Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from Christmas tree decorations to advent calendars. The zero-waste movement is huge and this collection of crafty ideas will help you to create your own zero waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas. It's time to reclaim Christmas - this collection is all about using the things around you to bring festive cheer to your home. It's about crafting and creating together and using what you've got to make unique, unusual items that you can enjoy year after year. By crafting your zero-waste Christmas you are also creating memories ; something that cannot be bought online. Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma Friedlander-Collins and Christine Leech show you how to turn Christmas into a zero-waste experience with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting. Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for a sustainable Christmas including sewing, crochet, upcycling and reuse ideas. You don't need to have lots of craft skills to create these projects, there are step-by-step instructions for each one. There are also instructions for the basic craft techniques such as crochet and embroidery so you can get stuck in straightaway. There are four different Christmas themed chapters: Hot; Frosty; Skandi and Retro so you pick your favourite style or mix and match for festive mash-up! Projects include Coffee Cup Baubles; a minimalist wreath made using an old cake tin; a milk carton advent calendar and some magical fairy lights made using takeaway containers. Choose your favourite projects from this collection of 24 projects including no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste gift wrap. Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Christmas will help you to celebrate the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle while at the same time having fun.
Autorentext
Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others.
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION 4
TOOLS AND MATERIALS 6
SKANDI
MINIMAL WREATH 10
DALA TREAT HORSE 12
FESTIVE CROSS STITCH JUMPER 16
BERRY WRAP 18
ADVENT VILLAGE 20
SOLSTICE GARLAND 24
HOT
POMPOM JUMPER 28
FABRIC FLOWER WREATH 30
PITICA TABLE FAVOURS 34
FESTIVE FLORAL VOTIVES 38
ADVENT TRAIN 42
FAVOURITE PJS TREE DECORATIONS
FROSTY
CRISP-MAS TREES 50
MERCURY GLASS BOTTLES 52
FROSTY FAIRY LIGHTS 54
MARBLED JEWELS 58
CELEBRATION CANDLESTICKS 62
COFFEE CUP BAUBLES 64
RETRO
A CHRISTMAS MISCHIEF OF MICE 68
PLASTIC BAG POMPOM WREATH 72
NEWSPAPER HATS 76
RETRO TREE DECORATIONS 80
JAM JAR ADVENT CALENDAR 84
JUMPER STOCKING & WRISTWARMERS 86
TECHNIQUES 88
TEMPLATES 90
AUTHORS 94
OUR THANKS TO 94
INDEX