{"id":12518,"date":"2011-07-22T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=12518"},"modified":"2011-07-19T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:10:00","slug":"christmas-in-july-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/christmas-in-july-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may be 100 billion degrees outside at the moment, but Chrismas is just six months away! If you’re a crafter and plan to make gifts for friends and family this year (and those are the best gifts by far), then you know you need to get started now – if you haven’t already. Here are some new craft books to inspire you.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fa La La La Felt: 45 Handmade Holiday Decorations<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Amanda Carestio<\/p>\n

The Feisty Stitcher: Sewing Projects with Attitude<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Susan Wasinger<\/p>\n

Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric\u00a0Crafts<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Martha Stewart<\/p>\n

\"\"30-Minute Necklaces: 60 Quick and Creative Projects for Jewelers<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Marthe LeVan<\/p>\n

Making Handmade Books: 100 Plus Bindings, Structures and Forms<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Alisa Golden<\/p>\n

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It may be 100 billion degrees outside at the moment, but Chrismas is just six months away! If you’re a crafter and plan to make gifts for friends and family this year (and those are the best gifts by far), then you know you need to get started now –[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[351,83,324],"class_list":["post-12518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-christmas","tag-crafts","tag-holidays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-3fU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12518"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12525,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12518\/revisions\/12525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}