Birch bark crafts

I love how birch bark is making a comeback as a crafting material. It's beautiful, brings in a pretty touch of nature, but has an elegant rustic look that is really gorgeous. Just in time for the holiday season we've gathered more than a dozen of our favorite birch bark crafts and home ...

A few more canoes added to my collection. I made these out of birch that I gathered from one of our downed trees, small poplar twigs, and raffia. They're small, just over 2" long. Tutorial here: lilfishstudios.blogspot.com/2010/12/tiny-birch-bark-canoe...

These adorable handmade birch bird ornaments are so easy to make - create a whole flock of them for your Christmas tree! Also great gift tags!

Birch bark picture frames are a great addition to rustic decor and bring a touch of nature inside. Photographs displayed in these natural frames take on new life and bring positive energy to the room.

Birch bark crafts have been around for centuries featuring a variety of forms, functions and methods of creation. The history behind processing birch bark crafts is extensive across cultures and generations featuring rustic home decor to items with style and function like extravagant handbags. Working with birch bark to create handmade items became a goal of mine very suddenly. How I started Processing Birch Bark for Crafts One summer lake trip to the Adirondacks sparked a new level of…

I don’t know what it is, but there’s something about birch bark that I am completely and utterly obsessed with. I’ve always been a sucker for all things chipped, peeled, and wooden — and the fact that it’s white might just be the icing on the cake. Everytime I see a birch tree, I rush […]

If you find this, or one of my other tutorials, helpful and would like to make a monetary contribution to help me keep wool in my basket and ideas flowing, I'd be so grateful. By clicking the "Buy Now" button below you can choose your own price for the tutorial. It's completely optional, but oh so appreciated. ************************* As promised, a birch bark tutorial! Since so many people seemed to love these tiny birch bark canoes, I thought I'd share how I make them. What you'll need…

How to make a birch bark container - Step by step article

Do you have birch trees near your home? Did you know you can easily use their bark as paper? Birch bark is so neat, and makes a really fun paper you can use for crafts, cards, making baskets, and so many different things. The Native Americans have been using birch bark for all sorts of things for many many years. Now I am no professional, but here is how I did it and it worked well! Peel a large chunk of bark from a tree. This will not hurt the tree; notice it is peeling on its own in places…

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