Candlestick ideas

Those who like to make beautiful things with their own hands may find these ideas useful. The first option can be used even in art classes with children of almost any age. The second is more labor-intensive, but the result is worth it. Shall we get started?

Drawing a rose

Roses are extraordinary flowers. Perhaps this is the flower that is given most often, because it carries the smell of happiness and love. People have always believed that giving roses is a manifestation of love, a sincere desire for friendship and respect. Agree, the scent of roses cannot be combined with anything.

Vase "Oriental fairy tale"

The stores are now full of all kinds of crafts that you can use to decorate your apartment. But it’s always nice to have beautiful, stylish things in your home, made with your own hands, and even better, made together with your children (or grandchildren). Independent choice

Colorful butterflies

On cold winter days, when a snowstorm is blowing outside the window, as well as in the evenings, when snow is falling outside the window, you really want to return to summer - hot, bright, sunny. One of the components of the wonderful time of year are the airy, colorful butterflies,

Warm knitted hat for winter

Winter is coming and it's time to think about a warm hat. You can still have time, before the cold weather, to knit yourself a warm hat. You need to have: 100 g of wool of the main color and the remains of about 50 g of wool threads for ornament, 3 mm circular knitting needles, 3 mm hook. Hat

Bottle vase with autumn ikebana

For a school crafts competition we made a vase like this: the autumn theme was revealed and natural materials were used. I consider the main advantage of this work to be its versatility and durability. A composition of branches can stand for as long as desired and at

Seashell souvenirs

Have you been to the sea at least once in your life? Have you bought souvenirs made from shells? Let's try to make sea souvenirs ourselves? For work we will need multi-colored sea pebbles, shells or their fragments, admit it - after all, you are all this

Making biscorn

What is biscorn? This is a small pillow that, depending on its size, can be used as a pincushion, as a keychain for keys or a mobile phone, as a Christmas tree decoration, or simply as an unusual little thing in the interior. Looks like biscorn

Cake card

Sometimes you want to pleasantly surprise a loved one and once again demonstrate your feelings for him. You can do this with the help of an unusual handmade postcard/gift packaging.

LUT technology

Recently, radio amateurs are increasingly using this technology to create boards for amateur radio designs. This technology is distinguished by its simplicity and reliability.

Painting on a gramophone record

For a long time I kept my favorite records, taking them with me even when moving. But there is still nothing to listen to them on, and one cannot raise one’s hand to throw them away. Therefore, I decided to give some of them a second life and turn them into paintings.

Decoupage

Popular wisdom says that everything new is well forgotten old. Modern fashion is once again returning to ancient techniques and production techniques. Today, vintage is becoming more and more relevant. The effect of “aging” is inherent in the interior and decoration

Restoration of an old lampshade

Very often during repairs there is simply no money left for such little things as a new lamp. Therefore, today we will try to transform the old lampshade so that it fits well into the updated interior. Three walls in the room are covered with plain wallpaper, and

Painting using a printer

In the modern world, there are many new technologies that allow you to decorate your home using handicrafts. I propose an interesting way to create a picture printed on fabric using an inkjet printer.

Original tea pair

More and more often, we try to choose a designer item as a gift. We suggest you do it yourself. For creativity you will need a plain tea pair made of glazed clay, as well as special paints for painting ceramics.

We knit a rug from old things

Usually old things are given to other people, turned into doormats, or thrown into the trash.But you can turn torn things into rugs for the hallway, toilet, bathroom, or knit a chair pad, the main thing is to choose a pattern and fabric.

Paintings made from straw

A natural material that has absorbed the energy of the sun and the power of the earth - ordinary straw - has a variety of golden tones and shades. Oat, barley, and wheat straw are suitable for making such products from straw. It's necessary for this

Shelf in Provencal style

Furniture and interior items in the Provence style are a fashion trend today. Perhaps someone would like to decorate their home with an interesting detail in this style. In order to acquire such an interesting thing, it is not at all necessary to go to a special store.

Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

I became interested in the type of applied, very ancient folk art “Vytynanka” quite a long time ago, back in 1992. At that time, Ukraine was just beginning to take its first steps towards the revival of culture and national identity. To the "stage"

mehndi

Have you long dreamed of decorating your body with a special pattern, but you don’t have the courage, overcoming pain, to leave an indelible tattoo on yourself? Yes, and is it worth it when there are many alternatives? For example, luxurious Indian body painting - mehndi.

Knitting napkins from thick threads

Sometimes knitted napkins refresh the interior, create home comfort and emphasize the individuality of the owners. But in this case, a bright yellow napkin made of cotton threads will help you emotionally tune in to the wave of the approaching spring!

Plywood car model

Do you like working with wood? Then this is especially for you! Today I will show you how you can assemble a model of an old car from plywood.

Let's update the lamp with a new lampshade

Often in our apartments we collect things that seem to be in perfect working order, but, nevertheless, we do not use them. Sometimes they don’t fit with a new renovation, family members don’t like them, or they’re simply out of fashion. But they are dear to us, and it’s a pity

Lamp for children's room

More than once it happened to me, standing in a store, to look at all kinds of lamps, sconces, lamps and night lights... My eyes ran wild from the variety of their colors, shapes and styles - just have time to buy and hang them in your rooms! But when it came to