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Reversible Tote, Tot's Tee, Trimmings & More
Exclusively You has added six more colors of purse handles, and you'll enjoy coordinating them with our super-easy Reversible Tote. Baby girl will love dancing around in our skirted Rose Petal Tee. Wrap up your decorating with our sassy candlesticks. Up the appeal of your gift cards with a handmade holder. And whip up our brownie-like pie to fuel your creativity!

Reversible Tote (to craft)
Featuring Exclusively You purse handles and more

Exclusively You now has six new colors of purse handles, and this Reversible Tote is perfect for coordinating with them. It features swivel clasp hardware so you can get a totally different look by turning the bag inside out and snapping on 27" long handles to match. Click for the free
instructions. See the new handles (in butterscotch, mocha, soft teal, cream, scarlet and mock snake copper) and other new Exclusively You products in this month's Books & Tips reviews.

Tot's Rose Petal Tee (to craft)
From
101 Ways to Tees Your Tot (#4302)

Want to have the best-dressed little diva on the block, without running up your credit card buying expensive boutique fashions? Start by clicking on our simple free instructions for transforming a toddler tee shirt with a flirty ballerina skirt. Then check out all the other unique wardrobe-building ideas you'll find in
101 Ways to Tees Your Tot.

Lightened-Up Candlesticks (to craft)
Exclusive online bonus project to promote Trimmings (#15955, coming in late June)

Lighten up your decor by wrapping strips of fun print fabric around plain or painted wooden candlesticks. Not just for Christmas, this technique can be adapted to any holiday or special occasion. You set the mood with the fabric and embellishments you choose! Click for the free
instructions.

Walnut-Fudge Pie (recipe)
A staff favorite recalled in celebration of LeisureArtsLibrary.com

So yummy and so quick to make in the microwave, this recipe's great to whip up when friends or family drop in. But if you're like members of the Leisure Arts staff, you'll make it just for yourself anytime your sweet tooth is craving satisfaction. We were sharing this moist brownie-like pie long before we published the recipe in our 1996
Easy As Pie book (now out of print), and it's a "keeper" that will never go out of style, just like the longtime favorite needlecraft projects at our new Web site, LeisureArtsLibrary.com. Click for the free recipe.

Christmas Gift-Card Holder (to craft)
From Better Homes and Gardens® Christmas (#4321)

What’s on everyone’s wish list these days? Gift cards! They may seem like an impersonal cop-out to creative types, but you can up the giving appeal by skipping the store’s packaging options for a homemade felt holder. Decorating the tree has a second go-around with this tree-shaped gift-card holder. A loop attached to the top of the tree wraps over the star button to secure the front cover. When unlooped, the tree pulls downward to reveal the pocket that shows the gift card. Click for the free
instructions.