Floral Arrangements

I learned this beautiful flower vase arrangement from my sister. Total time to make this is less than 30mins and a beautiful center piece is ready to be placed on the dining table or in living room.


Items Required:

1. A Vase or Basket
2. Stem cutter
3. Glue gun
4. Glue sticks
5. Knife
6. Styrofoam
7. Super moss
8. Artificial flowers and leaves/stems (of our choice) and
9. Few pins to stick the moss to the foam.

Instructions:

1. Cut the Styrofoam to the shape of the bottom of the vase/basket. Glue it to the base of the vase. Fill the foam in the basket till 3/4th full.
2. Place the moss on top of the foam and stick pins so that moss will stick to the foam and will not fall off.
3. Now take the flowers and stems, cut them to desire length and insert into the moss to fill the basket.

Here are some creations from my sister -

We can make these beautiful bowls real quick either with natural/artificial flowers and need little enthusiasm and interest.

Ganesha Wall Hanging

On a recent trip to my sister's place, I got a chance to explore her creative skills. Here is one of the beautiful wall hangings of Lord Ganesha she made with felt cloth, beads and lace on a white card board.

Radhakrishna Emboss Painting

I always wanted to paint this beautiful picture of Radhakrishna. Since I don't have the time or the skill to draw it from scratch, I bought this emboss painting kit when I visited India recently. The kit includes an outline of the picture (plenty of choices to choose from), few color bottles and a paint brush. You can be creative with the choice of colors and a beautiful painting will be ready to frame. I usually decorate the painting with kundans and beads.

Dasavatharam - Kondapalli Bommalu

I bought these Kondapalli bommalu at Lepakshi Crafts exhibition the last time I visited India. These represent the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu.

Matsya: God's first incarnation was Matsya meaning Fish. This is consistent with the modern theory of evolution according to which the earliest multi-cell beings were aquatic.

Koorma: God's second incarnation was Koorma meaning turtle. God wished to create another creature that could live in water and on the land.

Varaha: Vishnu's next incarnation was in the form of a boar. The boar can live on land only suggesting that land based animals evolved next.

Narasimha: This incarnation was half-human (Nara) and half-lion (simha). According to this incarnation, God will protect those who are devoted to him.

Vamana: Vamana means a dwarf. God took this incarnation to show people that they should live a benevolent life.

Parasurama: This was the sixth incarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu. It was to show mankind that their anger and restless as parsurama is always is their own biggest enemy. Even the most powerful man will be destroyed by his own anger.

Sri Rama: Rama avatar is also known as Dharma avatar. He not only overcame the 'adharma' or the evil forces but also taught mankind how to lead a perfect life of truthfulness, kindness, and obeisance to parents.

Balarama / Buddha: I am confused about this avatar. Some people say this avatar was Balarama while some say it was Buddha.

Sri Krishna: In this avatar, Lord Krishna gave Bhagavat Gita to mankind. It is a sacred Hindu scripture that serves as a guide to attain enlightenment.

Kalki: Avatar yet to come.