Art & Craft

A BEAUTIFUL NURSERY

2011-02-08T00:14:00.000-08:00

Choosing a theme for your nursery can be a big deal. After all it's an idea that you will probably be married to for awhile. There are many ideas that you need to contend with as you try to determine what to choose for your baby.
The first question in your mind may be a question of gender. Will you do a gender specific theme like fire trucks or fairies? Perhaps you would consider doing a gender neutral theme like Winnie the Pooh or animals in bright colors.
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Some parents choose a neutral color for a base of their room. From here they simply add furniture and small decorations that can be changed and moved around as the child grows. This way they can add or remove themes as the whims of the child (or themselves) change.
Items to consider for a themed room:

Bedding (Remember safety should trump beauty.)

Paint Color
Borders

Wall Paper
Murals
Furniture (Themed or not, expandable or not)
Knick Knacks
Art or photos

While decorating your baby's room is personal and fun, remember that the heart of your child's room is not what is physically held within the four walls. Rather it is the relationship of the parents and child. So if your baby is born into a room of stark white walls, with boxes crammed in a corner, so be it. It won't change how you love him or her, nor will they grow up decoratively challenged.

CHANGE YOUR HOME DECORE FOR WINTER

2011-01-17T07:52:00.000-08:00

It's fun to feel cozy in the winter with warm colors and soft, fluffy fabrics. In the summmer, a cool, airy look is appealing. Read here to get some simple ideas for transforming the look of your home with the seasons.

When the cold weather arrives, have a collection of cozy, fluffy throws to place on your furniture for snuggling. Remove them or replace with soft cotton or silk throws for warmer months.
Remove the toasty down-filled duvet from your bed in the spring and substitute a light cotton matalasse bed cover or a simple cotton blanket.Floral arrangements of pine and holiday colors can be changed for light, colorful ones for the spring and summer. Put away dark brass or pottery containers and bring out clear glass or crystal vases.

Change dark-patterned decorative pillows by covering them with fresh, floral prints or plaids for warmer weather. Either change out the pillows with a second set or alternate the decorative covers.If you have a collection of plates on display, put classic holiday designs away for the winter and replace with pretty floral china from grandma.Have your draperies made so they are reversible allowing you to easily turn them from lively to neutral with the seasonal changes.
Be sure to put garden magazines and flower books out on the coffee table in the spring and summer. That will help bring the outside in and add color to your interior.
Changing with the seasons gives you an opportunity to get out some long-lost pieces and make them the center of attention for a while.The change of decor can come all at one time, like spring house cleaning, or over a period of several days or weeks. You'll be surprised what a difference just a small change can make.

If winter seems especially long, forget the calendar and get your spring things out even if there's snow on the ground. You may still need the warm blankets, but the look can be light and uplifting.

MAKE COLOURFUL YOUR KIDS ROOM

2011-01-13T06:59:00.000-08:00

If you want to make happy your child you can renewate it according to your child choice.With more products being designed specifically for children's rooms, learn to make smart furniture purchases to create functional rooms that grow and change with your kids' ages. With more ideas for nurseries, bedrooms and playrooms, you'll find decorating themes for every personality-from traditional and country to whimsical and contemporary. Plus, you'll discover step-by-step projects including bedding, wall art and furniture fix-ups help to personalize any child's room.

Here i take some pictures of kids room.it will be helpful to you.

Nowhere else you can mix and match a variety of paint systems and models of creation, stickers, sparkles and get away. Best of all, your children may be involved in transforming a room in their own achievements in decoration, at the same time.

Some creative ideas for decorating children, bedrooms :

Furniture:

Childrens furniture is available in many assorted styles, kinds and colors; High Chairs, Combo-High Chairs, Playpens, Changing Tables, Beds, Bunk Beds, Cots, Closets, Shelves, Safety Gates, Tables or Chairs. The plan and the raw materials utilized in childrens furniture varies from firm to firm. Two of the most extensively regular used raw materials which are used for childrens furniture are solid wood or plastic, however solid wood tends to be a superior quality product. In addition, the type of wood utilized makes for the variation in class of each product. The most pricey is childrens furniture which is made from solid beech. Childrens furniture in the lower price range are frequently produced from pine or rubber tree. Make a playground of a common set tray. Choose colors that match your child’s style and add features such as doors of thermal protection for a doll house or castle effect.

