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So close to amazing : stories of a DIY life gone wrong-- and learning to find the beauty in every imperfection / KariAnne Wood.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carol Stream, IL : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [2017]Description: xxv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781496422019
  • 1496422015
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 248.8/43 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4527 .W6155 2017
Contents:
How to be amazing -- Leap before you look -- Knock, knock; who's there? -- I would move six hundred miles -- Every house needs a happily-ever-after -- Never underestimate a slippery spaghetti ring -- A floor without end -- Trash-talking -- The roast thatwent to garden club -- The day Goliath met a T. Rex -- My achilles hips -- Flooded with possibilities -- If you blink, you'll miss the french fries.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Bedford Public Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 248.843 WOO Available 32500001733873
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a book celebrating the incredible, awesome, special individual within each of us. It's also a book for anyone who has ever mismatched her shoes or trimmed her own bangs when a professional might have been a better choice or added too much soap to the washer and watched it overflow.(Not that KariAnne Wood has ever done any of these things.)Fans of The Magnolia Story and The Pioneer Woman will love this debut memoir from the beloved Thistlewood Farms blogger. So Close to Amazing is a collection of hilarious and heartfelt reflections on getting it almost right―and how, instead of giving up, we can choose to simply embrace our real selves right where we are. It's a story of transparency and honesty and recognizing that perfection is completely overemphasized and overrated. It's about grace and learning from mistakes and rejoicing in every victory, no matter how small. Because when you find joy in the "you" God created you to be, you'll discover the amazing that was there all along.Contains beautiful DIY project ideas anyone can do, whether you're Pinterest perfect or craft challenged--homemade signs, centerpieces, recipe walls, and more!

How to be amazing -- Leap before you look -- Knock, knock; who's there? -- I would move six hundred miles -- Every house needs a happily-ever-after -- Never underestimate a slippery spaghetti ring -- A floor without end -- Trash-talking -- The roast thatwent to garden club -- The day Goliath met a T. Rex -- My achilles hips -- Flooded with possibilities -- If you blink, you'll miss the french fries.

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Publishers Weekly Review

In her debut, Wood, creator of the Thistlewood Farms lifestyle blog, inspires readers by reclaiming other people's junk and transforming her finds into treasures, all while providing lots of inspiration. This lighthearted memoir begins with Woods's life in Texas, where she worked as a preschool teacher. She envisioned great successes in many areas-choosing an outfit, applying a parenting technique-but the results fell short of her expectations, and sometimes she undermined herself by aiming for perfection. To help readers overcome similar self-destructive thinking, she explains her discovery that beauty is found in imperfection, which, she writes, is actually a true representation of grace. Woods also felt God's impulse for her to seek change, or "the jump." Although she realized life would never reach perfection, it was still necessary to strive to achieve her latent, deepest desires. For her, this meant transplanting the Greer family to more rural environs, a move that included her husband buying a pharmacy in Tennessee. Included are directions for a few of Wood's favorite DIY projects, including useful home products such as mirrors, curtains, and calendars made from reclaimed materials. Agent: Ruth Samson, William K. Jensen Literary. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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