Colorful flowers floating between squares of glass make beautiful and useful coasters.

Some of the best tools for making crafts may be right in your own backyard. Undamaged leaves, when covered with a coat of fabric paint in a favorite color, will make unusual and varied imprints on absorbent textiles, such as canvas, cotton, or linen.

Use fallen leaves as stamps to decorate a tablecloth.

Birch disks, stained in a variety of hues and then treated with a coat of matte polyurethane, can be used as decorative and functional trivets, coasters for drinks, and mini hors d'oeuvre trays.

A cake stand made of a branch and the cross section of a tree trunk makes a woodsy centerpiece at an outdoor table. 

Picked at their peak and then preserved, pressed flowers offer a wonderful way to savor the beauty of summer long after its blooms have faded from the garden.

Wrap votives in dried cornhusks for a rustic addition to the table.

Glass or ceramic containers get a rustic makeover when wrapped with tree bark.

For these sunroom pillows, mustard-yellow linen was printed with three different-sized anthurium leaves.