Walls:

Turn your child, the walls on a large canvas. The painting is the perfect solution and least expensive to create a kaleidoscopic effect, while offering unlimited color options.

Letters Doors:

Use of wood coming out of your child,paint them in the theme color of the gown of your child very well door. cabinet door hardware can be replaced by corrugated handles or your favorite cartoon character.

CRUNCHY SWEET SNOW MAN

2011-01-12T08:31:00.000-08:00

Dressed in colorful candy scarves and top hats, these stylish, easy-to-make snowmen are sure to liven up any holiday gathering.

Ingredients

bag of 8-inch pretzel rods
1 cup white chocolate chips
mini chocolate chips
orange decorators' gel

fruit leather (various colors)
gummy rings
gumdrops

Instructions:

To make a batch, melt 1 cup of white chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler.
One at a time, dip one end of an 8-inch pretzel rod in the melted chocolate and use a plastic spoon or knife to spread the chocolate two thirds of the way down the rod.
Set the pretzels on a sheet of waxed paper and press on mini chocolate chips for eyes and buttons. Use orange decorators' gel to add a carrot nose.
When the chocolate has hardened, stand the pretzels in a mug or glass and tie on strips of fruit leather for scarves. For each hat, stretch a gummy ring over the narrow end of a gumdrop and secure it on the pretzel rod with a dab of melted chocolate.

EGG CARTON FLOWER

2011-01-12T07:38:00.000-08:00

The things you need:

1. An empty egg carton
2. Poster colours
3. Brushes
4. Glue
5. Scissors
6. Thick straws

Procedure:

Step 1: Cut one egg cup from the carton.

Step 2: Make six to four cuts on the broad part of the cup.

Step 3: Bend and curl the cuts in different ways. Your flower petals are ready and you can make a budding flower or a flower in full bloom by the way you arrange the 'petals'.

Step 4: Stick a thick straw to the bottom of the cup and the flower stem is ready. You could even use a piece of wire for the stem.

Step 5: Now give this flower the shades of colour that you want. The choice is yours - whether you want to give a bunch of roses or a mixed bouquet!

FABRIC FLOWER

2011-01-12T06:24:00.000-08:00

For this project, you will need:

Pretty fabric
Glass or round template
Cardboard (just rummage through your recycling bin to find some)
Tailor's chalk or a pencil
Scissors
Needle and thread (choose a thread to match your fabric. I have used black here just so you can see my stitches easily)
A brooch backing, safety pin, or plain hair clip...

Instructions:

1.Firstly you'll need to make a circle template to use for cutting out your fabric. Trace around a small glass onto cardboard, and cut out the cardboard circle.

2.Using your cardboard template, trace 14 circles onto your fabric and cut these out.

3.Here I am using a beautiful raw silk remnant I found in the bargain bin at my local fabric store. It has natural stiffness and is perfect for making gorgeous flowers with.Place two circles of fabric on top of one another, and secure together with a simple stitch. This will be the base of your flower.

Take four circles of fabric for the next step. Fold each in half, and secure with a small stitch to the center of your base.

4.With the remaining eight fabric circles, fold each into quarters and secure with some stitches at the base.

Sew four quarters into the center of your base. Now stitch the last four quarters into the center and tie off underneath.

Fluff up your "petals" and you're done!

You can use this flower on your dress,using it for gift wraping,make necklace and place it in a vase

POLYMER CLAY BAKED SNOWMAN

2011-01-11T10:16:00.000-08:00

Project Materials & Tools:

Penny
Cotton Ball
Toothpick
White or Clear Glue
White, Black, Red, & Orange Polymer Clay

Project Instructions:

1. Assemble snowman pieces

Form the colored clay pieces into the basic snowman shapes (body, eyes, mouth, nose, hat, scarf) as indicated in the photo above.

