flower art-rangoli

 Hello Readers,

 It has been long time i have made something so fresh, colorful

and peaceful art of flower decoration.
Every diwali I come up with some unique idea but this is with grace of lord vishu
  I was struck with the idea of flower rangoli.
Every time I visit ayyapa temple in my vicinity i find this beautiful arrangement of flower,petals and leaves in the premises. 
the beautiful scent of flowers and  the radiance of   oil lamps  all over the place simply reminds me life can be so peaceful  in its natural form.

Thus I post my Diwali blog on flower rangoli:
Items required: beautiful artifact or a circular flat container, flower of your choice and some foliage available in  your surrounding.
I have used  flowers like gerbera, shevanti, tagar ,purple flowers and small sized green leaves to form a green background.

Cut the flowers stems and remove any damaged  petals.

Half fill the container with water and arrange the flowers to form the border of the the container.

to create a green backdrop i used small leaves allover the water bed .

Now place some bright flowers like i placed Gerbera flowers in different patterns to form different designs.

  We can place small flowers over the center of large flowers to create a contrast effect of colours. picture below explains the same. 

 Thus a beautiful piece of art is ready to decorate your premises on festivals and special occasions.

Below I have tried to make another beautiful flower art on a circular flat  container.Intially fill water into the container and start arranging flowers in circles. Picture below explains the same.

 

Its all your imagination how beautifully you can make a perfect balance of colours and flowers.

I balanced the red colour by forming a circular ring of red petals over the small white( tagar) flowers.

ahhh! one more flower rangoli is ready!

I wish happy Diwali to all my readers! Have a safe and Eco Friendly Diwali.

No Cost Magazine Gift Wrap

Welcome Back!

This month i am posting a quick  yet contemporary method of packaging. 
It was one of colleagues farewell in college.We decided to surprise her with a memorable gift right from the ribbons,packaging and obviously the gift.  

As we all were brain storming in the library something flashed in my eyes. it was the Vogue magazine cover page that my friend was holding in her hands.
This is when i thought why not use these glossy thick paper for wrapping. I used  goggle guru to find such wrapping idea  and yes there were some unique gift wrapping ideas.

Procedure: 
Material Required: Old magazine, tape,ruler,ribbon, gift.

 Select a magazine paper of your choice.

 We selected a black paper for outer cover. The gift wrap was to be designed in a bag shape with the ribbon in center to close the open ends.

  better to wrap the gift in a plastic sheet or a magazine paper to avoid the tape stains on the gift box.

then wrap the gift with a black paper or any bright color paper of your choice.

We found out a sabyasachi advertisement paper which we thought would look classy as main cover.

We wanted a bag shape thus closed one side and left the other side open
 punched two holes at the open end of the wrap.

 Insert a bright ribbon through the holes and tie a knot thus your gift is ready.

 this was my take on  no cost magazine gift wrap .
Happy Blogging!

Button Art

Hello,
  Monsoon a climate we all mumbaikars waited so long has finally arrived this week. A cool and refreshing  weather to enjoy and blog.
Ohhkk ! Now to talk about my post this month.
As my little one is growing like every  parents we cant stop buying some cute boy wear.but in couple of days these cloths go short for him.
 baby wear generally have such cute and amazing accessories on fabric that we feel preserving them, one of which is cute, designed buttons, I had a collection of buttons from my boys old clothes.
i kept thinking of utilizing these buttons somewhere and  gradually i came up with these beautiful art work.

Redecorating a lampshade

Material Required: Lampshade, fevicryl  3d liner,colorful buttons, fevicol

 I was inspired from a tree design in a  local magazine,Made a pencil sketch of the tree on the lampshade.
First i started highlighting the outline of the tree with a brown liner  as i wanted to show the tree trunk
pictures below explain the procedure.

To add some greenery to the tree I filled  in the tree branches with green 3d liner. picture below explains the same.

Allow it to dry for next 15-20 minutes.
you could easily find a set of colorful buttons at a novelty shop.
I found these buttons at a novelty shop in my area.

Once the tree is dried we can stitch the button as leaflets on the tree branches. Allow the buttons to stick properly . thus your lampshade is ready.

