Christmas Decor

Christmas is just 2 days away. There are so many Christmas decor/ gifting ideas floating around the net, shops are filled with all Christmas glittery shiny stuff. For a crafter anything and everything is source of inspiration. So today I am sharing some of the ideas/things that inspired me a lot and you might see a a twisted version  of some of those in my next projects.
    First one is these anthropologie handmade ornaments. Aren't these love at first sight case

                                                 source:http://www.anthropologie.com

Next in the list is these frozen themed ice candles. I have shared the source where they have tutorial also

             source: http://homemadedad.ca/ice-candle-holders-are-an-easy-kid-friendly-craft-for-a-snowy-weekend/

Next in the line up is the Santa sleigh which is made from toilet paper rolls. Check out the link below to get the detailed instructions on how to make it.

         source:http://www.woohome.com/diy-2/45-budget-friendly-last-minute-diy-christmas-decorations

    These easy to make crayon ornaments will adorn any Christmas tree. check out the link for tutorial 

source: http://www.theswelldesigner.com/2012/11/diy-crayon-drip-holiday-ornaments.html

How can i forget to checkout anything related to owls, even if I try to ignore my kids are not going to let me. I must admit sometime owl craft is cute like the one I am sharing. Link has picture tutorial

source: http://liagriffith.com/kids-craft-felt-pinecone-owl-ornamants/

crafts with the famous candy cane are also in my inspiration list.I am sure it is going to inspire you also after looking at the pics and when you learn how easy it is to make you will second my opinion 

                                   source :http://www.greenbriarfloral.com/candy-cane-mice/

                              source:http://dollarstoremom.com/2011/12/make-an-edible-candy-bowl/

source:http://www.thatswhatchesaid.net/2013/tiered-peppermint-serving-tray/

This Christmas themed ring tray is simply adorable. 

Source: https://www.parentmap.com/article/homemade-and-simple-gifts-kids-can-make-for-the-holidays?page=5

Having a discussion about Christmas and no mention of Christmas free that is not fair. here are Christmas trees which caught my attention

Source:http://www.myhempcraft.com/diy-christmas-tree-decoration/

 Source:http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/oh-christmas-tree/

Happy crafting

  

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Stone Art

Toady I am not writing about what i made but I am sharing an inspirational idea that opens up doors for lot of new crafts, all it needs is Naisha touch.
Stone craft is not new. We have experimented with stone lot of different ways. Today the inspirational ideas I have gotten for you is stone painting. I must say it needs lot of patience to do neat work but practice makes a man perfect.

You can always start with an easy one like below before you go to hard ones. Link below the pic has more ideas from the artist

Source:http://purplecandy.hubpages.com/hub/PAINTING-AND-DRAWING-ON-STONES

You don't have to restrict yourself to specific shape and size of stone, with your Naisha touch you can turn anything beautiful. The link also has a tutorial for the stone painting.

Source:http://diycozyhome.com/how-to-paint-stones-and-pebbles/

Don't have any painting skills no need to get disappointed, where there is a will there is a way.Look at these beautiful lace printed stepping stones. Link  has complete details of how to achieve that look. 

Naisha Tip: you can use small paper doily to do pretty small stones.

Source:http://the-wuvie.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-make-lace-like-stepping-stones_29.html

I loved the color combination for this stone

Source:http://www.handpaintedrocks.com/personalised-stone/

Don't get disappointed if you don't live near a river we have another inspiration idea for you to satisfy your creative side. This one uses the flat marbles which are available in any craft store. Great to keep for yourself and to gift.

source :http://imgarcade.com/1/easy-stone-painting-designs/

Below is treat for owl lovers like my kids. I am sure they will love if they get so many owls siting on their room wall. The link has other DIY also to get inspired. 
   

                                   

                   source : http://wonderfuldiy.com/wonderful-ideas-for-painting-stones-and-pebbles/#

Painted rock rings: how wonderful. Link has all the details on how to make these awesome rings. You can use the similar idea to made pendents also.

                                          source:http://followfashion.nl/diy-report-stone-rings/

It is Christmas time so inspirational ideas are not going to finish without Santa entry

source:http://paintingrocks.blogspot.com/2013/09/christmas-ideas-for-painted-rocks.html

Happy crafting.

