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  • Retail Price: 15.99
  • Release Date: June 2007
  • Page Count: 64
  • Size: 7 5/8 x 9
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 978-0-7369-2100-8
  • Case Lot Quantity: 32

The Gentle Art of Hospitality

Warm Touches of Welcome and Grace

Alda Ellis & Camille Ellerbrook

Alda Ellis, a bestselling author and popular speaker, is well–known for her wonderful, gracious entertaining and beautiful home decorating. She draws on her experiences and abundant creativity to provide ideas for stress–free hospitality and simple, festive decorating for all occasions.

Whether readers want to have one or two friends over for tea or throw an elaborate party, The Gentle Art of Hospitality offers great advice. From eye–catching table settings to delicious recipes, from innovative lighting to fragrant flowers, Alda shares quick and inexpensive suggestions for making homes unique and special. Women will enjoy implementing these easy–to–do tips so their families and guests will feel at ease and welcome the minute they arrive.

Camille Ellerbrook’s vibrant full–color illustrations bring Alda’s ideas to life and make this a wonderful gift book to experience as well as read.

Alda Ellis

Alda Ellis

Alda Ellis is the creator of Alda’s Sentimental Living, a highly successful business featuring an innovative line of decorative soaps, candles, bath and body products, and home décor. Her books include The Gentle Art of Hospitality and Velvet Noses (a charming book about horses).

Camille Ellerbrook

Camille Ellerbrook

Camille Ellerbrook is an illustrator and designer who received her training from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Her creations are licensed and featured on books, wall art, ceramics, accessories, fabrics, and more. Raising her two daughters in a small town and sharing life with endearing friends are the great joys in Camille’s life.

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“The Gentle Art of Hospitality by Alda Ellis is a beautiful gift book that has the most breathtaking paintings through its pages. Alda stresses the importance of a checklist of the five senses that will make your visitors feel warmly welcomed.”
—Five Star Book Reviews

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