I don't like creative mode, I think survival is the best, and if you are going to solve this by creative mode, I'll use TMI in survival.
Too bad. If you like survival then play survival. Part of that means having to prepare because not everything is available everywhere. You're basically complaining that you want to be able to craft diamond armor from dirt because you don't want to have to prepare ahead of time and actually go looking for diamonds. You just want them where ever you decide "I want them now."