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gift plate decoration

Nice way to give homemade cookies in a self decorated plate. I just used a left over birthday streamer to make flowers and leaves and put those on plate.I used procedure given  here to make paper roses

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Cute Little bracelet

Naisha's collection of handmade bracelets

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cushions with twist

Everybody loves a cozy comfortable sitting and if it is filled with designer, one of a kind something unique cushions it will be icing on the cake. I found some cushion ideas over the internet and used some of my own to add comfortable sitting in my house. Go over and you may find just the right one for you

made from an old bed sheet

made from an old painting. 

added crochet motifs on the ready made cushions

made from a table cloth. i loved the handmade embroidery

in below three cushions i  used the procedure give in the link below to draw the background and design is my Naisha touch

 http://littlesprouts.co/diy-sharpie-cushions-use-sharpies-to-draw-on-white-cotton-cushion-covers-have-an-adult-spray-with-rubbing-alcohol-let-dry-enjoy/

        this one is with smoking pattern. use the pattern given in the link below
http://www.shelterness.com/cool-diy-round-pintuck-pillow/

this one is special as i made this for my daughter

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tissue paper and lollipop bouquet

I like simple ideas that are eye catching and sweet. I saw a tissue paper bouquet of chocolates which i really liked. you can see the original version  here
   I did not have printed tissue papers so I tried with plane colorful tissue papers and instead of bamboo stick I used lollipops with long stick. below is my version

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concrete Leaves walkway

I got inspired from picture below to make a concrete leaves walkway for my house.

 Here  is the link for the complete procedure
and here is my version
I used a concrete mold from Amazon instead of the real leaves.

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Mix Media Rangoli

This all started with a shiny silver cake base and turned out to be a concept rangoli. I visited craft store and moment i passed the cake base aisle the base were looking towards me and telling me that we are ready made rangolis bases take us home and do Naisha touch on us. So I got one home and used all different kind of stuff available with me and made this ashatvinak rangoli. I used
cake base
metallic colors
old magazines
some clay Ganesha
thread
kundan
and glue to stick everything together

Ashatvinayak Rangoli or Diwali centerpiece

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Lakshmi feet

Diwali is coming so we have to make something for Lakshmi ji also. I saw small pretty feet cookie cutter in a shop and first thing that i visualized was cute Lakshmi feet  rangoli (you can call it Diwali decor). To make Lakshmi feet you need

1) feet mold or feet shape cookie cutter

2) POP

3)colors of your choice ( I used red,orange,gold,silver)

4) most important ---- your imagination and you your personal Naisha touch

Procedure

1) coat you mold with oil/Vaseline/ cooking spray 

2) keep it on a leveled surface

3)mix POP and add to the mold

4) wait for 1/2 hr

5) take the product out of mold

6) sand the rough edges

7) paint with choice of your colors

                                                       closer view of Lakshmi Feet Rangoli

                                                       Different options I tried for Lakshmi ji feet

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Owl Cake

I arranged a owl theme party and wanted a easy owl cake so here is my version and it was ready in half hour

                                                         owl eggless mango cake

to decorate this cake I used following

1) 8' round cake

2)chocolate frosting

3)pineapple slices

4)slice almonds

5)icecream cone

take the cake and do a thing layer of frosting. if your kids like chocolate you can go with a thick layer too. and if you are not a frosting fan you can use whipped cream with a brown food color

then add the things as shown in the pic. 

Paper Lanterns

Diwali is around the corner and what can be better than an easy decorating Naisha idea. To make stylish paper lanterns you will need :
1) any handmade printable paper. I used 24 lb parchment paper in antique gold.
2) print any picture of your choice and cut it out.
3) Glue the ends to-gather. and if you want Naisha touch do some embroidery or attach some lace or crystal to hide the join. I added the cross stitch and small tassels in the coordinating color
4) you can use it as is with a tea light candle
5) I wanted to go one step more and I added a cardboard base and wooden feet to make it not just a lantern but a nice paper lamp.

                                                               I added tassel and ghungroo

                                    used as is over the tea light candles

added wooden feet to decorate my stairs

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lanterns

collect lanterns of coordinating shape, size and color and hang those high low to create a nice display.

Bed sheet Pouf

Did I mention Naisha is big fan of recycling and re purposing. Project we are featuring today is making a colorful pouf out of old bed sheet. It just need 3 pieces of the fabric and your imagination.Take any bed sheet or any colorful piece of fabric, cut 2 squares/ rectangles/ rounds ( whatever shape you like) of equal size. Measure the circumference of the shape you have and cut another piece of that length. My pouf is  24 inches by 24 inches. So I used 2 square of 24 X 24 and one rectangle of length 96 X 15 inches. Width of the rectangle becomes the height of pouf. keep 1 inch sewing margin in all pieces. Sew together the squares one on each side of the rectangle leaving an opening for filling. Put decorative buttons and loops for the opening so that you can add filling in it and do adjustment whenever you want. Add some hangings on the corners or any other decorations and enjoy a colorful low seating for no or low cost.

                                          Colorful Pouf from old bedsheet and some imagination

You can convert any old cushions, fabric painting or any piece of fabric of your choice into easy pouf and give it a new life. All you need is Naisha touch....

                                                        Pouf using an old fabric painting

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