Eco-friendly gift tags for handmade gifts.

Photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftapalooza/ / CC BY-NC 2.0

The right tag can jazz-up any plain ol’ gift but do we really have to add more to environmental clutter by purchasing those tiny paper rectangles from the store? As the photo above illustrates, any colorful piece of paper of cardboard can be made into [...]

Making art from trash the Yuken Teruya way!

Yuke Teruya converts trash to art with amazing results! It’s show, not tell, time.

Tree dioramas using paper bags…

Forests from toilet paper rolls…

Bamboo clothing and fabrics.

Bamboo was used in scale armor a few centuries back. Modern technology has made a giant step forward with bamboo fabric that can be made into clothing and other articles. Bamboo fabric is noted for the following properties:

Bamboo fibers are porous so they wick away moisture very quickly, making the fabric breathable and comfortable. The [...]

Bamboo skateboard decks.

In TreasureNature’s continuing saga on bamboo (bamboo bikes, bamboo trailer, bamboo plant, bamboo cutting boards, and bamboo knitting needles), next to be featured are bamboo skateboards . This will be useful for anybody looking for really cool gift ideas for kids this Christmas or any occasion.  As bamboo boarders say, “save a tree, ride a [...]

Wanted: bamboo knitting needles.

We’ve seen slivers of bamboo used as needles before so we’re not really surprised that Amazon is peddling bamboo cable knitting needles. It’s a nice organic gift for our favorite knitters this Christmas. We wonder why there are not more of these eco-friendly bamboo products around since the crystal palace bamboo cable needles are in [...]

Practical bamboo product: bamboo cutting boards.

This post highlights why we should promote the use of bamboo products. Fortunately, the “wood” of this grass is so versatile that we can enjoy it’s beauty in a lot of common home and kitchen tools and implements. The most utilitarian of these household uses is probably as a cutting board.

Bamboo is both harder and, [...]

Bamboo bicycles anyone?

Bike talk among our group of cross-country cyclists usually revolves around alloy parts and carbon fiber frames. Not that we have carbon fiber bikes but there’s no harm in dreaming. Well, I was surfing Flickr yesterday and know what I came across? A bamboo bicycle. Imagine biking for more than 10 years and [...]