2.Begin building the snowman.

Using the penny as a base, begin putting together the snowman. Start at the bottom and assemble the base to the penny, followed by the mid-section to the base.

3. Make the snowman head.

Assemble the nose and eyes to the face before attaching the head onto the mid-section. Insert the nose into the head before adding the eyes and mouth.

Use the toothpick to create a deep hole in the head for the "carrot" nose. As you insert the nose into the hole, shape it into a point.

4. Dress the snowman (hat and scarf).

Next, assemble the black hat pieces on the snowman's head. Shape the hat in any way you see fit. Then, wrap the red scarf around the neck and curl up the ends for a "flowing" effect.

5. Bake the snowman.

Place the snowman onto a piece of tin foil and/or in a shallow baking pan and bake for 10-15 minutes at 275 F degrees (baking times may vary, so refer to the directions on your clay packaging for the best results). After baking, let the snowman cool completely.

If any of the pieces come apart after the snowman is baked, use the glue to reattach the pieces together.

6. Assemble the cotton "snow" in 3 easy steps:

1.Using the toothpick or your fingers, separate the cotton ball center to form the shape of a ring that can be slipped over the penny base of the snowman.

2.Add a few beads of glue on the penny base.3.Slip the cotton ring over the base to cover the penny and glue beads. After positioning the cotton over the base of the snowman, press it gently and flatten down evenly.

Allow the glue to dry completely.

Congratulations! Your snowman is finished.

DECORATIVE ICE CREAM MADE BY FOAM

2011-01-09T10:19:00.000-08:00

Required item:

1.brown,dark pink, light pink, yellow and brown fun foam.

2.pink, white, yellow and brown dimensional paints and glitter.

3.glue for fun foam.

Instructions for ice cream cone:

1. Print out the Ice Cream Cone Template and trace around each marking with a pencil. Turn the paper around and you should be able to see the markings through the paper. Now place the paper over the appropriately colored sheets of fun foam and retrace the markings you see onto the foam. Cut out the pieces.

2. To make the sparkly cones you will then use the dimensional paint to decorate the ice cream in the appropriate color. On the cone you can create a waffle look by first drawing stripes parallel in one way and then drawing stripes perpendicular to these.

3. Sprinkle same color sparkle over the dimensional paint outlines and tap off the excess glitter. Let the paint thoroughly dry.

4. Once dry, you can glue the top of the ice cream to the bottom cone piece.

TISSUE PAPER CARNATION FLOWER

2011-01-09T09:58:00.000-08:00

You will need:

Tissue paper
Scissors
2 large paper clips
Pipe cleaners (chenille stems) or floral wire
Coloured marker pen
Optional: floral wire, floral tape, wire cutters

How to do it:

1.You can make your carnations any size, but I found that a 3″ (7.5cm) circle gives a realistic-sized flower. Fold your tissue paper in half again and again until it is just larger than your circle size. I used a 20×24″ sheet of tissue paper, which let me cut 48 circles at once – enough for 4-5 carnations!

2.Find a suitably-sized circular container and draw around it with a pencil onto your folded tissue paper.

3. Start to cut out the circle, holding all the layers of tissue paper together. If you can’t cut through the whole thickness, try cutting half the layers at a time, then draw another circle to cut out the other half. I found that I could cut through 48 layers with no problem, as the tissue paper is so thin. You don’t have to cut too exactly, so don’t worry if some of the layers don’t come out as perfect circles. Use a large paper clip to help keep the layers together.

4. As you continue to cut, add a second paper clip on the opposite side of the circles to keep all the circles together.

5. This next step is the key to making the flowers look more realistic than standard tissue paper flowers.

6. Take a marker pen with a complementary colour (a cheap kids’ pen is fine). A bold colour will give a more effective result. Use your non-writing hand to hold the edges of all the tissue-paper layers together, and use the side of the pen nib to begin to gently colour the edge of the circles.

