Garden designer and blogger Dawn Isaac's step-by-step guide to creating your own insect hotel

Soft Sculpture of a spider. Made from Taffeta and thick wire legs covered in floral, tissue and crepe papers. Designed as a decorative object she is both charming and totally unique. Would look beautiful on a dressing table, crawling over books or in a bell jar. You can easily add a thread loop around the middle so that you can hang her. Nothing I make is designed to be given to a child/baby as they are very delicate items which contain wire. This spider is roughly 28cm x 20cm ,I say roughly…

This moth is about 4 inch tall and 8 inch wide. The wings are made from cotton fabric and the body is made from fake fur. It is hand painted and hand embroidered with details. The antennas is made from feather. There is metal hook on the underside for hanging.

This moth is about 4 inch tall and 10 1/2inch wide. The wings are made from cotton fabric and the body is made from fake fur. It is hand painted and hand embroidered with details. The antennas are made from feathers. Metal hook on the underside for hanging.

This green flower beetle is approx 4 1/2 inch tall and 2 inch wide made with cotton fabric. They are hand painted and hand embroidered with details. It is free stand sculpture but also have a metal hoop on the back for hanging.

Soft Sculpture of a spider. Made from Taffeta and thick wire legs covered in floral, tissue and crepe papers. Designed as a decorative object she

The Long Snouted Forester Circuit Board Insect has been thoughtfully fabricated from tiny computer components and circuit boards. Tiny circuit board patterns are repeated on her wings as veins. She has a wingspan of 9cm and her natural pale wooden box frame measures 19cm squared approximately. The Art of up cycling…Creating something beautiful and precious from waste and hoping to help raise awareness of the dangers of e-waste in our natural environments