DIY: Plastic Bottles Hanging Planter

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I love recycling and do lot of recycling and up-cycling projects. Checkout my earlier recycling projects here Here is one more DIY that you must have seen lot of times on various sites but this one is little different as I made hanging bottle planter.  These bottles were lying in my store for quite some time now and waiting for me to turn them into something useful. I have a big green thumb so lot of my projects involve gardening. 

If you also have some plastic bottles lying unused then get ready and let's make a beautiful, colorful hanging planter to add pop of color in your garden.

Step 1. Gather your supplies. All you need is :

3-4 Plastic bottles

Knife 

Acrylic paint

Brush 

Rope

Potting soil

Plants

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First of all wash the bottles and let them dry.

Step 2.  Cut the middle of the bottle in rectangular shape as shown in image below. Don't cut a big rectangle make it small just to plant saplings there. Now make three four very small holes opposite to the rectangular cut for water drainage.

Step 3. Now it's time to prime all the bottles with either acrylic white paint or enamel paint.

Step 4.  Now paint all the bottles in color of your choice. may be in gradient color or in contrasting color or monochromatic choice is yours.

Step 5.  Now tie both the ends of bottles with the rope as shown in picture to hang them in your garden.

Step 6.  Put some small stones first then fill the potting mix in bottles leaving 1.5" space  unfilled. Place saplings and fill the bottle completely with potting mix.

A closer look of my bottle hanging planter.......and can you spot that little Mr. Turtle more about him little later :)))

Just few simple steps and you can make a rocking garden. 

Few more plastic bottles recycling projects are coming so stay tuned.

Recycle recycle and stay creative!! Have a wonderful weekend :)

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Paper Craft: DIY Decorative Tray

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Past few days had been very hectic and I almost forgot to do a post on a Decorative Tray that I made from Newspaper. So here is my promised post. 

1. Gather all the required material as I have shown below.

2. Cut 5-6 Inches broad strips of paper as shown below.

3. Now roll the paper strip with the help of stick. As shown in image below. Remember you have to take out the stick once paper is rolled completely. So don't roll it too loose or too tight.

4. Take the stick out slowly. Now stick the end of paper with glue as shown here. 

5. Make good amount of rolls as you will need lot of them. I made around 50-60

6. Now image for this step is missing. But believe me it's very easy. Take two rectangular card board of same size. Size depends on your choice. On one cardboard start sticking one end of paper rolls around 2 inches should be on the cardboard. Place one after the another keeping space of around 2.5-3 inches between them. Make sure that there is one roll glued on every corner of cardboard.

7. When you are done all around the edges of cardboard then glue the other cardboard of same size on top of it and let it dry.

8. Now pickup one roll and start weaving on the rolls that you glued on the cardboard earlier. Pattern should be once in then out as shown in image below. 

9. When the roll is about to finish then insert another roll inside it and keep weaving until you reach desired height.

 10. Now cut the extra length of roll and secure the end inside woven part and glue it(Refer image below). Put cloth clips on it and let it dry. After half an hour or so it's time to prime the tray.

 11. Either spray paint it or use brush. Wait for primer to dry then color it with color of your choice. Use acrylic colors and after the color is dried completely give a final coat of varnish to make it durable.

 Here is a final product my decorative tray.

Looks no less than wicker basket and is strong enough to hold some stuff :)

I keep changing stuff that tray holds. Have a look........

And my hubs liked it so much that he is taking this tray to his office and will try to be little organized :) Well that's a great reward I got.

I made some small baskets also. Have a look here.
 Do let me know how do you find it.

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Valentine's Day Craft: Quilled Heart

You must have read my earlier post 'Inspiring Eminent Blogger: Suganthi'. She is Quilling Artist and has her unique way of Quilling. I loved all her artwork and instantly fell in love with this art. I tried my hand on Quilling earlier also. I made Quilled flower wreath on Christmas. This time I made Quilled heart as you all know Valentine's Day is just around the corner. This craft is very easy and you can involve your kids also as I did.

I made this quilled heart and then added bead hanging inside it. To make quilled heart, take a red quilling stripe and fold it into half. Roll both the ends inwards, one after another using quilling needle and then stick both the coils together.

To hang beads inside quilled heart was very simple. Just thread, needle & beads and your quilled heart will look even more cute :)

Look at the images and you will be able to understand how to make these cute little hanging quilled heart.

Now the next steps is to hang them on a branch.

I had this dried branch and I painted it red. All the little heart are now hanging beautifully on a Love Tree.

And spreading love..............

See....Love is in the air :))

Tree is looking lovely but I think it needs something more........

I have an idea to make it more lovely, more beautiful........probably will show you in my next post.

Till then try making this love tree for your loved ones and don't forget to show me the images.

• Click here to know how I set my valentine's day table for two.

P.S. All images are mine and are subject to copyright.

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Christmas Craft Ideas & Inspirations

Christmas is just around the corner and I know everyone is looking for easy and quick Christmas crafts. So here I am sharing some very easy, beautiful and fun crafts. 

Ornaments: 

1). Want to make this cute little fairy ornament find tutorial here.

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2). Very beautiful tear-drop ornament, for DIY go here.

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3). Easy and lovely dry pine cone ornament.

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Bells: 

1). Find tutorial for these beautiful paper bells here

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2). Quick and fun paper cup bells.

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Lanterns:

1). These lanterns are super easy and fun to make go here and make one for you.

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2). Simple and amazing wine glass lantern tutorial.

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Snowflakes: 
1). Learn to make loads of snowflakes here

2).This priced and sparkling snowflake is must have for this  Christmas.

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3). Snowflake Ballerinas tutorial.

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Christmas Tree: 
1). Find tutorial for this paper Christmas tree here.

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2). This felt tree looks so beautiful and easy to make. Find tutorial here

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3). A tree that you will definitely going to love: Acorn Christmas Tree 

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Wreath: 

1). Wreath made of paper rosette.

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2). Pompom wreath tutorial

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Hope you all will going to enjoy these Christmas crafts. Have a very happy & creative weekend.

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Diwali Craft & Home Decor Inspiration- III

What you do with dried plants. I had a dried Basil (Tulsi) plant for quite some time and recently I gave it a new life. I turned it into a 'Jewel Tree'. Diwali is a festival when we add lot of bling to our decor and this jewel tree is looking just perfect to give any corner or nook an instant cheer.

Under this tree is standing lord Krishna playing flute and Radha is sitting mesmerized by it's melody.

Any guess what these jewels are made of. Well this jewel is not expensive one. It's ball made of aluminium foil.  I just hung some foil balls onto the branches and some balls I glued on them. Then I painted the branch in silver color and the jewel tree is ready.You can hang some colorful stones or gems also.

Now take a look of few more cheerful corners in my home. 

Check out earlier posts on Diwali inspiration here & here.

Have a very happy weekend and stay creative!!!

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