7. Take this slowly – if you press too hard, the tissue paper layers will separate. Colour a small section of the edge at a time, and go over each section a few times to ensure the colour is intense and the ink has saturated all the edges.

8. Continue to colour around the edge. When you are about halfway through, move the paper clips to areas you have already coloured, and fill in the gaps.9. You may well end up with a coloured finger by the time you have finished , as you have to hold the papers close to the edge to keep them together while you colour them! Don’t worry – it’ll wash off .

10. Remove the paper clips and select enough circles from the pile to make one flower. I used approx 12 circles per flower, but 8-10 circles would be fine.

11. Keep these circles together and poke two holes near the centre of the circles. I used the end of a pipe cleaner to do this, but if your pipe cleaners aren’t sharp enough you could use a large needle or similar.

12. Fold down about 1 inch of the pipe cleaner, and push the long end through one hole and the short end through the other hole.

13. Pull the ends all the way through, then twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together underneath the flower to keep all the circles together:

14. Now to make the petals. Separate the topmost circle and crumple it upwards from the centre. Scrunch up the paper randomly, but try to concentrate on the base of the petal (the centre of the circle) and leave the coloured edges alone.

15. Now repeat with each circle in turn. Crinkle each circle up individually, and try not to have the folds in the same place each time.

16. Keep scrunching… When all the circles have been crumpled up, you will end up with a lovely carnation like this:

17. Make a double-headed stem by cutting down one pipe cleaner to half its length (use wire cutters for this) then twisting it together with another completed stem:

18. Cut the floral wire to the same length as your stem.

19. Holding the wire and pipe cleaner stem together, start to wrap the floral tape tightly around them. Start about 1″ down from the flower head (below, left) and wrap up the stem to the head. Then wrap all the way down the stem to the bottom. To wrap without the tape getting tangled up, hold the tape steady and at an angle to the stem with one hand (below, right), and use your other hand to twirl the stem around, winding the tape around itself as it goes.

20. The floral tape will stick to itself, so there is no need to use glue to fasten it down. Remember to stretch the end of the tape as you wrap the end of the stem, to help it to stick securely.

21. Make just one as a paper buttonhole. Make about a dozen, and you have a beautiful bouquet!

22. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you make any tissue paper flowers.

CREPE PAPER FLOWER

2011-01-09T07:52:00.000-08:00

Things You'll Need:

Crepe paper
Ruler
Scissors
Green pipe cleaners

Instructions:

Stack five sheets of crepe paper on a flat surface. You can use the same colored crepe paper throughout this project, or you can layer different colors for a unique look. Work in a well-lit area so that you can see what you are doing.
Measure an 8-by-8-inch square of crepe paper with your ruler and cut all the layers with your scissors. This is a great activity for children, but supervise them when they are using scissors. Make a 1/2-inch fold in the stack of crepe paper. Run your finger along the fold to create a crease. Hold the new fold tight and flip the crepe paper over. Fold the crepe paper you are holding backwards to create a second fold. This is called an accordion fold. Continue in this manner until you reach the end of the crepe paper.
Fold the crepe paper in half by bringing the two short ends together. Do not make a full fold or crease. You are looking for the center of the paper.Cut a tiny V-shape on each side of the fold.
Wrap one end of a green pipe cleaner around the middle of the paper (where you made your tiny cuts) and then twist it around itself where the pipe cleaner meets the underside of the flower. This will secure the pipe cleaner stem to the crepe paper flower. The long end of the pipe cleaner should be pointing down.
Pull the ends of the crepe paper up, and then begin to open the layers inside by pulling them out gently. Work with the layers, pulling and lifting them, until you are satisfied with the look of your flower.

POTTERY PAINTING

2011-01-09T06:36:00.000-08:00

Things you will need:

A clay pot,
suitable paints in various colours (we usually just use poster paints),
small paintbrush,
a container with clean water,
lots of newspaper to save your table from being painted.

Instructions:

1. Wash the clay pot in warm soapy water to remove any traces of dirt or grease.

2.Cover the table or painting area with newspaper, find paints, paint brushes and a mug of clean water (to clean the paint brushes when swapping colours).

