This book is most recommended for those who are looking for their perfect hobby and want to explore different materials and techniques that include natural elements like flowers, stones, shells, wood,etc. The projects are simple and most of them can be done with kids. If you want to relax while doing something creative and benefit from some “art therapy”, this book is most appropriate. Some projects are as simple as creating mandala shapes with flower petals or forming shapes with stones (which btw would look fabulous in the garden).

For the well-seasoned crafter: these projects could be too simple for you and you might have tried some of them already (flower crowns, painted wood, pressed flowers) but because it has a wide selection of techniques, you are bound to find something new or at least inspiring. This might be more a source of inspiration for getting you out of an artistic block or as an starting point for creating your own projects. I read this book as an eARC. ( )

Roses made from fallen leaves, pressed flower candles, painted shells, using wood for stamps, caligraphy, woodburning, feathers, and so much more. A book packed with ideas for things to do with what you can find/collect in nature.

Wonderful step-by-step pictured guides to help you recreate the wonderful nature art in this book. ( )

Every page brought fresh ideas to use in creating wonderful gifts or projects to do with children or friends. I enjoyed seeing the use of natural items to create with as well as inspiration for artistic endeavors. This is a book I would like to spend time with so I could try pressing flowers and then making collages with those flowers or using slices of wood to make coasters or jewelry or for the Day of the Dead a skull made of flower petals might be splendid. I had never seen how a crown of flowers was made and enjoyed the illustrations and might want to try that, too.

I guess I would really like to get this for my library in the future OR perhaps give it to a friend that might enjoy some of the projects…actually have one or two friends in mind ;)

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing-Walter Foster for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars ( )