It's a Cracker

 

 



Mandalas with Crackers by Shastina only, The Mandala Group 2017

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This year I made some Christmas crackers in miniature and in these photo mandalas, with the addition of some confetti, they went off with a bang!

I used the template from a craft magazine to make the crackers and the pretty papers are from the same place.  I printed some jokes I found on the internet for the inside and used up-cycled ribbons to tie them together.  Then all that was left to do was to add some cracker snaps to complete them and once that was done, I then found making a mandala with them was simply the obvious thing to do.



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Time to Share Some I Made Earlier

 Spoons Among Stars 1

 Spoons Among Stars 2

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Two views of the same mandala, one blurred & one with colours. These are from a while ago;it's time to share.

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Teaspoons & Lace

Teaspoons & Lace, collection of three Mandalas
by Shastina only of The Mandala Group,copyright 2014 

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Making the Teaspoons & Lace mandala was to calm and centre as it made sense of itself.

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Spring Flowers

Fresh flowers were gathered together from the ground & made into these mandalas. These flowers were casualties of the wind & rain & so were not hurt by us in any way. The colours are very healing too.

Fresh Flowers 1, Copyright Jenni & Shastina, The Mandala Group 2012

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Fresh Flowers 2, Copyright Jenni & Shastina, The Mandala Group 2012

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Fresh Flowers 3, Copyright Jenni & Shastina, The Mandala Group 2012

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Celebration Mandalas

Say it with Candles- mandala 1,copyright Shastina of The Mandala Group 2013

Say it with Candles- mandala 2,copyright Shastina of The Mandala Group 2013

Say it with Candles- mandala 3,copyright Shastina of The Mandala Group 2013


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Three say it with candles mandalas, or actually the same mandala taken from different angles; so that three different views are shown.  It is another one in the Found Objects category. The objects this time are on the theme celebration.

Have a Happy Day today whether it's a special one for you or not! 

Ribbons & Roses

Ribbons & Roses, Copyright Shastina of The Mandala Group 2012

A mandala made with more found objects; this time by using rosy petals and gold curling ribbons, all put together on a place mat.

Found Objects with Skeleton Leaves

Found Objects One, Copyright Shastina only, The Mandala Group 2009

 A Mandala made by hand, by gathering a collection of found objects; skeleton leaves, blue and green glass pieces and little pink flowers were used. The pieces were assembled and then photographed.