3.When the pot has dried, start painting whatever design you like!

4.Ensure each layer of paint dries thoroughly before adding another colour on top.

5.Allow the painted flower pots to dry out.

And hey presto! you have delightful one-of-a-kind painted claypot!

Tips:

Since clay pots are porous, they do dry out very quickly by themselves, but to hasten the process, pop them on top of a radiator, on a sunny window ledge or in the cool oven of an Aga or Rayburn.

RAINBOW POT PAINTING

2011-01-09T02:22:00.000-08:00

Materials Required :

Enamel Paints (Different Colours)
Brush
Water
Container
Earthen Pot

Procedure :

At first, colour your earthen pot with any enamel paint.
Now take a container containing three-fourth quantity of water and spill different colors of enamel paints into it.
The different colour paints float on the water.
Now gently hold your painted pot at its edge and dip it into the water and twist it around, in the water and slowly take it out of the container.
Keep the pot aside without disturbing it.
The wet paints will slowly take its own design and shade.
Wait till the pot dries.
Your pot painting is ready.

ROSES MADE BY COFFEE FILTER PAPER

2011-01-07T23:33:00.000-08:00

Tools and Materials:

1.Box of disposable cone coffee filter.

2.Scissors . 3.16-gauge floral wire.

4.Floral tape.

5.Water color paint.

6.Flat brush.

7.Bamboo skewer.

8.Glue stick.

Coffee Filter Roses How to do it:

1. Trace and cut petal shapes through both layers of filters, as per templates.

2. Form rose. With coffee filter No. 1, take four connected petals and poke an 18-inch length of 16-gauge floral wire down through the center of the bottom of one end petal so 1/2 inch of the wire remains sandwiched between two opposite petals.

3. Wrap adjacent two petals tightly around first two petals; wrap with floral tape around base, then 1/2 inch down wire, to secure.

4. When working with floral tape, pull it as you work to expose the sticky part of the tape.

5. With coffee filter No. 2, take four connected petals and sandwich "flower bud" between two opposite petals. On the adjacent petal pair, gently tear the perforation of the base so that you have a strip of 2 side-by-side petals. Wrap this petal strip around the other two petals and secure with tape.

6. With coffee filter No. 3, take four connected petals and gently tear the perforation at the base to create a strip of four petals. Wrap this petal strip around flower bud and secure with tape.

7. With coffee filter No. 4, gently tear the perforation at the base of petal shapes to create a strip of five petals. Wrap this petal strip around flower bud and secure with tape. (The folded petal gives rose stability and a more rounded form.)

8. With coffee filter No. 5, place three petals, overlapping slightly on rose and wrap just once (to avoid bulk) with floral tape to secure.

9. Wrap remaining three petals opposite the first three. Repeat for shapes cut from filters Nos. 6, 7, and 8. Use finger and thumb to separate petals, creating air pockets and making petals curve outward from the base. Use 3 or 4 extra single petals to fill in holes and give a rounded shape.

10. To paint the roses, use watercolor paints, mixed with a bit of water. Paint the base color, first doing the bottom, then the top, working from the inside out. Accentuate with a darker color on the tips. Use a flat brush to apply a third color of undiluted watercolor to edges. Let dry overnight.

11. Once painted roses are dry, curl left and right sides of outer petals around a bamboo skewer to create a point. Work your way from the outside to the inside of rose. Curl inner petals just slightly by wrapping top straight down around bamboo skewer.

12. Add five paper sepals secured with floral tape to short stem. Wrap floral tape in a spiral down wire stem several times to create a thick roselike stem. Burnish stem with skewer to smooth tape. Cut 6 paper leaves and sandwich a 4-inch wire between. Use a glue stick to stick 6 leaves together with a 4-inch wire stem.

