When I started my first blog in steemit, appics and hive, I never knew that I could discover a precious art passion I called “LEAVES IKEBANA.” At first, it was just an entry to a contest of leaves themed for nature contest. It was a challenge for me so I collected our mini garden ornamental plants like spider plants, ferns, flowers that bloomed besides the road street of our place and grasses or weeds of any kind. All original from nature’s wonder. All of these I assembled into a recycled obento box used, washed and dried then arranged the leaves and flowers in a design of my own perspective.
I did not spend a single penny for these art since I only collected the nature’s bloom and used container boxes from what I bought from supermarket and convenience stores thus helping the community for lessening styrofoam garbage too. Sometimes we have to think of something unique without making any cost and can also triggered our enthusiasm and revealed own hidden talent for art.
This was the first design I made from ferns, flowers of viola and flowers that unknown to me was really awesome. Placed them in this styrofoam board with contrast to black made it more appealing and pretty to look. To this design I called “awesome beauty!”
Since then I decided to create more of its like and started collecting leaves and flowers along the road that no one owned. Sometimes because of the eagerness of making a good one, I usually seek from one place to another. Sometimes I wondered what others might think of me looking and touching leaves as if I’m a stalker of plants... Haha! Laughing and thinking of myself for getting indulged with this kind of passion looking everywhere just to find the right art for this “Leaves Ikebana” not knowing that I might be seen as a stalker of plants. Well, asking permission was the best way to prevent the naming.
These were the other creation that I made and hope that you will like it:
The mixture of ferns and crabgrass with the formation of thistle flowers made it such a beauty in its simple form. Just like the tall grass of woods emanating lavender flowers swaying and dancing to the winds thus I called it “simply beautiful!”
The combination of tree leaves and glacier pothos leaves plus the flowers of lantana with tiny red flowerets scattered to make this image so gorgeous to look at really made a nice comment from my family and friends at fb. In this theme I called “gorgeous leaves!”
This photo of cattails and spider plants flower with hogweed flowers made it quite exquisite weeds bloom combination as I called it “extraordinary beauty!”
The stunning unknown leaves to me combined with 3 pretty flowers of marigold, thistle and dandelion made more pleasing and irresistible to which I called it “stunning beauty!”
Lastly I created was this flower and vine leaves of unknown to me but in a romantic style and elegantly combined to create this image I called “romantic beauty!”
That’s all for now and for another that I could create again from this coming days let me share it with my next blog.
All photos are original of iPhone 7 Plus.
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