This is a Do It Yourself post to make Pineapple Lamp Shade. Pineapple Lamp Shade falls under the broader category of Fruit Carving / Vegetable Carving and can be used when you have guests … [Read more...]
Cucumber Gondola
Cucumber Gondola is a Cucumber Carving in the shape of a Gondola. Vegetable carving is an interesting hobby for children and adults. Materials Required for making Cucumber Gondola: A small curved … [Read more...]
Tomato Rose Flower
Cut a tomato into a beautiful Tomato Rose Flower and use it for decorating your dish or the dining table. Materials Required to make a Tomato Rose Flower: 1 Tomato Knife Mint … [Read more...]
Gejje Vastra – Vastramala – How to make cotton vastra for God
Gejje Vastra is a string prepared using cotton. This is offered to Gods and Goddesses during festival pooja/ritual after the abhishekha (bathing the idols) as a representation of … [Read more...]
Fruit Arrangement
Materials Required for a Fruit Arrangement: Fruits like Pineapple, Apple, Pomegranate, Sweet Lime, A bunch of Banana etc., A Tray or a Mat Method: Select fruits of different colors and … [Read more...]
Wall hangings using Pressed Flowers
Pressing fresh flowers and making art out of it was one of the hobbies of the Victorian era. Here I have shown the method of making wall hangings using pressed flowers. Materials Required: 1 … [Read more...]
Tee Shirt Designs
Materials Required for Tee Shirt Designing: 1 - Iron On transfer Design Sheets (Availabe in stores) 2 - A Hard board 3 - Scissors 4 - Tee Shirt 5 - Iron Box Preheat dry iron and if using a … [Read more...]
Art of Pressing Flowers
Materials Required: 1 - Blotting Paper 2 - Flowers and Leaves 3 - A big book In the last page of a big book, keep a sheet of blotting paper and arrange the flowers and leaves on the paper as … [Read more...]
Pressed Flower Greeting Cards
Materials Required: 1 - Hand Made Paper cut into different size Cards 2 - Paint Brush 3 - Fevicol 4 - Pressed Flowers and Leaves 5 - Water colors 6 - Satin Ribbons 7 - Sketch Pens 8 - … [Read more...]
Introduction to Flower Arrangements
Flowers are one of the most beautiful creations of God. People, Birds and Insects enjoy them to the fullest. Flowers when brought into the house bring fragrance, color and light. When an arrangement … [Read more...]
Tips for Ikebana
The below Tips for Ikebana are useful while creating any Ikebana Arragement: Plasticine under pin-holder prevents slipping. A folded piece of newspaper under the pin-holder also prevents … [Read more...]
Wood Arrangement
"Wood Arrangements" include arrangements with driftwood or even roots and stumps of trees. Coffee roots are very popular in wood arrangements. The roots and the wood when combined with bright flowers … [Read more...]
Preservation of Flowers
For Preservation of flowers in an arrangement the following procedures can be used: Cut flowers from the plants before sunrise. Cut the stem at a slant. The stems should be kept under water and … [Read more...]
Ikebana – The Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement
History of Ikebana During the early part of the 7th century, the message of the Buddha kindled a new flame in the hearts of the nature-loving Japanese. The emissary of Prince Shotuko, returning from … [Read more...]
