FAUX SUCCULENT

 This  is one more recycled craft using pista shells I want to share here.

 Most of the shells  which I saw while browsing   are painted  lilies/lotus

But I want to make it a succulent.After making   many succulents.I was confused whether to arrange it in a shoe box like vertical garden or in a pot.

But I  found one flower basket in my junk yard and arranged it. Sticking  the pista shells with glue gun was easy but only  had to spend more time in arranging and  altering it. So this is my "FAUX SUCCULENTS"
How did you like it ?
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Recycled Magazines Plant holder

Hello, After almost a month I am posting .I have been  collecting old magazines for a long time hoping to do something out of it .That "something " never turned to my satisfaction. I  tried doing envelopes, decoupage,but nothing  seemed attractive. Meanwhile piled magazines kept threatening me leaving many sleepless guilt hours .One fine day I started rolling  magazines kept on rolling  till I could  churn  something useful for the house. My "african violets' seemed contented and started blooming acknowledging my effors.

      Since the paper's size is small I had to cover   this   laundry drum by two rows.

To hide the joint between the two rows , Old saree border is pasted around the drum

Top lid  portion of the drum. is  Decoupaged  and  a string is attached to open the box.
A major portion of the magazine got over for this project.But I still have other junks like saree border,old blouse bits,  Hope to try something soon .Please wish me luck  and give your suggestions friends.

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Decoupaged Pot Painting

 

Main figure is cut from a magazine all the other details are worked with ceramic powder

 

                                              This one is the otherside of the pot

                                        Assorted pots with different colors and technique is used

This one is my favourite Ganesha and the mandap is made with Mseal..Fine sand is sprinkled over the pot
to give a  texture and bronze  dust powder is sprinkled to give a different look
Hope you  like this post.
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Valentine Flower Arrangement

Any "valentine  flower   arrangement"would be incomplete without  Red roses and  Hearts.
Here I have incorporated Valentine heart" in all the flower arrangements
.Above  one with the a card board Heart!

 

With dried "Cycus "leaves Heart shape is being  given  as  the focal point

The  fern "Fox tail asparagus "  is folded like a a heart.

This is the first one in 'thematic arrangement" I wish to share more in future.

Hope you like these arrangements

Happy valentine's day

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Creative Fresh Flower Arrangement

Flower arrangements are meant to create a  warm and peaceful ambience.To create novel and unique arrangement one must be fully stocked with numerous  flower vases (containers) .Now a-days vases come in all sizes and shapes, what about the price?one may ask, Yes You are  right, most of them are highly expensive.In this post I would like to differ  the myth  about  fancy containers.They  are not a" must" to create flower arrangements.

Above one is a Sea -Shell Shaped Terracota  container painted with pearl mettallic color ( you can always repaint to  change the color)

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I had used ceramic pickle jars as vases with the same above stand (fig-1)

This is actually a wooddenglass top table (made with coffee  branches) .Glass is removed to hold flowers
With one set of accessory you can mix n match with many  type of vases, be it mud, plastic or even  paper  you can create your own vases for these arrangments.So next time if you want to create an arrangment do not  look for  expensive ones just dress up a corner with any vase you fancy it can be  old kettle or a pearl pet bottle nicely spray painted  it requires a little bit of imagination  and  nothing else.Hope you agree with me
Hope this info on vases is useful to you
Do  leave your comments/suggestions I am ever eager to know about it
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Quilled Wind Chimes

Sorry for the long absence.Quilling was in my wish list since long time.But do not have patience to do a single large piece so I ended up doing small tiny  designs .

I had inserted medals in between the strips of quilled paper.Though it is time consuming I enjoyed every bit of it.One more advantage I found was that you can watch all your T.V.Serials while doing it without messing up.Now I am wondering how to save this piece from the dust ? Except covering with it by plastic sheet Any idea? Do let me know I am looking forward to it
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Thai clay flower

These are all thai clay creations.Above one looks like a full rose plant.14 flowers and 10 set(3 in a set) of leaves which I felt too much, it consumes lot of time .

Roses being my favourite and easily identifiable flower I tried with different colors.This is a small arrangement based on Ikebana.

This one is a miniature water lily from the left over clay.I feel it is more dark and shows it is artificial.I never get full satisfaction from my project there is always "ifs" in my creation. "If" only have added less blue color it would have been   better.  My "Ifs"and "But" follows in my crafty journey.

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