13. Secure leaves to stem with floral tap.

Make Recipe Books for Recipes for Mom on Mother’s Day

2011-01-07T12:30:00.000-08:00

Craft metarial will be needed:

1.notebook, 8Y2 by 11 inches.
2.decorative paper.
3.2 pieces of ribbon, each 8 inches long.
4.glue.
5.colored pencil.
6.scissors.
7.tape measure.

Instructions:

Step 1

Paste two pages together on two sides (marked A and B in drawing) and leave side C open. Repeat this until you have 24
“envelopes” in the notebook. Mark each envelope with the kind of recipes to be kept there—Appetizers, Soups, Meats, Fish, Vegetables, Desserts, Drinks, Sandwiches, etc.
“envelopes” in the notebook. Mark each envelope with the kind of recipes to be kept there—Appetizers, Soups, Meats, Fish, Vegetables, Desserts, Drinks, Sandwiches, etc.

Step 2

Glue the pieces of ribbon onto the center of the back and front covers of the notebook.

Step 3

Glue decorative paper onto the covers. Cut the ends of the ribbon on the bias, to prevent fraying. You can make the same file for patterns, bills, or personal letters.

MAGAZINE HOLDER HOUSE

2011-01-07T11:27:00.000-08:00

: Materials :-; 1 .Ruler; 2 .Coloured markers; 3 .Cardboard magazine and file storage boxes; 4 .Craft or utility knife; 5. Corrugated cardboard; 6. Craft glue; 7. Acrylic paints; 8. Paintbrushes (foam brushes are handy for painting large areas); 9. Poster board or construction paper for grass and stepping-; stones; 10. Dental floss or twine and a wide-eyed sewing needle for assembling a fence

Instruction:-

To construct each building, use a ruler and marker to draw rooflines, window openings, and doors on an unassembled magazine box. For variety, you can set the peak of the roof off center 2 or 3 inches as we did for some of the buildings pictured above. Cut the cardboard (a parent's job) along the lines and remove the side flap. Then assemble the box. For a long, narrow building, assemble and mark a file storage box, as shown, and cut along the lines.
For the roof, cut out a piece of corrugated cardboard. To figure out the dimensions, first measure the length of the upper edge of the front wall and add a couple of inches for an overhang. Then measure the width of the side wall, again adding an inch or so. Fold the cardboard to create the roof peak and glue it in place atop the building. If needed, loosely apply strips of masking tape to hold the roof in place until the glue dries.
Now you can paint the roofs, window trim, shutters, and doors and add any other details you desire. For example, you can glue on a cardboard steeple to create a church or fill a barn with packing-paper straw. For the finishing touches, cut out a village green from poster board or construction paper to arrange the buildings around and add paper stepping-stone paths. For a fence, cut out a bunch of small corrugated cardboard pickets and string them together with dental floss or twine.

MAKE YOUR OWN RUBBER STAMP

2011-01-07T10:38:00.000-08:00

Material:-

1.) Plain copy paper
2.) A pencil (I used an art pencil from Faber Castell – 2B)
3.) An eraser for fixing mistakes in your drawing
4.) A thick piece of rubber or other material meant for carving stamps – I used Speedball’s Speedy-Cut…they make a pink one and a white one . The white one seems to be softer than the pink one but both cut “like butter” as it says on the packaging for many such products. )
5.) A carving tool (Mine was a set that came with 5 differently sized cutting heads – Speedball’s Lino Cut Assortment)
6.) Ink specifically for your application (fabric, paper, cardstock, etc.) – just make sure it is a thicker ink if you plan to apply it with a roller.
7.) A piece of wood just larger than your final stamp to use as a backing

How to do it:-

1). First make a line drawing. If this is your first ever stamp-making project you might

want to keep details to a minimum and stick with thick, wide lines. This will make it easier when it’s time to carve. You can either color in the areas you plan to carve with your drawing (this will be the space that doesn’t get inked) or the areas that will print so it will look more like your final piece as your carving it – just decide ahead of time and stick with it.

2). The Speedball material will actually pick up the outline of your drawing…no tedious tracing needed! Put your drawing face down on the material and rub the back of the paper with something hard and smooth. Also take care not to move the drawing once you have started transferring the image.

