To decorate the interior, various interesting objects are used that fill the atmosphere with comfort and warmth. One such item is the topiary, or tree of happiness. This interesting composition always attracts attention and is becoming increasingly popular among needlewomen of our country.
How to make a topiary with your own hands? This is much simpler than it seems at first glance.
Topiary is a small tree, on a short curved trunk of which there is a rounded crown. Usually it is decorated with ribbons, threads with beads and bows. The crown is made from materials of various textures, it all depends on the imagination of the master. This may be the shell pistachios, grains of coffee, flowers of different materials and more.
Detailed instructions on how to make a topiary with your own hands can be found on any thematic forum devoted to creativity and needlework. You can watch video tutorials with step-by-step recommendations to help you create such beauty yourself. A topiary is not a copy of any particular tree, but a purely decorative element of the interior that performs only the function of decorating a room.
Start work with the crown. For its inner part, which often has a round shape, you can use plastic small balls, plasticine, crumpled paper, polystyrene foam or any similar materials. Since it is not too difficult to make a topiary with your own hands, you can also attract a child to the creative process. But you should still start with simpler product options.
Let's make a tree of happiness from the shells of pistachios. Roll up a ball of plasticine. This will be the crown blank. For the trunk we will use a simple twig of medium diameter. We wrap it with simple twine, fixing it with glue at the ends. We put a plasticine ball on a branch and stick around the shells of pistachios, placing them with the convex side out. They need to be fastened very close to each other so that the gaps are as small as possible, since you can make a beautiful craft if you work very carefully.
Typically, the topiary is located in a container - a pot, glass, jar, or something similar. Naturally, it is decorated in accordance with the idea. To keep the tree firmly in the pot, you can use sand, cereal, but only if the crown is made of light materials.
In our case, it is recommended to use alabaster, as it sets very quickly, solidifies and holds the whole structure tightly. In the prepared mixture we place a tree made by ourselves and wait until it dries. It takes no more than half an hour. The main work is done, it remains only to decorate the tree of happiness with your own hands, photo
for example, again, can be found in magazines or on the vast expanses of the Internet.
We just glue the pot over with beautiful paper or cloth. Inside, we pour large white beads to hide the alabaster. The junction of the crown and the trunk of the tree is decorated with a wide satin ribbon, tying it with a bow. You can add other decorative elements as you wish.
Thus, this little acquaintance with how to make a topiary with your own hands helped, in general, present the whole principle of work in this example. I hope, thanks to this master class, you will create your first work, which will be followed by many other beautiful topiary!