designers. By making connections between designers and across decades, the book allows the reader to discover the breadth of influence in this field, the magic of inspired originality from fashion designers and an overview of fashion history. From beaded and bias-cut to frou-frou to corseted, Chanel to Yves Saint Laurent, laced to bustled, each dress tells a fashion story through anecdotes and analysis, with historic and cross-cultural references, beautiful imagery, and immaculate referencing.

Download or read book Friends for Keeps My Forever Friends written by Julie Bowe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friendships are shifting for Ida May, and all because Jenna and Brooke (former BFFs) are feuding. No one knows what started the fight, but soon the girls in class have taken sides, with Ida May stuck in the middle. Does Ida have what it takes to understand the true nature of Jenna and Brooke's real friendship and figure out the way to bring them, and the rest of the class, together?

Download or read book Distorted Devotion written by Persephone Autumn and published by Persephone Autumn. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the definition of love becomes skewed, who will pay the price? Sarah Bradley is the type of woman other women envy. Accomplished. Free spirited. Fun loving. Befriended by all. But what if her best qualities were the very things that lead into her worst nightmare? While partying with friends, her world open to future possibilities. Future dreams. A future named Jackson. Jackson Ember is the guy every woman wished was by her side. Mesmerizing gaze. Easy on the eyes. Open minded. A sense of humor with a warm heart. When Jackson agrees to join his friend at a party, he never imagined he'd meet a woman like Sarah. A woman he hopes to become better acquainted with. But Jackson isn't the only person fascinated with Sarah. A gravitational pull. A soul quenching desire. A distorted devotion aiming to ruin it all.