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A beautiful and practical step-by-step guide to growing and gathering plants and using them to fill your life and home with natural homemade creations. Crafting with Nature offers an incredible collection of easy projects using natural materials you can gather or grow and form into beautiful and useful crafts. Readers will love making and using items like the DIY Solid Lavender Perfume, or sewing beautiful Rustic Wooden Buttons they made from gathered branches onto a favorite sweater, or decorating their homes with a Lambs Ear Flower Stalk Wreath with lambs ear they grew in the garden. The book also includes gift ideas and recipes such as Amy's Red, White and Blue Jam using home-grown blackberries and Ginger Pickled Tomatoes with fresh-picked tomatoes from the garden. Each chapter focuses on a different common plant, starting out with a beginner-friendly guide for how to gather or grow it (most are commonly found in home gardens), then ideas and projects for what readers can make with it. The book has a total of 58 detailed step-by-step tutorials and 44 quick-and-easy inspiration ideas and crafting techniques. Amy Renea is the founder of A Nest for All Seasons, chosen as the reader's choice best gardening blog in the Better Homes & Gardens Blogger Awards.
Author Notes
Amy Renea is a crafter, gardener and photographer. She is the creator of A Nest for All Seasons-chosen as the "best gardening blog" in the Better Homes and Gardens Blogger Awards. She has written for Houzz, Hobby Farm Home, Celebrating Everyday Life magazine and Forbes.com. Amy and her family divide their time between central Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.
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Library Journal Review
There is an abundance of possibilities for crafts using natural materials. Here blogger (A Nest for All Seasons) and first-time author Renea presents her collection of projects based on materials found in the garden or in the pantry. She includes the use of moss to make fairy gardens, potato stamps, rosemary-infused salt, and unique fire starters, offering responsible advice for harvesting organic ingredients without adverse impact. While many illustrations are provided, none of the images identify moss species or pinecone varieties. Gardening, propagation, and other plant-related arrangements are much stronger, such as growing beet tops and using lamb's ear. VERDICT Despite its intriguing mix of designs, this volume features several projects that feel rather simplistic and lack sophistication. For a more distinctive gardening assortment, see Stephanie Rose's Garden Made. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book | p. 9 |
Section 1 Beginner Plants to Gather, Grow & Croft | p. 11 |
Chapter 1 Moss Histories & Fairy Mysteries | p. 12 |
How to Gather and Transplant Moss | p. 13 |
How to Collect and Maintain Moss Rocks | p. 14 |
Miniature Fairy Gardens | p. 15 |
The Fairy Garden Hub | p. 19 |
Chapter 2 Rosemary For Remembrance | p. 22 |
How to Grow and Care for Rosemary | p. 23 |
How to Make Rosemary-Scented Salt and Infused Olive Oil | p. 23 |
Seven Quick Steps for Rosemary-Scented Salt | p. 24 |
Rosemary-Infused Olive Oil | p. 25 |
DIY Rosemary Hair Rinses | p. 26 |
Rosemary Soap Bars | p. 29 |
Chapter 3 Edible Climbing Vines & Canes to Snack & Craft | p. 30 |
How to Grow and Guide Edible Climbing Vines | p. 31 |
Create Your Own Grapevine Trellises, Trees, Wreaths and Décor | p. 33 |
Amy's Red, White and Blue Jam | p. 37 |
Classic Grape Jelly | p. 38 |
Section 2 Gathered On a Woodland Walk | p. 41 |
Chapter 4 Gathering Cones & Corns for Fall Crafting | p. 42 |
How to Gather and Prepare Cones for Crafting | p. 43 |
What About the Acorns? | p. 44 |
DIY Firestarter Cone Cupcakes | p. 45 |
Fairy Sconces and Mini Mushrooms | p. 47 |
"Acorn Heads" Peg People | p. 48 |
Easy Woodland Scent Pots | p. 51 |
Chapter 5 Gathering Twigs & Branches for Woodland Crafts | p. 52 |
Do's and Don'ts for Woodland Gathering | p. 53 |
How to Make Wooden Buttons | p. 54 |
Loom Knit a Slouch Hat with Wooden Button Accents | p. 55 |
The Basics of Wood Burning | p. 55 |
Wood-Burned ABC Magnets | p. 59 |
Section 3 Gathered From your Pantry | p. 61 |
Chapter 6 From Your Pantry-Beet Tops | p. 62 |
How to Grow Beets (and Why You Would Want To!) | p. 63 |
How to Make Natural Beet Dye | p. 64 |
Frozen Rosemary, Cranberry and Beet Juice Christmas Wreaths | p. 67 |
