Colourful Threads of Life

A journey about faith, nature, crafts, upcycling and discovering extraordinary things in an ordinary world.

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24/08/2013 in furniture, Home, Upcycling & Creating.

Colourful Threads of Life

Greetings from Malaysia! I am an enthusiast in discovering all things beautiful and finding little extraordinary delights in a mundane life. Hope you enjoy this journey of exploring and discovering with me. Evon Foo

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. . I told the team at work that I wanted to choose unconventional colours for the Chinese New Year decorations for our purple themed restaurant and they were sceptical. . I gave them no alternative and here’s my unconventional purple and orange decor for CNY with a touch of red! . Purple and orange flower wreaths (untrained florist here so please ignore the imperfections ☺️), and purple and orangey-red paper lanterns... what do you think? . . #chinesenewyeardecoration #chinesenewyear #chinesecraft #chinesedecoration #madebyhand #craftspace #craftstagram #crafting #craftideas #crafty #craftsposure

. . I’m not done yet with my versatile curtain rings and tassels when it comes to festive decorations... . Here I used the same materials that I used for many of my Christmas ornaments, but only chose the unmistakable “auspicious” red colour for the ribbon that covers the curtain rings and the tassels. The end result? These little things are ready to bring in the CNY celebration mood! . . #upcycle #upcycling #madebyhand #chinesenewyeardecoration #chinesenewyearcrafts #chinesecrafts #creativity #greencrafts #instacrafts #craftstagram #craftspace #upcyclersofinstagram #upcycledecor #upcyclecrafts #craftideas #crafts

. . How many designs of easy Chinese New Year decorations can one come up with using the same design of ribbon flowers, red tassels, faux pearls and a few plastic bottle rings? . Here are the variations of using 3, 4 and 5 rings covered in the same leftover ribbon someone gave me as backing. I stopped at 5 rings and moved on to something else. . #upcycle #upcycling #upcyclingideas #chinesenewyeardecoration #chinesecrafts #chinesenewyearcraft #madebyhand #creativity #upcyclingproject

. . I walked into a departmental store on 27 Dec and I got disoriented almost immediately upon hearing the piped-in Chinese New Year songs ... . Actually I really shouldn’t have been surprised as I for one, started my CNY decoration preparation for work as early as December and not long after the Christmas decor was done. Such is the life of a hotelier, and planning ahead is non-negotiable especially when the next CNY comes early in late January 2020. . So the Christmas decorations at work will come down in 2 days’ time and we will exchange that with the CNY lanterns and cherry blossoms... . I made a few things mainly for the new restaurant and the first project I did was the decorated paper lanterns. I got the orangey red ones in various sizes and bought some embroidery embellishments to stick on them, easy! Then I added the store-bought tassels to a few plastic bottle rings covered in red ribbons to give them the length, and added that to the bottom of the lanterns. There, my special Chinese lanterns. . . #upcycle #upcycling #chinesenewyeardecoration #chineselanterns #paperlanterns #decoratedlanterns #chinesenewyearcraft #chinesecrafts #madebyhand #creativity #creativityfound

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