Warli Mania

Yes! warli mania has gotten into me. I am totally in love with warli painting. Since my first warli painting on a coffee mug and then a warli frame, I just cant stop myself from painting. This is a vase I made from a bottle cover. Googled for various warli motifs and have tried to represent the celebration scene of the warli tribe. (Am not happy with the way the photos have come though!)

Warli Frame

Following the encouragement and motivation after my First Warli painting on a coffee mug, here I am with my second experiment. The warli tribe in celebration and joyous mood. I have painted this on a tile and got it framed. Yes it is a recycled art too. You can use this excellent idea on waste and cut tiles of any shape. Artwork on a tile.  Isn't it pretty?

For those who missed my first painting, here it is 

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Recycled Art - A Vase from old Calendar

It's been long since I made any recycled craft project. Found an old calendar last week while searching for some stuffs. And my hands started itching. Itching to convert that trash into some useful stuff. In the meanwhile I had collected some lovely peacock feathers. 
So thought of making a vase for these feathers. Aren't these feathers beautiful?

Follow these easy steps for this DIY project 
Materials Required:
Calendar sheets
Glue
Used water bottle (or any container in round shape)
Used CD

Step 1 : Cut the calendar sheet into half (if the sheet is very thin)or three or four equal pieces depending on the thickness and size of the sheet.

Step 2: Roll them and apply glue. They will become hard rolls like these

Step 3: Take an used water bottle or any container and cover it with a sheet. Give a hard base to it. I have used an old CD here. 

 

Step 4: Start sticking the rolls one after the other applying sufficient glue lengthwise and also to the base. Applying glue on the adjacent roll to hold it tight. 

 

Step 5: Finish the entire circumference with rolls. If you wish you can paint them with the color of your choice. Else keep it as it is to give a natural look. 

 

A beautiful Vase is ready!

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Recycled Art - Vases

Continuing in the series of Recycled Art, here is a pair of beautiful and creative vases(at least I think so ;)). As you must have guessed it, they have evolved from the empty ketchup/sauce bottles. These bottles are thick and strong, so I couldn't afford to waste them simply.

The process is simple.

1. Wash the empty bottle. Remove the wrapper

2. Let your creativity flow. Paint the bottle with a base color. Then paint any artistic design that comes to your mind . If you are not into painting, you can even stick a beautiful gift wrapper or an old invitation card ( one more thing gets recycled!)

3. My version looks like this. You can just keep them as they are or flowers will surely add beauty. Here I have taken some old metal wires and have coiled them.

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Recycled Art - Wall Hanging

Here is a quick and easy recycled art. A wall hanging prepared from few easily available things and things which find their way to dustbin.

Things required:

A piece from carton box

Thick sheet of paper of any color for the base.

Any glossy paper ( i have used the air tight pouch of Tea powder).

Transparent sheet to cover .

Scissors, cello tape, gum.

Procedure: (refer the pictures below)

1. Cut the carton to a size of your choice. You can cut as large as possible.

2. Cover it neatly with the thick sheet. I used black to complement the silver gloss

3. Now it is ready, to paste the design

4. Cut any of your favorite design or any abstract design as this one

5. Carefully paste the cut design and cover with the transparent sheet. Tag a hook at the backside and its ready to adorn your wall!!

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Recycled Art - Gift Jars

Here I am with one more recycling idea. Empty jars being used for making a beautiful decorative piece or a perfect gift item. You can use jars or bottles of any size and shape for this purpose. I have used empty honey bottles

First, empty the jar, clean it and dry it, remove any stickers on it before using it for any purpose

You can fill any material of your choice. May be layers of different colored rice or sand, dry flowers, small cute dolls. You can even convert these jars into interesting votive for candles

I have used crystal jelly balls. I picked up these lovely pastel jelly balls for a very low price. Cover the jar with a gift wrapper (you can use the old ones also). Tie a beautiful bow with a ribbon. Now your jars are all set to be gifted which are ready at such minimum expense

Aren't they cute?

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Craft ideas for Christmas

Christmas is here. All are gearing up for the upcoming Christmas Party and busy in decorating Christmas trees and houses. I have brought a simple and easy craft idea this time.

Here i will show you how to make these jingle bells in few easy steps

All u need is a carton, red velvet( or ordinary ) sheet and satin( to make bow), glue, some fresh leaves, golden glitter or cello tape

Lets get started off. First cut out the carton in the shape of a bell like this.

Take the red velvet paper and cut two pieces in the same shape but bit bigger in size, which covers on the sides too(because the carton is bit thicker than the normal chart paper)

Stick it on both the sides. In order to detail, put golden glitter or golden cello tape if you have at the bottom of the bell. You can highlight the borders even.

Make a cute little bow with the red satin and paste it at the tip of the bell

You can even try the shape of three bells together in the same way

Make a small hole at the tip and thread it through a simple thread or satin to hang. Collect some fresh pine leaves or christmas tree leaves, bunch them and fix them

So the bells are ready!

Happy Christmas!

Recycled Art

I normally give a second thought before throwing away any household items that are no more needed.If my creative mind says yes it can be converted to some useful form of art or craft i go ahead recycling it.
Last week,while winding up the party at home, i found two water glasses cracked.

By just using black and white sheets of paper i could give a decent shape and design to the glasses. And here is the final product.

I feel recycling is not only good for the environment,it also enhances the creative part of you!