Beet-Dyed Coffee Filter Paper Flowers | p. 68 |
Chapter 7 From Your Pantry-Ginger | p. 70 |
Ginger Fingers and How to Make Them Grow | p. 71 |
Three Ways to Roast Up Your Ginger | p. 72 |
Ginger Hibiscus Bath Salts | p. 73 |
Fragrant and Fresh Ginger Soap Bars | p. 74 |
Chapter 8 From Your Pantry-Potatoes | p. 76 |
How to Grow Pantry Potatoes | p. 77 |
Grow Fancy Fingerling Potatoes from Trimmings | p. 77 |
Potato Crafts for Pennies | p. 79 |
Potato Candy | p. 82 |
Chapter 9 From Your Pantry-Onion to Eat & Dye | p. 84 |
Four Types of Onions and Why You Want to Grow Them All | p. 85 |
Onion Dyes and Other Natural Colorings | p. 86 |
Quick Onion-Dyed Muslin Bags | p. 89 |
Section 4 Growing the Backyard Garden Mainstays | p. 91 |
Chapter 10 The Most Classic Herb in Crafting - Lavender | p. 92 |
How to Grow Lavender from Seed and Keep It Alive! | p. 93 |
Create Lavender Wreaths in Several Stunning Shapes | p. 94 |
DIY Lavender Solid Perfume Eggs | p. 96 |
Chapter 11 Rugosas, Rosebuds, Rosehips & Rose Crafts | p. 98 |
The Rose for Beginners | p. 99 |
Rosehip and Rosebud Gift Tags and Toppers | p. 100 |
Rose Dust Glitter | p. 100 |
DIY Rosewater Face Toner | p. 100 |
Simple Rosewater | p. 102 |
Healing Rose Infusion and Salve | p. 105 |
Crafting Rose Beads | p. 106 |
Rose Bead Necklace | p. 106 |
Chapter 12 The Cuddliest Plants-Lamb's Ear & Sage | p. 108 |
How to Grow Lamb's Ear and Sage | p. 109 |
Simple Lamb's Ear and Sage Crafts | p. 110 |
Lamb's Ear Straw Wreath | p. 116 |
Chapter 13 The Great Dame of the Veggie Plot-The Tomato | p. 118 |
Which Tomato Should I Grow? | p. 119 |
Native-American and Amish Tomatoes | p. 120 |
Growing Tomatoes-Basics and Tips | p. 121 |
Tomatoes for Kids, Crafts and Gifts | p. 122 |
Sweet and Sour Sungold and Peach Preserves | p. 123 |
D1Y Vintage Fabric Tomato Pincushions | p. 124 |
Ginger Pickled Tomates | p. 127 |
Section 5 Gathered From the Grocery Aisles | p. 129 |
Chapter 14 Crafty Citrus | p. 130 |
How to Grow Citrus in a Pot | p. 131 |
DIY Dried Citrus Ornaments, Garlands and Light Catchers | p. 132 |
Citrus Lotion Bar DIY | p. 135 |
Chapter 15 Coconut, Coffee & Other Tropicals | p. 136 |
How to Grow Giftable Tropicals-Canna, Jade, Coffee and Coconut! | p. 137 |
Growing Canna Rhizomes | p. 137 |
Growing Jade | p. 138 |
Growing Coffee | p. 139 |
Growing a Coconut Palm | p. 139 |
DIY Coconut Oil | p. 140 |
Coffee and Coconut Soap Bars | p. 143 |
Coconut Whip-Three Variations | p. 144 |
Beach-in-a-Jar Coconut Whip | p. 145 |
Shea and Coconut Fait Whip | p. 146 |
Lemongrass, Coconut and Aloe Healing Whip | p. 149 |
Mango, Coconut and Beeswax Lotion Bars | p. 150 |
Chapter 16 Sugar & Salt | p. 152 |
How to Grow Sugarcane | p. 153 |
Sugarcane Swizzle Sticks and Skewers | p. 154 |
How to Harvest Sea Salt | p. 157 |
What Kind of Sugar or Salt Is This? | p. 158 |
The Salts | p. 159 |
How to Create Basic Flavored Sugars and Salts | p. 160 |
Vanilla Sugar | p. 160 |
Cinnamon Sugar | p. 161 |
Almond Sugar | p. 161 |
Use Sugar and Salt to Create Luxurious Bath and Body Products | p. 162 |
Turbinado and Brown Sugar Base Scrub | p. 162 |
Turbinado Almond Sugar Scrub | p. 164 |
Almond Joy Coconut Créme Scrub | p. 165 |
Spiced Chai Sugar Hand Scrub | p. 166 |
Candy Cane Sugar Scrub | p. 169 |
Luxurious Lavender Salt Scrub | p. 169 |
Section 6 Grow a Hand-Crafted Christmas Celebration | p. 171 |
Chapter 17 From Sea to Shining Sep, there is a Magnolia You Can Grow | p. 172 |
The Many Varieties of Magnolias | p. 173 |
Growing and Caring for Magnolia Trees and Bushes | p. 174 |
Crafting with Magnolias | p. 174 |
Magnolia Pod "Trees" | p. 175 |
5-Minute or Less Magnolia Leaf Crafts | p. 176 |
Magnolia Seed Earring Drops | p. 177 |
Magnolia Vases | p. 178 |
Creative Christmas Wrappings and Trappings | p. 181 |
Chapter 18 Pines, Fir, Spruce & Other Needled Evergreens | p. 182 |
How to Care for Needled Evergreens | p. 183 |
Crafting with Evergreens | p. 183 |
DIY Pine Candle Melts | p. 184 |
Bleached Pinecones and Other Natural Findings | p. 185 |
Chapter 19 A Celebration of the Garden-Handmade Gifts | p. 186 |
How to Imprint Leaves onto Clay and Concrete | p. 187 |
Imprinting Clay Jewelry Pieces | p. 187 |
Clay and Leather Bracelet | p. 188 |
Acorn Charms | p. 190 |
Claynuts Tutorial | p. 190 |
Cement, Concrete and Hypertufa | p. 191 |
Geometric Hypertufa Planters | p. 193 |
Lace and Nature Crowns | p. 194 |
Resources | p. 196 |
Acknowledgments | p. 198 |
About the Author | p. 199 |
Index | p. 300 |