More than just a pair of days, a weekend is also a state of mind—a feeling of relaxation and freedom to immerse ourselves fully in a favorite activity. In Weekend Sewing, designer Heather Ross presents creative projects for clothing, accessories, and home items that can be made in a weekend or less. Some, like the Quick Garden Gloves and Ruby’s Bloomers, take a few hours; others, like the Weekend-Away Travel Bag and Trapeze Sundress, require a day or two—but all of them capture th...

Born in Eltham New Zealand, Heather was raised on her parents' dairy farm. Her parents were the driving force in her life. Later on, becoming a registered nurse. She is married with four children, and five grandchildren. Having retired and with the farming experience behind her the opportunity of writing this book presented itself. "Although this novel is a work of fiction, she has tried to represent the farming background as she remembered.The Reader will be interested in the Auth...

A funny, wise, and charmingly illustrated guide to the different kinds of boys we may encounter as we enter—or reenter—the dating scene.Author and illustrator Heather Ross journeys with the reader through the many kinds of boys she will meet in the wild—smart boys, dangerous boys, beautiful boys, and more—and the wonders and mysteries they all hold. With its field guide approach, women learn how to identify these types of boys in their natural habitats and what tool...

It's time to crack the code and build the business of your dreams. If you're looking for massive followers online, want to become a sought-after speaker and reach huge profits then you need celebrity marketing.Find out how transforming yourself into a celebrity does not have to mean that hundreds of millions of people around the world know about you. It's about becoming a celebrity in your tribe and open to anyone, including those with a small following.Learn how to use pub...

The farm owners, Targe and Kate, have their struggles with bad weather, poor finances, and Wendy to contend with. Now with the family farm facing an uncertain future, Targes sisters receive the opportunity to help. The three sistersAnna, Blue, and Elizabethhave their own lives in the city, busy with work, family, and plans for a quiet retirement. Bonded by childhood memories on the family farm, the sisters are determined to help. However, their age, inability to milk cows, and some fear of...

PIVOTAL POEMS were written in a small hand sized notebook Heather Ross carried with her in her first years of college. She wrote these poems, that have been pivotal in her life since. The notebook sesurfaces at pivotal moments as guidance and inspiration.Now, Heather is sharing PIVOTAL POEMS with you.

Fox Street was a dead end. In Mo Wren's opinion, this was only one of many wonderful, distinguishing things about it.Mo lives on Fox Street with her dad and little sister, the Wild Child. Their house is in the middle of the block—right where a heart would be, if the street were a person. Fox Street has everything: a piano player, a fix-it man, the city's best burrito makers, a woman who cuts Mo's hair just right, not to mention a certain boy who wants to teach her how to skateboard...

This is the story of what happened after Fox Street.Mo Wren knew that eventually she, her dad, and her sister, Wild Child Dottie, would have to move from beloved Fox Street. She just never expected it to happen so soon.At the Wrens’ new place, things are very different. The name of the street—East 213th—has absolutely zero magic. And there’s no Mrs. Petrone to cut her hair, no Pi Baggott to teach her how to skateboard, no Green Kingdom to explore. She’s having trouble fitti...

Charming classroom pets invert expectations with a clever science project that puts a student through her paces.Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell’s classroom, and they do everything the students do. But when it’s time for the school science fair, the mice aren’t sure how to get involved. A student named Lucy wants to time them as they run through a maze, but they want to do an experiment, not be an experiment. Can Fergus an...

Eight-year-old Iva Honeycutt is sure that she's destined for greatness. And this summer Iva has big plans to make her first great discovery: finding General Braddock's treasure, which was buried somewhere in her small town of Uncertain, Virginia during the French and Indian War. And to make sure she's up to the task, she invents a new name for her discoverer self, Iva Honeysuckle.Still, even a great discoverer can hit a few bumps on the road. Like Iva's bossy double-first cousin, H...

Can classroom mice Fergus and Zeke work together to finish their project on American presidents—even when Zeke gets bossy?It’s Presidents’ Day, and all the students in Miss Maxwell’s classroom are choosing their special projects. Classroom pets Fergus and Zeke want to participate, too! Zeke appoints himself president of their cage. But the power goes a bit to his head, and his “leading” and “supervising” leave Fergus to do all the work. Will these two mice be able ...

Uncertain, Virginia is no place for an explorer like Iva Honeysuckle to spend the summer. When Iva finds out her family is going on vacation, she's thrilled. She knows she will make her next great discovery at Stingray Point. The very name promises adventure and danger. Iva soon realizes that Stingray Point isn't the exciting place she thought it was. But then Iva hears about the legend of Chessie, the town's very own sea monster. Spotting Chessie would blow all other discoveries out of th...