3). Once your image is sufficiently transferred onto your rubber material, you can begin carving out the details of your drawing. I start by outlining the areas with a small tool then cutting in with the larger tools.

Carve out the parts of your image you do not want to print

4). Once you have cut out all the fine details you will need to remove the excess material from the sides so your image comes out cleanly. If you are used to creating shading and dimension in your artwork you can get a similar effect from making shallow, light, strategically placed cuts in your stamp.

5).Glue your finished stamp to the wood backing…if you don’t put a backing on it, it’s wigglyness may cause an uneven impression on your finished piece. Sometimes I get excited and skip this step, but it is the proper way to do it.

Get ready to do a test print!
Ink your rolling surface and get a good, even coating of ink on your roller. Roll the ink on to your stamp and test it on a non-essential piece of paper. You will likely see areas you need to fix in your stamp. Just cut these areas away, and test one more time before you’re ready to create you’re finished stamped piece.

ITALIAN DOUGH RECIPE & ARRANGEMENT

2011-01-06T11:08:00.000-08:00

You only need the things like:

Cornflour 1/2 cup
German glue or white glue 1/2 cup
Water 2 tabs
lemon juice1/2 tabs
glycerine 1/2 tabs
non stick cooking pan
Cooking oil few drops
Oil paint colours (any colour you like.)

Method:

Take a non-stick pan and mix water and glue very well.
Now add the cornflour into the pan and mix it faster don't leave the spoon until the dough soft.
Add lemon juice and glycerine pure in the material and and now cook it on the very little heat.
Make sure, dont leave the spoon until end because its necessary.
pan, yIt take maximum 3 to 4 minutes. When the dough is become thick and leave to stuck the our dough is ready.
Take out the dough into a plastic bag, but grease the plastic bag with Cooking oil, Vaseline or cold cream.
Now to knead ( gundhana ) the dough in the plastic bag very well until the dough getting more smooth.
Let it cold in fridge for 1 day.
Mix the oil paint colour in the Italian dough very well by your hands.Now your dough is ready to make flowers.
Take a little piece of dough and make a plan round bread of it.Make sure that your bread should be very thin and fine.
Now twist and turn round the dough bread with your fingertips and gave it a shape of rose bud.
For a rose, you make 1 bud,3 small petals and 5 big petals.
Attached the small 3 dough petals one by one around the rose bud by glue.
Now attached 5 big petals round the small petals.now you attached all the petals to the rose, but before you dry it, attached stem into the centre of rose flower with glue. Set and twist the petals like a rose. Now let it dry.
Covered the stem with wrapping floral tape around it.
Now make leaves from dough with the help of cutter.The colour you add the dough should be green for leaves.you also make dark and light green leaves for a natural look. You can also use artificial leaves to decorate your flowers.
Then you take the rose stem and attached the leaves on it with glue and floral tape.

Now your dough flower rose stem is ready.

Other Pictures are following (Arum lily)

TIPS:

1. You can also used the food colours in the dough instead of oil paint colours and mix the colour in the dough very well by your hands. But its always good to use oil paint colour.

2. Always keep the dough in plastic bag and then REFRIGERATE it.

3. Once you made the dough,protect the dough from Air, because air will dry your dough and waste it.

4. Always take small pieces of dough for use.

5. If you follow these instructions, your Dough will soft.

CANDY PLANT FOR KIDS

2011-01-06T10:58:00.000-08:00

Materials Needed:-

3-inch Clay Pot
Paint
Green Floral Foam
Small, Wrapped Candies
Craft Stick
Misc. Supplies to Decorate
Craft Glue
Paint Brush
Scissors

Instructions:-

1.Paint the clay pot however you like. At this time you can also paint the craft sticks green. use however many sticks as you want flowers. Let the paint dry!

2.Place a snug piece of green floral foam in the pot. You can also place tissue paper in the pot first so it sticks out of the top of the pot. If you don't have floral foam, you can fill the pot with rocks or even candy!

