This collection of 65 art projects for crafty kids features activities that use natural materials, including twigs, vines, pine cones, shells, and much more. Includes simple step-by-step instructions. Full color.
Noted nature crafter Laura Martin has created a fantasy for fairy-lovers. It involves botanist Christine Newkirk, who has discovered five tiny houses on a magical island, all made from natural materials on a perfect fairy scale. Each spread is filled with photos and drawings of these tiny objects.
Using such materials as paper, plastic, metal, and cloth usually consigned to the recycling bin or the garbage can, a master crafter presents 40 craft projects that show budding artists how to make something beautiful and save the planet at the same time.
For anyone who appreciates the beauty of nature, Pounding Flowers is the perfect craft. Using materials that are readily available and following a satisfying simple technique, readers can produce beautiful botanical impressions that make great gifts, appealing wearable art, or attractive home accessories. In this lavishly illustrated book, author ...
Gives easy-to-follow instructions for raising foods that have been harvested since ancient times and carefully selected, tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes using these traditional foodstuffs for holidays and festivals. Clearly illustrated with more than thirty fine botanical illustrations.
Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is grown in tea gardens and estates around the world. Recently scientists have called for an increase in tea drinking following the results of new research. More than ten years worth of data found that drinking four cups or more a day of tea could be more beneficial than drinking water. "Tea: The Drink ...
Highlighted with exquisite illustrations that capture the essential nature of animals, this impressive volume carefully details the history, physical characteristics, habits, and habitats of 80 different wild creatures, and provides a cornucopia of legends, myths, superstitions, and symbolism from cultures all over the world.
A usable guide for cultivating wildflowers, Southern Wildflowers is also a beautiful gift for any nature lover. Each wildflower narrative is accompanied by an exquisite, full-color watercolor painting.
Since their introduction in 1978, the dew-eyed Precious Moments figurines have stolen the hearts of people all over the world and become the most widely sought after contemporary collectible. The Precious Moments story is the tale of three men: Sam Butcher, the artist; Gene Freedman, the inspirer; and Yasuhei Fujioka, the sculptor. The combination ...
This book offers 60 easy gift-giving and decorating ideas, arranged by season, including how to create jelly jars, books of flowers, fruit bread, wreaths, and other crafts.
A collection of biographies of the most interesting and well-known wildflowers in the world. It contains the life stories of 105 wildflowers, grouped according to their most frequently occurring flower colour. The flowers are briefly described, their scientific and common names are given and there is information on where and when they grow.
An illustrated history and traveler's guide to 30 outstanding Midwestern gardens that are open to the public. Organized thematically, the book includes botanical and historical gardens, estate gardens, arboretums and parks, and gives a history of each garden, emphasizing the people who designed and created them.
Laura Martin explores the history and mystery of more than 100 garden flowers, explaining how they got their names, where they came from, and their medicinal and culinary uses and sharing their legends, supersititions, and language. More than 100 pen-and-ink drawings and 6 pages of watercolor illustrations.
As a tribute to the gardening of a unique region this volume portrays 32 of the most celebrated gardens of the American South, ranging from the grand gardens of the Antebellum Plantations to strikingly simple, creative plantings of the modern era. Drawing from primary sources as well as first-hand impressions of each garden featured, the author ...
Texas gardening varies widely from semi-tropical coast to desert plain, from dense woods to prairie grassland. Drawing on a wide range of expert experience and advice, Martin provides detailed information on the agricultural zones, soil types, rainfall averages, growing seasons, and frost dates for all points on the map. In a lively question-and ...
Gardeners can bring the beauty of their gardens indoors by creating beautiful crafts to share with friends and family. Gifts from a Southern Garden teaches gardeners how to turn their harvest of herbs, flowers, vegetables, and more into charming and distinctive gifts. An expert on Southern gardens, Laura Martin explains how to fashion dozens of ...
Binding: HC
Publisher: NY: Abbeville Press
Date Published: 1993
Description: First Edition, square 4to, 252 pages, illustrated. Non-authorial inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in like dust jacket. read more
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