Summary
How can you make your holidays more merry? Add more Mary to your holidays! When you invite Mary Engelbreit into your home this Christmas, you'll discover countless new ways to bring even more fun and festivity to the most wonderful time of the year.Holiday magic is easy to create when you have the help of America's favorite illustrator.Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: The Best Christmas Evercelebrates all the joys and toys, wrappings and gifts, treats and trims of Christmas.Overflowing with plans for handmade decorations, unique and meaningful gift ideas, and irresistible recipes, this warm and lively collection offers you everything you need to plan the Christmas of your dreams-all presented with the trademark Engelbreit wit, warmth, and sparkle. Among the clever, original, and easy-to-do (we promise!) craft projects are a variety of wreaths, cut-glass ornaments, and a special shopping tote just for Mom. Several projects for kids will keep restless hands active and curious tots too busy to snoop under the Christmas tree. Recipes include a wide range of cookies, cakes, candies, and cocktails sure to make your holiday gathering the highlight of the season.Mary's merry illustrations bring extra magic to nearly every page of this exhilarating sourcebook.
Mary Engelbreit had her first success as an illustrator of greeting cards in the late 1970s. She formed her own greeting card company in early 1980s after becoming impatient with the process of working in the greeting card industry as an independent contractor.
Engelbreit's style depicts simple scenes in intricate detail, with amusing quotes to distinguish them. Successful in greeting cards, her business soon expanded to include Engelbreit's popular art on tee shirts, mugs, calendars and gift books, to name a few. Engelbreit has also published many books illustrating crafts such as quilting and decorating. In 1993 she illustrated The Snow Queen by Hans Christen Andersen, fulfilling a lifelong dream of being an illustrator of children's books.
Mary Engelbreit was born in 1952 in St. Louis, where she lives today.
(Bowker Author Biography)
