Friday, April 9, 2010

Recycle old Pantyhose Into Beautiful Flowers - Stocking Flowers



Stocking Flowers, also known as Nylon Stocking and Pantyhose Flowers makes beautiful flower arrangement. The sheerness of fabric gives flowers an exquisite look and soft pastel colors of these flowers give an natural air spray look.



Stocking Flowers are easy to make. Fun and fast way to add touch of elegance to your home under $5



Stocking flowers making is very popular craft in Asia, but not much known in USA that’s why, I was not able to find any supplies in my local craft stores, so I bought couple of Off White Pantyhose from Wal-Mart for 30 cents each and hand dyed them with Rit Dye colors.
I used 24 gauge wires for petal frame and 18 gauge wires for stem



It an excellent way to recycle old panty hoses.



I simply love the soft hues of these flowers



As for the base pot, I recycled a nut container. I hot glued jute twine, added a piece of lace and finally embellish it with polymer clay buttons.



This bunch is perfect spring decor item on budget.



Here is a quick video for basic stocking flower making.



Well that's all for now.

See you soon,

Have a creative day

Shahana.
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25 comments:

  1. OH Yeah!!! I love recycling things and this is such a great idea! They are so beautiful!

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  2. Thanks alot Michelle
    i love someday craft
    always fun place to visit

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  3. What a cool idea! They turned out beautifully!
    -Becca @ The Bee Zoo

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  4. Thank you for this video - I am going to attempt a butterfly

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  6. WOW thats just crazy! and a video to show you how to make them...awesome! Thanks for linking up to Anything Related!
    ~Bridgette

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  7. these are really pretty cool and something new that I haven't seen.
    Pamela

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  9. Stopping in from blogfrog! What a great idea!! So creative! Thanks for the idea!

    Kendra
    www.keylimedesigns.blogspot.com

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  10. Whoa, this is awesome1 I've seen these, but I never thought to make them. And I have tons of stockings with runs in them, which I was gonna throw out today. Perfect timing...

    Thank you for linking this to A Little Craft Therapy with Life in the Pitts.

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  11. Hey there! I'm featuring this today. Because it's awesome.

    http://lanieree.blogspot.com/2010/04/featuring-you_16.html

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  12. Thanks you so much Lanie,its an honor

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  13. This is the most fabulous idea..I silmply love these gorgeous flowers. Many years ago,I seem to remember my mother and her friends somehow making flowers similar to these and of course I haven't a clue how it was done. These are just gorgeous and I can't wait till I have longer to come by and look more. You have a wonderful place..I've become a follower..Sure hope you drop by to visit one of my blogs. You're always welcome.

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  14. Hi Shahana, you have a lovely blog and you're very creative! I love yr header! I found something that I'd like to link to my blog. Do you mind? Thanks for visiting!

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  15. I am smiling because all of you young women have amazing ideas, and carry them out beautifully. I am an old lady who remembers her mother making these flowers at a women's meeting in the 1950s, but I have never seen any since. And, no, they weren't using pantyhose, but women had lots of stockings with seams and runs in them.

    I came across your blog from another of the same ilk, and an enjoying all of them.

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  16. Hi,

    These are soo cool! Love them!

    I ùake fabric flowers and had never seen ones made with stockings! :)

    Gorgeous!

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  18. Love your blog! Such neat ideas!!
    Jennifer
    http://thecraftbarn-ny.blogspot.com/
    Happy Friday Follow!!

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  19. Love the colors used by you!

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  20. Wow! Pretty cool! And they look fairly easy to make! Thanks so much for linking these up today at Mad Skills Monday!

    Ginger
    SSB

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  21. I remember these from a month ago! Still rocking! I am impressed with your crafting skills. You can do everything!!!!!

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  22. This is pretty interesting… I hope you don’t mind if I write about it on my blog and link back to you?
    Fashion Hosiery 101

    Thank you

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  23. Hi there,
    My name is Trang Doan Nguyen, If don't mind, evryone can visit to:
    www.silkflower999.blogspot.com
    All of flowers that I made. Hope can learn more experience from you. Thanks

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  25. lovely lovely levely... stunning outstanding flowers... very beautiful.

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