Paint Swatch Chandelier for any occasion

{Step 1} You’ll need a whole bunch of paint swatches in your desired colours (seriously, emphasis on the whole bunch part). I picked a variety of blush, pink and red hues so I could get a fancy ombre look to my chandelier but I can only imagine how many different looks you could go for with your own chandelier. Using a scalloped paper punch you’ll need to punch about 40 -60 swatches into little medallions. Keep the medallions divided by colours in little saucers or cups like below.

(Don't fret if you don't have the fancy paper cutter. The alternative is cutting circles with a zigzag scissor. Take 2-3 papers together and start cutting!)

{Step 2} I bought my lamp shade (my chandelier base) from Lowes for about 5 bucks. Using an Exacto knife and super sharp metal scissors I carefully cut apart the fabric lamp shade, peeling away the pieces until the metal parts were as exposed as possible. When picking out a lamp shade I tried to pick out one where the bottom diameter is much smaller than the top. This will make your layers of paint swatch medallions hang better and thus look much better when the final product is done.

{Step 3} Lay out your paint medallions, coloured side down, in the desired order. Tape down a long piece of coloured thread along the middle of the backs of each medallion. Then using a piece of tape, cut down the center width wise, tape together the edges where one medallion meets the next. Without this final piece of tape, the medallions with rotate on their piece of thread, thus showing the bar codes, text and colour names usually located on the backs of the paint swatches. If that doesn’t bother you then this step isn’t necessary! Repeat this step until all of your chandelier strands are strung and taped together.

{Step 4} Flip your lamp shade upside down and fasten it somewhere where it can hang freely (I tied mine to the latch that opens and closes our air vent in our ceiling). Start stringing on your strands along the perimeter of the bottom of the chandelier until the entire metal base is covered. Then start stringing strands along the widest ‘top’ of your chandelier so that the lowest part of your strand hits the mid point of the bottom layer. Continue this all the way around until the entire chandelier is covered. Add a ribbon to the metal pieces (where the light bulb would pop in) and voila! You’re ready to hang this beauty!

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Roses of any colour you want.

Lately I have been immersed in a lot of DIY craft, some of which can be done easily while watching Leverage, and others so tedious that they require sweat blood. And in the light of that my negligence toward this blog should be pardoned.

I can't wait to share all that I have made, but that is not what this entry is about.

For now, I'm going to share what I am going to attempt making with the limited paper choices we have in Karachi. For instance, this requires double sided crepe paper, I need to find an alternative because it is not available here to the best of my knowledge. Kite paper, perhaps? But that won't curl or stretch. Hmm. Anyway, I'll keep you guys posted on what material achieved the best result.

Until then, here's how to make crepe paper roses by Katy Elliot:

  Tools and MaterialsLarge flower template
Double-sided crepe paper
Smooth-sided pencil
Paper-covered floral wire
Floral tape
White craft glue

Large Flower How-To1. Enlarge and print template. Use the template to trace and cut five teardrop-shaped petals and 15 heart-shaped petals from double-sided crepe paper.

2. To shape petals, cup in center; wrap left and right top edges around a pencil to curl.

3. Make a stem by wrapping three paper-covered wires together with floral tape.

4. Start building flowers by first placing teardrop petals around the stem and securing with floral tape. Place heart petals around the "bud" you have created and secure with more floral tape.

5. Trace and cut the calyx shape from green crepe paper. Wrap calyx around bottom of rose and glue in place.

6. Trace and cut out three leaf shapes from green crepe paper. Draw a bead of glue down the center of each leaf, place a paper-covered wire down, and pinch the crepe paper together over the paper-covered wire "vein" to hide it.

7. Attach the leaves to the stem by wrapping in floral tape.

8. Wrap stem with strips of green crepe paper to cover floral tape; glue in place.

Viewmaster Wedding Invite.

An interesting idea that can not only be used for weddings invites bit also anniversaries, silver or golden jubilee birthdays, baby announcements etc.

A good example of pictures are worth a  thousand words, and this holds more than one photograph. Do your math!



 

DIY: favour boxes

To download the pink polka dots, click right here. To download the yellow stripes, click right here. To download the pink flowers, click right here. To download the yellow waves, click right here.

All you have to do, is print the template onto an 8.5×11” piece of card stock (80 lb) with a color printer. Score along dotted lines with a bone folder and a ruler. With an x-acto knife and ruler, cut along solid lines. Fold box together and tape shut with double-sided tape where indicated. 

Design by Kathleen of Twigs and Thistles

How to decorate a formal table with tablescape.

When you are hosting a formal dinner party or event, the table is an important aspect of your decor. Rather than simply placing your plates, cutlery and a centerpiece onto the table, take a bit more care with the design. Formal tablescapes can be simple and elegant or glittering. Choose a formal tablescape that coordinates with the type of occasion for which you are throwing the party.

1. Red, Silver and Gold Tablescape

   • 1
     Choose a long, rectangular table for this simple tablescape. Cover the table in a red tablecloth and place a gold runner all the way down its center.
   • 2
     Place a silver charger at each place setting and top it with your china. Choose a simple white china, possibly with a silver border going around its edge. Place a gold napkin at the center of the plate to tie in with the gold runner.
   • 3
     Place red flowers in crystal vases and place them all the way down the table on top of the runner. Place the vases close to each other and be sure to select flowers that are cut low enough so that your guests can see each other over them.
   • 4
     Place tea candles in silver cups and place them around the vases on the runner.

   Crystal and White Tablescape

   • 1
     Choose a round table for this elegant tablescape. Place a white tablecloth on top of the table.
   • 2
     Add clear chargers at each place setting. Place simple white china on top of the chargers and add crystal glasses to each place setting as well.
   • 3
     Place a white napkin at each place setting, along with silver cutlery.
   • 4
     Place a crystal vase at the center of the table and fill the vase with white flowers. Choose elegant-looking flowers, such as simple roses or calla lilies.

Read more: How to Decorate a Formal Table With Tablescapes | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_8608836_decorate-formal-table-tablescapes.html#ixzz1QVgHrXMy

Little Magazine Brochure.

 

Celebration cookies and bonbons.

Recently a fad of giving cupcakes instead of mithai for announcement and celebrations started making rounds. We saw cute boxes with even cuter cupcakes.

Everyone has started following this trend making laddoos  a talk of yesterday. You are outdated, or more eloquently put a dinosaur, if you give them no matter how pretty the box. But the question on everyone’s mind. everyone who wants to do things differently, is what next.

I bring to you What Next!

Simple cookie boxes.









Elegant bonbon boxes.





The bonbon buffet.