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Flowersmith by Jennifer Tran is a complete DIY guide to making beautiful and astonishingly realistic paper flowers. Covering everything from beginner-level projects to advanced techniques, it offers easy-to follow instructions and reusable templates, as well as ideas for arranging and displaying your handiwork. $40, Hardie Grant Books. 2 Brisbane-based stylist and interior writer Tahn Scoon has distilled her decorating know-how in a gorgeous new volume, Luxe Vintage. Inspired by iconic Parisian interiors, Tahn shows how to incorporate select vintage pieces into your home in a chic way. $29.95, New Holland Publishers. 3 Both hosts and dinner guests can relax with the assured guidance of Gatherings, a new hardback release by Scottish baker and food writer Flora Shedden. Inspiringly illustrated, this collection of recipes focuses on tasty, uncomplicated and appealing plates of food, making it the perfect source for fresh entertaining ideas. $39.99, Hachette Australia.