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Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87, Nature

Handcrafting~ Autumn Wild Crafting

Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87, Nature

Autumn is the season of bounty, and it’s so easy to end up coming home after a wander into the natural spaces around us with pocket loads of natural treasures. Why not engage in some creative crafting with your harvest? Here are a few of my favorite autumn wild crafts to make the most of your gathering.

Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87, Nature

Art & Craft, Columns, Environment, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87

Green Living~Foraging and Using Natural Materials for Home Crafting

Art & Craft, Columns, Environment, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87

Nature provides a variety of inspiring materials that can be useful for crafting traditional and useful things. What a joy it is to learn, year by year, a bit more about the qualities of the natural world by foraging and co-creating with nature.

Art & Craft, Columns, Environment, Green Living, Handcrafting, Issue #87

Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Homemaking, Issue #86

Craft Column: Porcupine Glasses Case

Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Homemaking, Issue #86

I don’t know about you, but I am constantly misplacing my sunglasses in my bag. I eventually find them, and inevitably the lenses are scratched. I’m determined not to let this happen this summer, so I made a cute little glasses case to help protect them. I made this case on my machine, but you could hand sew it as well.

Art & Craft, Columns, creativity, Homemaking, Issue #86

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Handcrafting, Issue #83

Handcrafting: LIttle Bug Faeries -- A Waldorf -style Pcket Doll

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Handcrafting, Issue #83

Spring brings showers, flowers, and faeries back into our gardens! These cute Little Bug Faeries are great for entertaining little ones during story time, while riding in a car, or waiting to see the doctor. They are so easy to make, you’ll find yourself making one in every color of the rainbow!

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Handcrafting, Issue #83

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Issue #82

Handcrafting: Puckly Penguin—A Midwinter Playmate

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Issue #82

Need a fun project to beat the midwinter blues? Make this cute penguin in a few hours sitting by the hearth. You can add a hanging loop to make an ornament, have fun embroidering his body, use him to brighten your winter table, or just place him in an unexpected spot to give visitors a quick smile.

Art & Craft, Children, Columns, creativity, Issue #82