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How to knit daisies from yarn?

Creating beauty with your own hands is a fascinating activity that can become a real hobby. In addition, beautiful things made with your own hands will help create a unique atmosphere of home comfort, which is always appreciated by others. Let's consider

“French romance” - decoupage of a champagne bottle

A bottle of sparkling wine is a good gift in itself, but if you decorate it with your own hands, you will get an exclusive present. The author always puts his soul into such things, and the result is pleasing to the eye. For the New Year, March 8, February 14, Birthday - by

Crocheted Christmas tree

There are never too many Christmas trees for the New Year, so small knitted Christmas trees can be prepared as an independent gift or included in a box with a New Year's set. This indispensable New Year's attribute will delight, decorate, and be remembered. More

Photo frame using decoupage technique

Gifts made with love, with your own hands, are always unique, interesting, and unusual.In addition, it is not at all expensive. But if there are holidays coming up - New Year or March 8th - then a lot of presents are required, and this is a big blow to financial

Interior candlestick for the New Year

An interior candlestick is an aesthetic element that will add atmosphere to the space; the fire of a candle will help add a note of romance, making the atmosphere more mysterious and exciting. Make a unique and festive candlestick with your own hands -

New Year's ball made of threads

New Year is a magical holiday! Not only children, but also adults are looking forward to it. And decorating a Christmas tree with toys, garland and tinsel is a very exciting activity. Especially when you do it with your kids. On the eve of the New Year 2017 in

DIY money tree

The money tree is not only the most popular, but also the most effective talisman of wealth. In addition, it will decorate any interior. It’s quite easy to make a money tree with your own hands, just stock up on the necessary materials, time and

Eyeglass case from a box

You don’t have to leave the house to give a wonderful gift to a loved one. You can decorate, for example, a plastic box that previously served as a case for a watch or a removable panel for a car radio. Old box with

Christmas tree made of pompoms

For the New Year, you always want to have a brand new, elegant, beautiful Christmas tree.You won’t change a large indoor Christmas tree so often, but small tabletop Christmas trees that can be made with your own hands can be updated for everyone

Leather handbag with zipper

You can sew a good handbag from old leather fabric, which will protect the items inside from getting wet (melted snow and rain), and this handbag will also look beautiful. Making this handbag will take you one week, and for it

Cockerel using origami mosaic technique

I decided to learn a new technique called origami mosaic. It is based on making pictures from colored squares, folded according to the principle of origami modules. Since this is my first work, I had to start with the simplest squares.

Knitting a merry New Year's cockerel

Such a funny symbol of the New Year will add to the mood of children and adults, decorate the New Year's table, Christmas tree, and will be a memorable gift to friends and loved ones.

Bells with cockerel

The month of December has already arrived, and there is nothing left until the New Year, and there are still so many things ahead of us. The New Year's bustle is always pleasant, albeit troublesome. There is so much to do. First of all, come up with a New Year's menu, buy

Toy parrot and owlet

Hello, dear readers. From old things and clothes that are a pity to throw away, you can make a good toy for a child or decoration for the home.From fur fabric from old boots and felt we made two soft toys - a parrot and

Stained glass candlestick

In this master class, I will tell you how to make a simple stained glass candlestick to decorate a room in a New Year's style or create a romantic New Year's atmosphere in a room.

Beautiful DIY New Year's candlestick

It is almost impossible to create a truly magical and fairy-tale environment with template objects. And to open the door to a New Year's fairy tale, you need to turn on your imagination and start creating. New Year's decor items are not as difficult to make as this

How to decorate niches

Repairs are expensive. It also has a very detrimental effect on the nervous system: it is difficult to find a talented and conscientious craftsman, you need to control the work process, you have to correct details... You can avoid these problems by

Picture frame with decorative elements

If you like to draw, assemble puzzles or cross-stitch, then you have undoubtedly at least once encountered the problem of purchasing a frame for your creation. I don’t want to dress my own masterpiece in standard edging, but non-standard solutions

Updating a highchair

Sometimes pieces of furniture remind us of childhood. Perhaps in your home there is a shabby old children's highchair with peeling paint. If it’s a shame to throw it in the trash, and it doesn’t fit into the interior, you can update it with simple

Gift wrap

Sometimes the originality of a gift depends not on the gift itself, but on its packaging. You can, for example, buy a couple of candles or a small towel with the symbol of the coming new year. Such gifts are relatively cheap, but quite practical.

New Year cards made from kraft paper

Our leap year 2016 is coming to an end, and the Year of the Cockerel, 2017, is soon ahead of us. A sea of ​​emotions, positivity, gifts, New Year's miracles, a beautiful visiting Christmas tree, all this awaits us with the arrival of the New Year holidays. New Year,

Bright handmade New Year cards

Behind us are the joys and fears, good luck and bad luck, various positive and negative events of 2016, and the New Year 2017 is ahead of us very soon. According to the eastern calendar, it promises us the arrival of such an animal as the ringing and early Rooster. If

Blue paper Christmas tree

For the New Year, most people put up a Christmas tree, decorating it with toys. At the same time, you can not get by with just one forest beauty, but decorate your home with small Christmas trees. This is exactly the kind of paper Christmas tree that we propose to make in our master class. For

Decorative pillows

I want to embellish gray everyday life with bright colors and cozy things. You can easily recreate the atmosphere of a country house on your balcony or loggia with a little imagination.

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