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Features over 50 gifts and ideas to create from the natural produce grown in your own garden. This book helps you create a wonderful variety of practical and ornamental garden items, both for your garden and as gifts for fellow enthusiasts. It includes a seasonal checklist of activities, and planting practicalities.

W. Ben Hunt, whose Sioux name was Tasunka Witko, traveled throughout the Midwest, living with several Native American tribes, finally settling near the site of the last Sioux uprising. Here he provides step-by-step instructions and exact dimensions to make Sioux ghost shirts, Plains Indian shields, box traps, Iniut snowshoes, and more. From making rawhide to putting the finishing touches on a pair of moccasins, beginners and seasoned woodsmen alike will enjoy making the tools and camp equipment that were used for centuries. Native American Survival Skills is a remarkable source of...

Basketry predates pottery and weaving in our history, dating back to 9000 BC. This comprehensive booklet provides background information, supply lists, and patterns to create baskets and jewelry from pine needles and baskets from gourds. Thanks to nature, each basket created with a gourd is unique, as no two gourds are ever the same. Pine needle baskets and jewelry also have their own uniqueness due to the color and size variations of the needles. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned basketmaker or weaver looking to try new materials, you'll enjoy transforming pine needles and gourds into...

Thousands of natural materials can produce glorious color--the insect cochineal produces pink, maroon, and purple, and more than 500 species of plants produce indigo blue. Now, in The Modern Natural Dyer, expert Kristine Vejar shares the most user-friendly techniques for dyeing yarn, fabric, and finished goods at home with foraged and garden-raised dyestuffs as well as with convenient natural dye extracts. Demystifying the "magic," Vejar explains in explicit, easy-to-follow detail how to produce consistent, long-lasting color. With stunning photography of the dyes themselves, the...

Celebrate the splendor of wood with these wood-crafting projects. From simple woven panels to making a functional yurt, Woodland Craft features an array of easy-to-follow projects that include crafts for the farm, garden, wood fuel, building and domestic use. In fact, there s something here to satisfy all your project desires Green wood wood that has been recently cut and is therefore still moisture-rich is the predominant material used in the projects featured in this essential guide for craftsman of all levels.

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Basketry's unique blend of form and function has fired the imaginations of artisans and crafters for generations. Whether you're making your first or forty-first basket, this book will push the boundaries of your established skills while teaching you new ones to last a lifetime, guiding you through the construction of beautiful handmade baskets that will be used and admired for generations to come.

Lyn Syler (Lyn Siler), author of numerous basketmaking books and renowned basketry instructor, has generously compiled over 24 patterns-some of her own design, some conceived by friends...

Basketry's unique blend of form and function has fired the imaginations of artisans and crafters for generations. Whether you're making your first or forty-first basket, this book will push the boundaries of your established skills while teaching you new ones to last a lifetime, guiding you through the construction of beautiful handmade baskets that will be used and admired for generations to come.

Lyn Syler (Lyn Siler), author of numerous basketmaking books and renowned basketry instructor, has generously compiled over 24 patterns-some of her own design, some conceived by friends...

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The perfumes of life are all around us. Freshly mown grass, a pine forest, baking bread, the sea and the seashore all provide refreshing and welcoming fragrances, while the clinical smell of a hospital or the pungent stench of a farmyard may be less appealing. Our own personal aromas play a large part in the quality of our life as well, whether they are natural or chosen. The author demonstrates how fragrances in all forms can have life-improving values - as wearable perfumes, as flowers and spices to enhance the taste and appearance of food and drink, as plants to create beautiful gardens,...

Let your cares slowly melt away as you color the captivating images found within the pages of this adult coloring book The best part is that the full size 8.5" x 11" white paper pages are big enough to let your creativity and imagination flow freely.

• Includes 24 beautiful photos
• Printed on one side only
• Full size (8.5"x 11"), pure white 60lb. paper
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Horace Kephart's classic has withstood the test of time as the definitive guide to hiking, camping, cabin making, camp cooking, and outdoor survival. Incredibly, it has undergone nearly 70 printings and is one of the best selling books on the out-of-doors ever published. This edition contains special features and many improvements from the previous editions, such as rare photos, an 80-page introduction with a concise biography, and an expanded index.

Race handmade boats, build an insect hotel and create wildflower Easter eggs, all while learning about the natural world, whatever the weather. This practical and brightly illustrated book is packed with indoor and outdoor crafts and activities, plus fun facts, to entertain and engage curious children during the spring and summer months. All the activities encourage an exploration of nature, from streams and moss, to butterflies and dandelions. Children will love finding out about the natural world through play and creation whether at home or in the classroom. This wide-ranging book will...

Most of us have fond memories of collecting sea glass at the beach. The joy of discovery is timeless. The smooth, patinated surfaces of these jewels are a testament to the power of the sea. Man-made objects such as bottles are broken, rolled, and tumbled by the waves, transformed into new, almost natural treasures. Photographer Cindy Bilbao captures the natural beauty of this found art in a collectible volume essential for any sea glass lover.

Transform your day at the beach into a passionate treasure hunt.

An alpaca creative coloring book for adults relaxation was based on the picture book 'Alpaca Coat for Ruby'.

With our creative adult coloring book you can turn your coloring into works of art. There are less shapes within the main shapes, which encourages the blending of colors, making you the artist and results in an atmosphere of relaxation. The illustrations are on single pages so each picture is a separate masterpiece.

The illustrations in our coloring book were drawn from a professional artist, Mariia from FleurArt

Feel free to think outside of the box or lines,...