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Everything You Want for Christmas: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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One of my must-haves when it's time to start the house rockin' with carols...

1. Rockabilly Christmas - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Morris, Scotty
2. Merry Christmas Baby - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brown, Charles
3. Mr. Heatmiser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bass, Jules
4. Blue Christmas - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Hayes, Bill
5. Last Night (I Went Out With Santa Claus) - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Morris, Scotty
6. Christmastime in Tinsel Town - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Morris, Scotty
7. A Party for Santa Claus - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Nelson, Robert [1]
8. Jingle Bells (Cha Cha) - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Public Domain
9. Is Zat You Santa Claus? - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Fox, Jack
10. We Three Kings - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Public Domain

Updated Nov 17, 2008

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Christmas Island: Jimmy Buffett

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My ex-husband was a parrothead, thus the kids are used to lots of tropic-infused melodies at Christmas. This is where they get their fix.

Updated Nov 17, 2008

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Stitch Graffiti: Unexpected Cross-Stitch

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I like the song quote idea.... cool stuff for crafters.

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Old-fashioned ABC samplers are nowhere to be found in this collection of 26 stylish and witty designs that give cross-stitch a forceful new look. Unconventional wall hangings fill the first section of the book and dazzle with their bold colors, unusual lettering, and offbeat quotes from songs, books, movie dialogue, and even truck stop bathrooms. A second group of patterns features intriguing, small designs called "tattoos" to sew on T-shirts, jean jackets, bracelets, and handbags, and a final section shifts to the decoration of household items such as pillows, dish towels, and a cloth-wrapped money jar. Each project is accompanied by commentary explaining the inspiration behind the design, and sidebars offer tips for personalizing the final product by adding beads, dyed fabric backgrounds, or frames made from hardware and found objects. Basic technique demos teach beginners how to form cross-stitches, mix cross-stitch with other embroidery, choose and use embroidery thread, stitch on linen, and work out designs on blank graphs.

Updated Nov 18, 2008

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Knitting Lingerie Style: More Than 30 Basic and Lingerie-Inspired Designs

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The only knitting book focused on lingerie and lingerie-inspired designs

Underwear has come out. Once kept demurely concealed, lingerie now pervades every fashion category, inspiring designs for day looks, loungewear, evening clothes, and accessories. Slips have become dresses unto themselves. Bra straps are meant to peek out from under tank tops. Camisoles are worn on their own or as layers over or under other clothes. Now, with Knitting Lingerie Style, designer Joan McGowan-Michael interprets this undeniable fashion trend for the knitter and, along the way, shares fascinating stories about lingerie history. Did you know that it was airplane magnate Howard Hughes who masterminded the underwire bra?

McGowan-Michael’s 30-plus designs, stunningly photographed by Thayer Allyson Gowdy, range from the truly functional—knitted bras, slips, corsets, camisoles, and stockings—to the purely fun. The brassiere inspires a curvature-enhancing twinset. The baby doll negligee is the basis for a lacy little gown and a matching thong set that’s both luxurious and (slightly) notorious. And a ribbed, laced-front sweater is an updated—and much more comfortable!—take on the classic corset.

The only book of its kind on the market, Knitting Lingerie Style includes projects that are bold and sexy, daring us all to bare a little skin, as well as more understated and demure, with sizes ranging from petite to plus

Updated Nov 18, 2008

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DomiKNITrix: Whip Your Knitting Into Shape

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*Starred Review* Mastering knitting skills requires discipline, attitude, and wit to transform a ho-hum stitcher into a badass knitter--a domiknitrix. Stafford uses the dominatrix language well and with humor in this entertaining, beautifully designed, and instructive book. A stern but encouraging teacher, she approaches knitting and designing knitwear in a way best described as punishing, but she does not expect her readers to do the same. She does expect them to take her advice and discipline their knitting. If you do, she promises results. Rip if you must. Knit a gauge or two or three until you get it right. Her advice is universally good, and she shares many useful tips. Obviously a serious knitwear designer, Stafford favors structured pieces and has included funky, form-fitting projects with broad appeal. She is a strong advocate of continental style, and some of her techniques are different from the standard instructions. This may be a difficult book to learn to knit from, since some steps are glossed over, such as how to make a slip knot; and some techniques, such as provisional cast on, could use an extra step or two for clarification. Knitters with the basics (cast on, knit, and purl) will find this a fun and highly instructional book to take them from scarf to structured clothing. Stafford's unique voice and style are the heart of the book. Unlike with many instruction books that might be flipped through, knitters will find themselves reading Stafford's entertaining prose cover to vinyl cover. Jennifer Palmer
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With a fun package, bound in "leather", this sexy and campy design is sure to be talked about by hip cutting-edge crafters. Not your mother's knitting book, "DomiKNITrix" is all about bringing discipline to knitting and then using that discipline to create funky and hip projects that knitters want to wear, use, and give away with pride. Based on the popular Web site of the same name, this book will show hip crafters fun ways to tweak designs and give them a unique edge. More than just a collection of projects, this book gives you all the information you need to become an accomplished knitter in terms of tips, techniques, things to avoid, all in a fun and useful package.

