Poppy for a ring

Here you are the little surprise, a tutorial to make a summertime ring with a lovely poppy :)

You will need

• Recycled red plastic
• 3 jingle bells
• base ring
• nylon transparent thread
• cyanoacrylate adhesive
• long nose plier
• metal pointed tool
• scissors
• tea light or lighter

1. I've used a plastic bottle of a poppy shower gel. You can use also a plastic water bottle.
   
   
2. Cut a circle of about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter from the plastic, hold the circle with the pliers and move the flame of a tea light or a lighter under the perimeter of the plastic circle.
   
   
3. Heat the metal pointed tool on the flame and make a hole in the centre of the plastic circle.
   
   
4. Now you have a plastic corolla, three jingle bells and the ring base.
5. Thread the three jingle bells with the nylon transparent thread. Thread the two ends of the nylon through the hole of the corolla.
   
   
6. Put a little amount of cyanoacrylate adhesive between the ring base and the corolla. Tie tightly the ends of the nylon thread to the ring base. Let dry.

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

Poppies

Poppies wreath in miniature

On woven head wreath or in Thanatos' (Death), Nyx's (Night) and Morpheus (Dream) hands, poppies are symbol of oblivion. The red poppy, with its silk petals, has moderate calming properties, Papaver somniferum, with its large mauve petals, has sleeping and narcotic properties.

Meadow with poppies in miniature

In Commonwealth countries red poppies are symbol to remember soldier who have died during the World Wars. Red poppies are distributed during Remembrance Day on November the 11th, the day when in 1918 World War I ended.

Its soft and red petals are irresistible. I've tried to reproduce them in miniature, with tissue paper, on wreaths, frames and little corner of meadow.

Frame with poppies in miniature

Poppies inspired to me a tutorial, do you want to know about it? Stay tuned :)

Sealight

1. Mermaid - CloudNumberNine
2. Wave island necklace - Chickslab
3. Mermaid Tears - LaPerlaa
4. Spuma di mare Earrings - Betsy

I follow your voice, mermaids, to see the light of the sea.

Nautical shabby chic

I don't like sea or nautical theme very much, but there is a kind of style, between nautical and shabby chic, that fascinate me in a strange way. Light colors mixed with blue and red, some grey and a lot of white. Lighthouses in the shades of the summer sky, lost shells, faux starfishes, clear sand, soft cotton fabric.




I know that this mixed style is not the real nautical one, but I like it too much for considering something of different about sea :)




My first attempt to create something about the sea is this little roombox, about eight years ago. Pictures are very bad :/




I reach the first lovely result with a tutorial written for Piccole Cose (the ADMI magazine), a little woden boat in two colors: white-read and white-blue.




But I'm very proud of my "nautical attempts" only with these two shelves :)



boat-shaped, sold out here


bathing cabin-shaped, for sale here
One of my endless projects, to trasform a greenhouse from Ikea in a nautical shabby chic roombox, but I accept suggestions for a shorter project :D

Sea magnet

You need
4 flat wooden sticks
1 little wooden peg
some nautical items (anchor, pebbels, shells, faux starfish)
cord
paper sheets
magnet
blue and white acrylic paint
white 3D liner
brush
sandpaper
glue for wood

Cut from the flat wooden sticks four pieces: 2.8 in high, 0.7in wide, 0.1 in depth.


Sand the flat wooden sticks and paint them with the white acrylic paint on both sides.



Prepare three shades of blue adding a growing amount of blue acrylic paint in the white one. Paint one of the stick in white and three sticks with the other shades of blue (see the picture).
Glue the four pieces of wood.Now you have a 2.8 in square.



Glue a magnet, or four littel magnets, on the back side.


Glue the little wooden peg on the front of the square and also the nautical items and the cord, as you prefer.
Write the word "Sea" with the 3D liner.



You can put in the peg some paper sheets or a little photo.



Happy Holydays! :)

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.