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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.
List of contents
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
PIÑATICA TABLE FAVOURS 34
FESTIVE FLORAL VOTIVES 38
ADVENT TRAIN 42
FAVOURITE PJS TREE DECORATIONS 46
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 95
About the author
Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist,
prop designer and art director.
Emma Friedlander-Collins
is an upcycling champion, as well as an experienced designer, author and teacher. They are both passionate about sustainability.
|Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others.|Christine Leech (Sew Yeah) is an experienced author, designer, stylist, prop designer and art director.
Summary
Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from decorations to gift bags. Craft your own sustainable Christmas: create plastic-free crackers for the table, no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste wrapping and present solutions for your family and friends.
Foreword
The third title in our zero waste craft series
There is no other zero waste Christmas title on the market with a craft focus
We have tried to reduce the environmental impact of this book by using
soy-based inks, printing on FSC paper and using unbleached, uncoated
duplex
board for the front cover