Updated Nov 18, 2008

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The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed

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Karen Elizabeth Gordon is no ordinary grammarian, and her works (including The New Well-Tempered Sentence, Torn Wings and Faux Pas, and The Disheveled Dictionary)--are no ordinary books of grammar. A special edition of the 1984 classic, The Deluxe Transitive Vampire is populated by a wickedly decadent cast of gargoyles, mastodons, murderous debutantes, and, yes, vampires (both transitive and otherwise), who cavort and consort in order to illustrate basic principles of grammar. The sentences are intoxicating--"How he loved to dangle his participles, brush his forelock off his forehead with his foreleg, and gaze into the aqueous depths"--but the rules and their explanations are as sound as any you might find in Strunk and White. Outlining the building blocks of the English language, from parts of speech to phrases and clauses, The Deluxe Transitive Vampire goes on to exorcise such grammatical demons as passive voice, fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences. At last, a handbook of grammar you will actually want to read. In the words of Gordon's preface, "Howling, exploding, crackling, flickering with new life-forms, and drunk on fresh blood (some of mine is certainly missing), this deluxe edition reminds us on every page that words, too, have hoofs and wings to transport us far and deep."

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Playful and practical, this is the style book you can't wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Updated Nov 18, 2008

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Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter

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Sit and Knit a Spell

You'll soon be knitting enchanting things you didn't know were within your powers. Charmed Knits offers dozens of patterns for items that evoke the mystique of Harry Potter - a Wizard Robe, an Invisibility Shawl, a Quidditch Sweater, Ron's Ragg Raglan, a Clock Blanket, Harry Christmas Ornaments, and more. Easy-to-follow patterns, color photos of the finished projects, and illustrations of special stitch patterns and design elements make it easy for all knitters - from beginners to those at Mrs. Weasley's level - to work knitting magic. Charmed Knits whisks you away on a wonderful journey. Along the way, you can pick patterns inspired by the Weasleys, stock up at Diagon Alley, show your house colors, conjure up gifts, or create pieces to help you feel at home in the magical world of Harry Potter.

Updated Nov 18, 2008

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Pretty in Punk: 25 Punk, Rock, and Goth Knitting Projects

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My friend's step sister is 14-years-old, has a terrible attitude and looks like a depressed 30-year-old. When she received this as a birthday present her arm cuffs nearly blew off. This is a great present for emo-siblings and crafty punk mamas and it is a much healthier hobby than smoking Marlboro Reds at the ice rink. (via Amazon)

Updated Feb 12, 2008

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Simple Italian Sandwiches: Recipes from America's Favorite Panini Bar

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This would be a great accompanying item to Mario Batali's panini pan or a panini grill as a gift....

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The Dentons' first book is as perfect in its simplicity as the panini that fans line up for at the authors' tiny New York restaurants, 'ino and 'inoteca. Known for their magic with a panini grill, the couple have put together an accessible, comprehensive guide to the ingredients and techniques (often involving a panini grill) that yield their delicious signature variations on the Italian pressed sandwich, such as Italian Tuna, Oven-Roasted Tomato and Arugula Panini; Sweet Coppa and Hot Pepper Panini; and Artichoke, Fennel and Fontina Panini. They also offer an array of open-faced bruschetti, from Caponata and Goat Cheese Bruschetta to Fig, Prosciutto and Arugula Bruschetta. Less familiar are tramezzini, crustless white bread sandwiches that are a popular Italian between-meal snack, and the book offers an entire section on these oft-ignored finger sandwiches, from savory combos such as Pancetta, Arugula and Oven-Roasted Tomato Tramezzini to simpler fare such as Egg Salad Tramezzini. Warm and inviting guides to a rustic cuisine they love, the Dentons include sections on aperitifs, antipasti and salads—and put the pleasures of an Italian tradition within the reach of every American home cook. 35 full-color photos.

Updated Nov 20, 2008

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Cuisinart GR-1 Griddler Panini and Sandwich Press

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Available for overnight and two-day shipping if you need a last-minute gift!

Great price.

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* Panini press and sandwich maker in brushed stainless-steel housing
* Upper and lower 11-by-7-inch nonstick, non-removable grill plates
* Floating hinge adjusts to accommodate any size sandwich; preset temperature
* Helpful indicator lights; instructions, recipes, and cleaning tool included
* Measures 14-1/2 by 6-1/2 by 12 inches; 3-year limited warranty

Updated Nov 20, 2008

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