Ribbon Bow on my Christmas Wreath.!

Its been a long gap and I am back with a small and easy bow making for Christmas holidays..!
I made a wreath which was easy using ready made decorations and then with a big bow to add to the beauty. Let's see how you can also make it for this Christmas..!

Materials Required:
Styrofoam as wreath base
Decorative Ornaments
Pins
Ribbons
I picked everything from Michaels and with a discount..!

Approximate cost : $20

How to Make:
1. Select the ribbon you want to cover the Styrofoam with and start wrapping around, securing with pins.

Step 2: Gather all the decorative things and pin it on the styrofoam. Do it for 3/4th part. We can use the rest part for a pretty bow

Step 3: Now let's make the bow. You can see an off-white bow in this wreath. Let me show how to make that.

Actually you can make bow in many different ways. I will show you 2 of the methods to make it.
This is the method I used to make both off-white and my 2 shaded bow on the wreathe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5sOWZWgxIE

I have made another video to show how to make 2 shaded bow using different method

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21G5GWxK4E

Hope you would like to give it a try and make one for this Christmas..!!
Happy crafting..!!

Paint Easy..!!

I was new to US and staying alone for a while. When loneliness started dominating me all I could find to come out of frustration was to walk as much I can, though I knew at times it was risky to walk on isolated roads. That's when for the first time I wished to pick these cones and start giving them some shades. One of my colleagues cum good friend suggested to check in Michaels to get paints.

These are painted with golden and Green and yellow shades.

And later in 2011 I did few more but painting only the outside with different fall colors.

How to do:

Any age people can do..!! Its just fun.. :)

Pick the cones which you feel are in good shape. Brush them off with dry brush to remove any dirt and make the surface clean. I recommend that you never wash them with water. Their texture may change.

I used acrylic paint and flat brush.

The best thing is arrange them the way you want and paint with any theme colors. I would suggest go for the season and then decorate accordingly.. You can tuck them on beautiful wreath for coming fall and winter..!

I am planning for few more this year..!! :)

Hope you enjoyed this art..!