All items by Nature's Children

Handmade and Upcycled Items Using Natural Materials

I am passionate about crafting and creating new items from old. What I make depends on what I have to hand, my mood and what I want use up. Having been crafting for years, I have accumulated all kinds of bits and bobs and I figured it is time to convert it into items others can love and enjoy. Caring for the environment is another passion, and I try to be conscious of it in all that I make. For example, I only use wool felt and and wool or cotton yarn or threads, glass or wooden beads, etc..

I draw on inspiration from many different sources, and I find items tend evolve as I'm working on them. I might start out making something that I expect to turn out one way, and it ends up looking quite different by the time it is done. I also make a wide variety of things - beaded necklaces, flowers made from upcycled can pulls, sewn felted items, knitted goods, etc.

There is a long line of crafty women in my family, and I learnt how to knit on my mother's knee (she was a master knitter). My grandmother crocheted beautiful things and I still have a bedspread she crocheted for me as a child. My daughter seems to be following the tradition, and I could not be prouder.