Do you like to make gifts in the style of hand-made? Looking for new ideas and opportunities to make such souvenirs? Study the material given in the article, and you will get a very original cup with flowers. With your own hands (a master class to help), you can follow all the step-by-step instructions and make a souvenir. This ordinary object seems to soar in the air, while a “flower drink” flows on a saucer. Everyone will like this gift and will be able to decorate any interior.
Prepare everything you need
To make a beautiful cup with flowers, do it yourself (a master class is given below), you need to buy or get the following tools and materials from your stock:
- Tea pair (cup and saucer). It is better to use a kit, since in this case the elements correspond to each other in size and design. If you have separate, for example, unnecessary tea accessories (items left from the sets), try to look harmoniously in combination and have a suitable pattern. If the pattern on them is completely different, it is worth decorating the porcelain surface.
- Wire or wire for the frame.
- Thread or twine to create a connecting surface between the fasteners.
- Emery paper or bar for processing the surface of porcelain in places of attachment of the frame.
- Glue or thermal gun.
- Artificial flowers and other decor (ribbons, bows, coins, coffee beans).
As you can see, all materials are simple and accessible.
How to make a cup with flowers with your own hands: useful tips
The most important step in creating such a souvenir is the implementation of the frame connection between the cup and saucer. It depends on its strength, quality and reliability how long such a gift will delight the owner with its beauty. If you make a poor-quality connection, after a while the cup will simply fall off and the impression of a spectacular souvenir will be irretrievably lost. It is unlikely that the new owner of a floating cup will want to repair your creation. Most likely, he will put both objects separately and each time they will remind that the gift or purchase was made poorly. Therefore, it is worth trying and doing everything as it should.
The sequence of work should be as follows:
- Prepare two wires or metal frames from wire. It is better to use just a couple, not one. So it will be more reliable. The size of the cut parts will be about 30 cm. You can take a single element without cutting the workpiece.
- Identify where the wire is attached to the cup and saucer. These parts must be processed with sandpaper. A rough part has better adhesion properties than glossy varnish. The surface will also need to be degreased. You can use acetone.
- First attach the wire to the inside of the cup, then bend it 180 degrees. The cup will be in a clip. Point the workpiece at the desired angle to the saucer. There, perform an attachment to the plane.
- Bend the second wire in the same way.
- Attach the workpieces to the parts and coat them densely with glue or treat with a heat gun.
- The main technological stage is completed. It is good to wrap the frame with threads or twine, forming a surface for the arrangement of flowers and decor. Each turn is also well treated with an adhesive.
- Then you can proceed to the most interesting and creative process - decorating a tea pair.
How to make a cup with flowers with your own hands: master class
So, to make a beautiful souvenir from an ordinary tea pair, proceed as follows:
- Connect the cup and saucer using a wire frame.
- Thread the frame.
- Take artificial flowers. If they are purchased, remove the items from the stems.
- Glue large parts to the saucer at the place of attachment of the frame.
- Place small elements where the wire is glued to the cup.
- Fill the surface of the threads between the frame with flowers and leaves. Try to immediately make sure that parts of the structure are fully decorated. Neither twine nor wires should be visible.
- Decorate the souvenir with additional decor: coins, ribbons, butterflies, beads, sparkles.
What shades are better to combine
To make a beautiful soaring cup with flowers (photo below), it is very important to choose harmonious tones in the composition.
There are two ways to act:
- Choose contrasting components (orange with blue, yellow and violet).
- Perform compositions in close combinations (pink, yellow-orange, blue-violet).
Pay attention to the size of the elements of a particular shade. It is better to put a few large bright accents and complement them with other smaller details.
How to make nylon flowers
A floating cup with flowers can be made not only from purchased items, but also from ones created independently. Techniques for performing floral elements are very different. You can use fabric, and satin ribbons, and even paper.
It is easy to make flowers from kapron. Usually, a wire frame is used to make the petals, which forms the contour of the element. A capron is pulled onto the workpiece and secured. When the right number of petals and leaves is made, the parts are assembled into a single whole. In the case of decorating the cup, individual flowers can even be fixed on the base with wire.
How to make decor from chiffon
A floating cup with flowers can be made using jewelry made of this material. From it, it is easy to cut blanks for petals according to the template, process the edges above the candle so that the fabric does not crumble and connect the details into a single flower.
Roses can be made from a strip gathered on a thread in a frill. This option also turns out beautiful and natural.
Kansashi Technique
A very unusual floating cup with flowers can be made using blanks made using this method. Such flowers will not be naturalistic, but decorative, but very beautiful.
They are made from squares folded in a special way, cut from satin ribbons of different widths. Iridescent texture, vibrant color combinations, additions made of beads will help to create you a real masterpiece. It will take longer than using purchased artificial flowers, but such a gift will be truly unique.
So, you learned how to make a cup with flowers with your own hands. A master class and useful tips should help you implement this interesting and original idea. Prepare materials and tools and start an exciting creative process.