Bunch of Bananas- Fancy Dress Costume

Hello dear friends

Today i am posting an idea for a fancy dress costume. There are a lot of pictures and costumes available for 'Banana' fancy dress. But i wanted to do something by myself and something differently.
The Grapes costume done with balloons is a common one now. My idea originated from that. Instead of round balloons, i choose the elongated balloons (as shown). Sourcing these balloons in a single colour might be a problem but the good news is that a single balloons can be cut into 3 or 4 pieces, ie a single balloon will give you 3 to 4 bananas. Yeah it is a little hard work pumping all those balloons and knotting it but it sure gives a great look

Here is my son with his banana costume. As a final touch, paint the bananas very lightly with black paint and also the tip. It looks just like a real one.

Finally pin the lil bananas with a small golden safety pin to a yellow top and a matching pant. Make sure to arrange the bananas row by row so that u get a even look.

This particular picture is from the event itself. He wore a brown woolen cap to represent the crown of a bunch of bananas, complete with a yellow sock.

The elongated balloons

Hope it was useful to you. I had lots of fun doing it and the kids enjoyed flaunting it.

Thanks for dropping by. See you soon again

Sujana

Travel Album

Hi there...

Am not anywere near changing my sluggish way around blogland. I am very random in dropping my ur blogs too... but my! wonderful creations... unimaginable creativity.... beautiful inspirations. I wonder how people manage two worlds. I end up soo tired at the end of the day- kids, house work, craft orders, math classes in the evening and social commitments(uff). But the pleasure from crafting, yes it is there as i craft a lot. Just no time to blog. In the end all my new creations end up in my FB page and none here, which is just not so good.

Ok here i am with one new Travel album for a client. I loved it soo much that i wanted to keep it for myself ;) Anyway its just the cover page today.

Front View

The base is a self designed handmade sheet, just the way i needed it-rugged and vintage. I just played around the embellies and atlast found the right place for everything. The orange sheet below is a burlap, love the texture. The clock epoxy sticker is a fav of mine. I have been hoarding it for a long time. And its perfect for this months LESSology theme #44-Tick Tock.

The list of items i have recycled here are the buttons(from a old screen cloth) the small jute threads attached to the buttons and the brown jute twine, its called 'chanal' in my local slang and used in packaging. U can find a lot here.

View of the tabs

The sticker are free downloads, printed on glossy art sheets. I find this pretty cost effective rather than purchasing branded sticker packs.

Side View

Hope u enjoyed it. Thanks a lot for dropping by. See you soon.

Multifold Card

Hi people

Here is a multi fold card or u can even call a mini album :)
It was a special request for the engagement ceremony. It was the first marriage in the family of my client where the bride and groom dint know about each other. I know... its peculiar. They usually marry within relation it seems. So this a first for them that the bride and groom are complete strangers. So i was requested for a project where the couple could jolt down their likes and dislikes about each other, dat is basically get to know each other.
And this is wat i came up with.
A mini full of heart shaped tags for lil notes. Check it out

I liked the title.. wat abt u?

First fold

Second fold

Third fold

Third fold (2nd album)- central panel for photo

4th fold

5th fold- full open

Another fold

Both the albums were more or less the same with few changes. It was real bulky. A total of 20 tags could be accommodated in the pockets for each album. All the tags are heart shaped, forgot to click a pic with all the tags pulled out. I have used border punches for few of the pockets

I wanted to put a lot of flowers but the pages were too bulky and so i kept it simple with a single TH tattered floral. The flower centre are adorned with small beads, very small ones.

The couple loved it and i am happy.

Thanks for dropping by. 

Linking it to 

Lulupu #44- fancy fold cards

Floral Arch!!

Hi again

A quick post again today. Ill be sharing many projects which i missed sharing here. I wonder if many would have heard about 'Aarathi plates'. Its a tamil custom during the wedding. We welcome the bridegroom just before wedding with these decorative plates and by applying tilak on his forehead. Its become fashion to decorate the plates according to a particular theme.

The theme here was Peacock. I chose the peacock colours of blue, gree n and gold and made a floral arch with it. It sure was back breaking work. All the flowers are handmade using itsy bitsy daisy die. I had to make around 35-40 flowers to make an arch without any gaps. 

I also used cherry lynn olive branches for leaves and pearls and pollens as fillers. The base of the arch is done using metal strings usually used for flower making. 

Hope u liked it and thanks for all the New Year wishes everyone. Wish u all a happy crafty year ahead!!!

Sujana

A huge photo frame!!

Hello ppl...

Wish u all a very happy and prosperous New Year 2015!!

Here is my first post for the year... a photo frame. It measures 12 * 12 inches. And the frame is purely handmade including the base. Here are the pics

I have taken a red corrugated sheet for the base. The pretty yellow daisies are from TH tattered florals, i have done the centre with small brown crystals. 

See this pretty wood veneer... loved it to bits. I bought it from Shailey Agarwal, Chennai. I had been waiting for a project to use it and this one seemed right. Just adorned it with small pretty flowers and leaves.

And some doiles and metal charms... and we are done

Here is the base i made, i used wooden cardboard used for packaging, and the stands are made from cardboards too. Gave it a finished look using washis and varnish.

Linking it to LESSology #43-use cardboard

I also made a box to go along with it, PP, laces, washis and ribbons for it. I loved how it turned out. Thats it for today. Hope you all liked it.

Thanks for dropping by. Have a great year ahead.

Sujana 

A mini, from a dotting daughter!!

Good Morning people....

its a lovely Dec morn, feels like heaven. But most of the time it jus makes me lazy and its really hard to scrap myself off my warm bed. But yeah here i am and my post today is a mini album, 6x6" for a darling dad made for his dad. I had made this on commission a long back ago.

I made the album in a stand up mode so that i can used as a table top memory book too. Here are the pic. Missed few folds in between i guess.

Many items used here are recycled like the doily, buttons, few laces and scrap PPs. I did for a friend and i loved all their family snaps. Ok winding it up for today... Gear up for a new year folks. Hopefully ill see u again soon. bye 

Back with a bang!!

Hello everyone...

First of all, wish you all a Merry Christmas. Hope it was fun all over. Ok here is the story, i have been crafting regularly and crafting crazy most times but since am in a tight schedule, my blog has been compromised. Also usually i post according to few challenges alive out on our blogland and hence most projects of mine go on the waiting queue. I have decided to put a stop to that. I dont need to participate in any challenges, i just need to blog and keep it rocking and rolling. The satisfaction u get when going through the blog surely doesnt come the facebook page. So as the New Year comes by, here is my resolution to keep my blog active and to keep me satisfied.

Ok now coming to the imp part, here is one of my recent favorite. A photo frame

So how do you think it is? I love adding texture to flowers and here a layer of burlap is added in this Tattered florals flower. Also the charms are sitting on a layer of burlap heart. And this Love bird die, i bought it from Itsy bitsy wen i visited one of their physical stores in bangalore. And also i hope everyone is going crazy with the Christmas sale all over. I utilised this opportunity since i had my bday last week..... lucky me!!!!

Ok gals... hope you liked my frame and keep enjoying the holiday week. Catch u all real soon again. Till then bye