 We could use it as an artifact and also in the form of a decorative lampshade.

Chocolate bouquet

Hi there ,

Back Again after a long but blissful break. It was only when Amrita our smart  bakery chef came up with an idea of  chocolate flower bouquet.

I readily volunteered in her chocolate making art.Its a quick and beautiful make over  of chocolates to present our loved ones.

 All you will need will be: wooden skewers,green tape, kite paper, streamers, chocolate wrappers,scissor and  celofin paper.

Method : First roll the skewer with green tape to make the steams.

Now folder a kite paper into a triangle shape. In the picture below I have folded a rectangular paper into a triangle shape.

                                                  Roll the triangle into a conical shape.The picture below explains the same. hold the cone in shape by staples on the open ends.

  Wrap the chocolates with wrappers of your choice.

 Pierce the skewers in the center of the chocolate to hold the structure.

Now insert the skewer in the paper cone as shown in the picture.

Thus your flowers are ready.Now place them together and wrap them in bouquet style like the picture below.

Please try this simple creative art of chocolate bouquet.

Chocolate fantasy

Hi there, I am in my last trimester and ready to anytime rush to the hospital. All these while I wondered why I didn't experience strong cravings. but these last days of pregnancy I actually understand what actually are cravings.

On last Saturday midnight I got up to relish an entire potato wafer packet  and more to add on I was making   everything that had potato in it.This week I wanted to have chocolates and  chocolate coated doughnuts. But my over protective husband restricted me to indulge in refined flour food. I knew he was right but  cravings can make you crazy.Luckily I did have a compound chocolate slap with me.Thus an idea struck why not make some chocolates and doughnuts.thus this post got its existence.To make dry fruit rich chocolates you may need:chocolate slap,chocolate plastic mould,roasted cashew nut, almonds, walnuts and raisins.picture below displays the items required.

 To melt the chocolate we need to create a double boiler to prevent the chocolate from burning by direct contact with heat. 

To make a double boiler first take half water filled container and then place a shallow container over it. thus with the help of steam the chocolate starts melting.

 At a point you will find that the chocolate has developed a glaze and easily drips down the spoon.
Take a clean plastic mould and brush it with melted chocolate to prevent any air bubbles or pores to be seen on the top surface.

Place the brushed mould inside the refrigerator to solidify the chocolate molding. After 15-20 minutes take the mould out and fill it with your choice of dry fruits. Now fill the chocolate moulds with molten chocolate.

 Refrigerate the mould for 30- 40 minutes. Once they are solidified  you could easily demould it.

 These are some of the demoulded  chocolate shapes. You could wrap them with choice of wrapping paper and thus ur home made chocolates are ready.

Candle Art with Mehandi

Hi there, this week has been full of festivity. It is Ganesh Utsav celebration in every street of Mumbai.  Lord Ganesha is said to be worshipped before starting any new venture, work or entering a new property.

His idol is worshipped and placed for 5-7 -11 days in huge decorative pandals. I always look forward for this festival as you get to see lot of creativity in terms of design, colour in decorations and to take the blessings of bappa.

During festival time we apply Henna on hand to beautify them. I have been trying to master this art for a while now.

An idea clicked  me as I was doing some designs on my hand if I could use this art on some other surface. When I researched I was surprised to find this beautiful art made on wax candles. These candles were used as Center piece.

I selected some easy mehandi design and got started on a clean white Candle. Thus below you could find the details.

Requirement:

A big candle, Mehandi Cone, sketch pen to make an outline and  a satin ribbon.

Procedure:

First clean the candle if required. Make a desired outline with a sketch pen on the candle. By doing this designing with a mehandi cone would be easier on the candle.

I have decorated the bottom and head part of the candle with mehandi.

The snowflakes and tiny dots were made with mehandi to fill the empty space.

 Allow the mehandi to dry and then decorate it with a satin ribbon of your choice.

Thus your beautiful center piece is ready.

We in AIH believe in teamwork and thus even if I came with the concept it has been Reena Mams art work that has brought out such beautiful center piece. Thanks Mam.

See you soon in the next post.