3.Glue the wrapped candies one end of a craft stick. If you want 'fuller' flowers, consider cutting flower shapes out of craft foam, felt, or construction paper and gluing them to the craft stick first.

4.Poke the craft stick stems into the floral foam in the pot. Once all of your flowers are in place, you can fill in around them, covering the floral foam, with shredded tissue or Easter grass.

PATCH WORK TABLE RUNNER.

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Required items:-

1).Printed fabric for corners,9 patch block of 5 inch square

2).busy printed fabric for center,9 patch block of 5 inches

3).scissor

4).basic sewing supplies

5).pencil

6).matching threads.

Instruction:

This is such an easy runner to make. I'll do a tutorial here to show you just how easy lemon squeezy it is! I made this one with 27 charm squares, these ones are 5 inch squares. So lay them out into 3 groups to form a 9 patch block. Keep in mind that the squares in the corner of a 9 patch block will not be cut, so make sure that is a print you really like. The square in the middle of each 9 patch will be sliced twice, so keep that in mind too, busy prints or a neutral work best for the center square.So once you are happy with the placement, sew them into 9 patch blocks. Hopefully they will stay in order! I always seem to get one row mixed up along the way.And this is the fun part! After ironing your 9 patch block, slice it in half, rotate it and slice it again. So your block now becomes 4 blocks.After you have cut all 3 of the original 9 patch blocks together, you now need to arrange the 12 new blocks in a pleasing manner. For this one I regrouped 4 little blocks to make one big block again, so I had 3 large blocks to make the runner. I tried to have 2 little squares in the center of each block facing the same way for each of the 3 larger blocks. Does that make sense? But you could really arrange the blocks anyway you wished. That's the joy of a Disappearing 9 Patch block, it doesn't really matter!So once you have sewn all those blocks together you are on the home stretch! To make this runner just a little bit bigger and to frame it, I added a border of 1.5 inches as above.Quilt as desired. I just did a meandering stipple all over the D9P blocks and an echo stitch just inside the border. Binding is on and pinned in place ready to hand sew down for this one.

See? Easy! Let me know if you make one, love to see.

Taj Mahal Facts are :

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The Taj Mahal is a monument of love constructed from 1632-54 at Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India, as a mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, the favorite wife of Shah Jahan. It was built of white marble and inlaid with semi-precious stones and elaborate mosaic work. The structure consists of a huge central dome surrounded by four smaller domes, flanked by four slim minarets. The whole is mirrored in an ornamental pool.

CHRISTMAS HAND MADE CARD

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One of the first things that herald in the christmas season is greeting card. The shelves are stacked with boxes of varied, assorted and made to order cards, ready to be signed and mailed. Imagine for a moment how wonderful it would be to personalize your cards this year, and make your own card to send to those special friends and family on your list!

make your own card like this

Card making supplies used for handmade card:

deep christmas red color cardstock 8" x 6"
cream color cardstock 3.7/8" x 5.7/8"
cream color cardstock scraps
clear stamps by Penny Black
background embossing folder
label die cut and emboss folder
color markers or other coloring media
pine green ink pad
paper trimmer
scissors
sponge
double-sided foam tape
glossy accents
glue

Card making instructions:

Score and fold red color cardstock to make a blank 4" x 6" folded card.
Dry embossed background on cream 3.7/8" x 5.7/8" cardstock.
Layer on top of folded red card with glue.
Stamp Penny Black's clear stamp with pine green ink on cream cardstock scrap.
Color with color markers. You can also use water color or colored pencils.
Trim around image. Refer to photo above.
Cut a circle with another piece of cream cardstock and edged with pine green ink with a sponge.
Attach trimmed stamped image to green edged circle with double-sided foam tape.
Layer on top of dry embossed background cream card.
Die cut label on cream cardstock and dry embossed.
Stamp Christmas greetings with pine green ink on label.
Sponge pine green ink and dab lightly over embossed area and edges of label.
Layer on top of dry embossed background cream card just below the circle image. Refer to photo for placement.
Embellished with glossy accents on cherries and ornaments in stamped image.