Homemade Wind Chimes - rainbow painted sticks. A gorgeous outdoor ornament for kids to make and give.
Now Stinging nettles are one of my favourite plants that are utilized in many ways here. Most importantly its one of the biodynamic compost plants along with its use in the chooks mash. I also use it like spinach, herb tea, green pasta to mention a few. Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica)is a herbaceous perennial growing to 1.5mt, with coarsely toothed leaves. They can be cut several times in a growing season. They can become invasive and should not be planted near paths. So back to its use as a fibre .I decide to prepare some to make string, after researching the method I modified it a bit and this is what I came up with. 1. Choose the tallest nettles, ours grow to about 1.5 mt but the ones I used where a little under 1 mt. Cut nettles off at the base (best to wear gloves) 2. Starting from the bottom run your hand to the top removing the leaves. (use these to make some liquid fertilizer) Run it up the stem a couple more times to remove the hairs.(the bits that sting) 3. Each stem is hollow in the centre like a tube, except at the nodes where the leaves grow. The part you want is the outside ‘bark’ so now put the stems through your pasta rollers. You can adjust the width to suit the stems. Put them through once then tighten the rollers and put them through again. (you can do several at once) 4. The tube-like structure of the stem is now flattened and on the inside of the Nettle the harder woody material and the outside of the nettle have separated it is now easy to separate off the soft bark and woody material. 5. The soft material then can be separated into 3 or 4 strand and hung up to dry 6. To use for string, lightly damp and twist away.
Nature art frames are really simple to make, fun to play with and create some wonderful images. They also encourage creativity and fine motor skills in children of all ages and abilities. You just …
De blaadjes van de Ginkgo biloba zijn net kleine waaiertjes - ze inspireren creatievelingen wereldwijd. Seasons tipt: 9x creatief met ginkgoblad.
Meet Louise Freckelton Louise lives on a small-scale alternative farm and conservation area named Highfield Farm and Woodland. It's a beautiful bush setting near Adelong, NSW. When she's not raising sheep, cattle, and chickens or tending to a permaculture garden, she's also busy running a spectacular self-contained farm stay (some call it an eco-hut) called Kestrel Nest. Outside of her busy day-to-day, Louise will spend her downtime making and creating beautiful woven works.
After the talk I went to on Japanese baskets I became interested in what I now know is called the random style of weaving. So I jumped at the chance to attend a short course on random weave basketr…
Make your own beautiful basket with one of the most abundant natural materials on the continent – pine needles Below Susan Topham shows you how to make your own pine needle basket. It’s so simple a child could do it! Materials: Sinew Pine needles (8 inches is ideal) Needle-nose Pliers Scissors Tapestry needles 1.5 […]
Land artist Jon Foreman creates visually stimulating stone arrangements using rocks, leaves, and other interesting pieces found on the beach.
With the arrival or springtime, we're taking flowers from the garden and pounding them onto fabric. Click for this flower pounding tutorial!
Harlan spisebordsstol er fremstillet af solid, lakeret egetræ og har et sæde i natur flet, der tilføjer et unikt og naturligt element til designet. Stolen er inspireret af den tidløse designstil fra 1950'erne og 1960'erne. Harlan stolen formår at forblive moderne og relevant år efter år. Stolen leveres helt samlet og viser et imponerende håndværk med runde former, der møder de rene linjer, hvilket giver et let og luftigt udtryk. Stolen fås også med armlæn som tilføjer komfort, stolene kan med fordel kombineres rundt om spisebordet. En særlig bemærkning er, at Harlan-stolen er FSC®-certificeret, hvilket betyder, at den er lavet af træ, der er dyrket og høstet på en bæredygtig måde, hvilket tager hensyn til både mennesker og miljø. Harlan spisebordsstolen en smuk, holdbar og miljøvenlig tilføjelse til ethvert hjem, der kombinerer klassisk skandinavisk design med moderne funktion og komfort.
Recently the interest in nettle fibre production has grown a lot. Fashion designers tend to use more sustainable resources and nettle is on ...
One of my and Carter's favorite things is finding new projects to work on together. We've done wood carving, designed Christmas ornaments, painted with Bob Ross, and lately we've gotten into pine needle basket weaving! How did we get into this unlikely hobby? We came across the tutorial on YouTube and were immediately intrigued. This
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Explore a variety of eco-friendly options for making your own candle wicks using 17 natural materials like cotton, hemp, and beeswax. Get creative with wood, bamboo, and more!
Monica Guilera and Tim Johnson, work in progress, diverse plant materials, May 2013 Monica Guilera, work in progress, Sempreviva (Helichrysum stoechas), Olive and Willow, May 2013 Tim Johnson, work in progress, Pine twigs with Asphodel (Asphodelus spp) leaves, May 2013
Bolcher med kongekrone. Kongekrone bolcher med smag af chili-lakrids og skovbær. Gode råvarer, naturlige ingredienser, og ikke mindst det gode danske håndværk holdes i hævd. Nettovægt: 125 g IngredienserSukker, glukose, lakrids, aroma, surhedsreg. middel (salmiak, citronsyre), farvestof (E170, E120, E153). Næringsindhold pr. 100 g: Energi: 1619 KJ / 387 kcal Fedt: 0,0 g - heraf mættede fedtsyrer: 0,0 g Kulhydrat: 100 g - heraf sukkerarter: 100 g Protein: 0,0 g Salt: 0,0 g Sidste salgsdato 01-11-2025
Easy Cardboard Circle Weaving Tutorial: How to make a round weaving loom, how to weave on it, and how to take your project off the loom.
Nail your DIY wedding invitations with these ideas and tips that are so simple, even the most novice crafters can have a go
Les cuillères en arbutus sont finies! Bien content du resultat. La plus grande mesure 36cm et la plus petite 23cm. – Arbutus spoons are done! Happy with the result. Biggest one is 36cm and th…
I have been imagining this family of fairies...just awaiting all the pieces...and they found me ~ pine cones at my favorite beach, acorns at a park in Montreal and these lovely pink maple keys on a tree at the zoo. I gathered and stored...with people wondering why I had pine cones tumbling out of my beach bag, acorns living in my purse and maple keys in the coffee holder in my car?! ~ for woodland fairy folk of course! So simple ~ no need for a tutorial here! Basically a just pine cone body, an acorn head, maple key wings, dried grass arms and a stone to glue it all on to ~ fire up your glue gun and off you go! I love crafts that can be created, more often than not, with nature from your own back yard (or other's back yards ; ) ! As I brought these wee fae folk into existence and felt their spritely nature come to life...I knew they each needed a name. (I must confess...creating fairies has that effect on me!) Here is the Queen mama Caelia and her babe Mab... The king of the fairies...Oberon. the mystical daughter...Nyx and the regal son Elden These magical fairies made themselves right at home in our backyard... Creating these after my girls hit the hay was such a wonderful way to soak up the quiet and let my imagination take over...lost in another world...reminding myself of the gift it is to take time out in solo stillness. After I finished these fairies, I placed them atop of our piano for the girls to discover when they awoke ~ their delight was delicious. In the spirit of sprites ~Shanti~
