Sculpt Your Own Foliage!

Today, something small yet sooo useful.  Just look at these happy little leaves....

They are sleek and curvy and look almost real.  And I made them with a simple repurposing of these spiky faux holly sprays.

Read on for the thrilling, radical, soul-searing DIY!  (I know, I know, it's just some leaves.  But this is the sort of thing that revs me up.)




Maybe you remember how I made starburst jewelry from the berries?

That was so fun, I strip-mined all the berries and made a whole bunch more.  Which left me with approximately one gajillion plastic holly leaves.

Nice as they are - beautifully molded, photorealistic and very sturdy - I know I won't really use them.  Maybe an occasional Christmas project, I dunno.  No.  I really don't need one gajillion plastic holly leaves.

But a couple of snippety-snips later...

These darlings I will use.

Oh, yes, I will.  All the time!

I sense you are skeptical.   Wanna see?

For jewelry -

(Click here for the bracelet tutorial!)

Accessories.

Even home decor.

So next time you go thrifting, keep your eyes peeled for some plastic holly.  Or really, any bargain-priced foliage!  (Dollar store, anyone?)  Call upon your inner Edward Scissorhands, and create exactly the leaf your project needs.

Note: you can do this with silk flora, too!  Look how these ivy leaves become delicately tropical, with just a little sculpting:

Hope you liked this idea!  Now make like a tree, why doncha?