Chinese Phoenix Wall Fine Art Inward Vintage Frame!

Chinese Phoenix Wall Fine Art Inward Vintage Frame!

See how I turned a shirt into AWESOME wall art!



I had a gorgeous Chinese Mandarin Collar shirt...that was...well,
made for skinny picayune Asian girls alongside no hips.
(Or whatever daughter alongside no hips for that matter...not me though.)
Alas, it sat inwards my cupboard for years wishing it had a purpose inwards my life.

So, instead of the ii of us breaking upward for good...I pose it to use!

 I had a vintage frame inwards copper.

I had the drinking glass as well as foam nub backing for it to.

I used the foam nub equally a guide to cutting out my shirt...

leaving close a one-half inch closed to all the sides for tucking.

 I used a dash of spray gum as well as railroad train my shirt on the foam core.

 I used hot gum to roll as well as tuck the shirt 

closed to the dorsum of the shirt.

 And tuck downwards the corners too.

  Perfect alongside the drinking glass on top!

Insert as well as mountain into frame.

And endeavour to direct maintain a film without equally good much glare!

Looks fabulous!  

Glad I tin forcefulness out lastly pose this fancy Phoenix to work!

Okay, it "might" live a peacock...but I dear Phoenix's!

They are my most favorite mythical creature...so there!

What create you lot think?

Do you lot direct maintain a shirt worthy of framing?

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Diy Long Plume Earrings!

Diy Long Plume Earrings!

Fabulous DIY Long Feather Earrings!

 I got a existent plume duster at a yard sale for 10 cents.
Feathers are amazing as well as rest build clean because of the
 special crude from the bird...so it was rattling clean.
I vacuumed it as well as wiped it amongst a damp textile anyway.
Then I carefully clipped feathers off as well as matched them upwards amongst similar feathers.

But yous tin purchase pheasant feathers at arts and crafts stores or online.
These would hold out GORGEOUS amongst about Peacock feathers!

Using a Crimp Clasp

I develop the feathers within it as well as folded the 

sides over amongst jewelry pliers as well as crimped them downwards tight...

 Then claw it on a restrict shout as well as an earring hook.

Same for the other side!

Presto!  Perfect as well as fun!

Any form of feather!  Or add together about tinsel or colored mistaken hair!
This would hold out a swell Tween daughter craft!
And if yous aren't into earrings, claw them on a hairpin!

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Peacock Lollipop Holder!

Peacock Lollipop Holder!

   Peacock Lollipop Holder!

 Drilling holes inwards woods is an slow agency to stand upward for lollipops
 or cake pops...or other things on sticks!
Here's a uncomplicated 1 that looks similar a peacock...great for Spring!
I traced an outline on 3/4 inch pino boards.
And used a bandsaw to cutting it out.

 Spray painted it aqua too misted on unopen to teal...
too got lots of aluminum wire from the dollar section.

 Cut unopen to brusque pieces for the caput feathers.

 Used a thumbnail tack to brand holes inwards the top...

 And squish inwards the wires too gyre the ends.

 Then added unopen to big tail feathers...

 Held inwards identify amongst thumbtacks too hot glue.

 Other loops too swirls amongst hot glue.

 Then hot gum the torso to the tail.

 Drill holes all along the edge...wherever you lot desire a stick.

 Presto!  Great agency to serve things at parties!

 Or grade equally a gift!

 Check out these other lollipop holders!
Firecracker

Turkey

Homemade Lollipops!

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Peacock Plumage Wreath!

Peacock Plumage Wreath!

 Peacock Feather Wreath!

 A sugariness human inward my expanse had a beautiful display inward his truck for the body or process end year.
He had gorgeous peacock feathers inward bales of hay.
The feathers were from his ain peacocks.
I asked him if at that topographic point was whatever means I could purchase some from him...
He said I should verbalise to his wife.  At the halt of the night
 when everyone was cleaning up...he brought me a beautiful bouquet of the feathers...
in addition to told me non to country his wife!  :)
Haha, dearest it!
As usual, they sat for almost a year!

 I got a wire wreath form...
some wire in addition to the feathers in addition to fix to work!

I cutting the floral wire to role equally twist ties to agree the feathers inward place.

 There wasn't genuinely a method...just roll in addition to tie...
in addition to repeat until it looked simply how I wanted it to.

 Which took a pretty long fourth dimension actually!
It looked similar crap for a while.

 Most of the feathers are going unopen to the wreath inward a
clockwise fashion...some are going the other way.
It was simply a balancing human activeness to larn inward await amount in addition to oculus catching!
Still accept some feathers left over too!

 When finished...It simply needed a bow!

 I picked a shiny champagne colored ribbon to check the sheen of the peacock feathers!
Perfect for Fall fourth dimension decor!

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