Leaves flowers in every walk of life
Decorative leaves, flowers and fruits form a very good theme for embroidery designs as they can be made colourful. With the variety of threads that have flooded the market any kind of leaves, flowers and vase motifs can be embroidered on blouses and skirts to make the look more colourful and appealing. You can find silk threads in the market which add lustre to embroidery and at the same time ensures colours do not run or fade. Embroidery of leaves, flowers and fruits can be either made by hand or by machine. Hand embroidery is more expensive because of the time taken and labour that has to be paid for. The work however looks more intricate and beautiful when embroidery is done by hand. Machine embroidery is less expensive and used for producing clothing in large scale.
Pictures of flowers, leaves and other small items can be bought and traced on the cloth after which you can embroider them or even get them hand painted. Leaves, flowers, fruits and stems when hand painted on shirts looks very elegant and boutiques often charge a fancy price for them. Laces are also woven with leaves, flowers and stem design.
Leaves and flowers are collected by children and pressed and dried and used to make greeting cards. These cards are personalised and add more sentimental value as they are made by little ones with love. Pansies and violas are a favourite choice as their leaves, flowers and stem are easy to press.
Every country has its own variety of fauna and peculiar too. No bouquet is complete without leaves, flowers and ribbons. Ferns are usually the leaves used in bouquets as it looks elegant and delicate. In china almost all embroidery in fine silk includes leaves, flowers and fruits they are handmade to perfection.
The leaves, flowers and fruit of hawthorn are used as medicines and so are a number of other leaves flowers and fruit. The only problem is when leaves, flowers and fruits are used for medicine no one knows of the side effects when they interact with other medicines. Hence herbal medication must be taken only after consulting a doctor. A kind of medicine very popular in India known a Siddha medicine essentially uses leaves, flowers fruits and roots for medicines. Herbal medicines are being used widely in the cosmetic industry and are proving a popular choice because natural leaves, flowers and fruits go in their preparation thus eliminating side effects caused by using cosmetics prepared by involving chemicals. This is more so in soaps and shampoos and face creams.
Organic cosmetics are prepared by organically grown plants whose leaves, flowers, fruits and other parts like roots and fruits are used and hence may be more expensive that the cosmetics available over the counter, but they have no reactions on the skin and thus may save prohibitive costs of visiting a dermatologist in case of side effects. Even Chinese medicines use leaves, flowers and roots and they are also used to make scented incense sticks and candles which are used in aroma therapy. Scented oils made from leaves flowers and roots are added in hot water and used for inhaling because they relax the mind and body.