This Leisure Arts publication is now available @ leisurearts.com/customer_care/search/default.asp?search=Trimmings+-+The+Art+of+Holiday+Living&x=0&y=0

Designer Kim Kern shares a special quick and easy project to embellish her newsprint stocking while introducing this fun new holiday publication that helps find the inner artist that lives in us all!

Our new holiday publication is not like any you've seen from us before. In each chapter, we issued a challenge to our designers: Thrill us with your individual take on the very same project. And thrill us they did. Each designer challenge serves two purposes -- to illustrate how many different ways there are to tackle one design, and to encourage you to let your personality shine through as you approach the projects. There are 5 chapters: Adorn (decorations); Gather (entertaining); Home (set the stage for making merry); Gifts (ideas for handcrafting); and Treats (recipes and clever packaging). But don't worry. If you aren't ready to strike out on your own, we've included patterns and specific instructions for re-creating all the projects.