Hand-made recently has again become quite a popular form of art, even more than that. Today it is a whole amazing culture or philosophy, lifestyle or self-realization, with which any person can emphasize their individuality, become creative and fashionable. In addition, this is not only needlework, but a real therapy that can help get out of depression, understand yourself, and look at your life with new eyes.
World with different eyes
The ideas of hand-made are so diverse that absolutely for every taste there is something from which a person as an individual will be completely delighted. Moreover, things made by oneself are valued many times higher than those bought in a store. Creating something, a person reveals his creative potential, broadens the horizons of thinking, develops his own sense of beauty.
Hand Made Directions
Hand-made has many directions, but each of them is quite extensive. This can be a home decor, do it yourself, quilling, decoupage, knitting, embroidery, beadwork, soap making, sewing, hand painting on different materials, carving, making jewelry and accessories and much more. There is already a worthy place for the flight of every creative soul.
Materials
Hand-made materials can be used in every possible way. It can be leather, various fabrics, yarn, beads, beads, sand, polymer clay, stones, metal, fur, buttons, buttons, cardboard, paper and the like.
What are some handmade ideas? Jeans as a material for home decoration
Denim fabric has been the favorite of many for many years in a row, and absolutely everyone in the wardrobe has products from it, not even in one copy. And since fashion is a rather fleeting direction, over time, for this reason, and also because of wear, many things lose their beauty, relevance, or simply become unnecessary. But do not fall into a stupor or despair. Turn on your creative abilities and imagine how beautifully they can decorate your own home or apartment.
Denim pillows just look amazing . In addition, a patchwork quilt from old jeans trousers can be sewn to them. A pouf dressed in a jeans cover will look great. For students, you can sew a wall apron with pockets for small items and stationery. It will be very convenient to fold small objects or toys into boxes covered with denim.
A new look for old furniture
A great idea for hand-made is the transformation of old furniture. You can drag it with any fabric you like, make new bright covers, lampshades for lamps, curtains, floor mats, make new lamps or a vase with your own hands, create a creative basket or
jewelry box with it. The room will start to look different if it is beautiful to disguise the old heating radiators or hang a handmade embroidered picture on the wall, decorate old flower pots or the room with beautiful napkins and tablecloths.
Home decor as a means of revitalizing old things
Recently, home decor has become very relevant, because it is so nice to give new life to old things. Hand-made house ideas will help anyone transform their homes, renovate a boring interior, disguise old furniture or create new accessories for their own apartment without big financial investments. Do-it-yourself hand-made things are not just a hobby or hobby, needlework from boredom, it is an incentive for improvement, the realization of a goal and the pleasure of the work done.
Children to help you
All family members can be involved in such activities. This will especially appeal to the kids. Even the smallest crumbs of such activities will be a joy. After all, what could be better than spending evenings behind a joint hobby!
In addition, needlework helps children develop correctly, teaches them to appreciate every thing, even at first glance old and unnecessary. With the right approach, with its help you can make a huge number of new and beautiful products. For children, this is a kind of magic in which they are directly involved.
Even if at the given moment you do not have your own ideas and there is no desire to come up with something original or interesting, you can easily use other people's ideas. Choose those ideas of hand-made, the implementation of which will draw you into the business with your head, will give you unforgettable job satisfaction and give you a sea of happy moments.
Your fantasy is endless
Relatives, relatives, close people can become a kind of lifesaver for you in this matter. They can give you great hand-made ideas, whose master classes are easy to come up with.
It remains only to choose one thing and begin to fulfill your goal. Someone may like hand-made soap or candles of various colors in an original form, someone will want to craft creative jewelry for themselves or for loved ones. It doesn’t matter what the choice falls on, the main thing is that in these things a piece of the soul of its author remains, it’s exactly the mood that he wanted to convey to another. It can be love, and warmth, and tenderness, and care, and affection, and madness, and spontaneity, and even a sense of humor, a desire to cheer and support the other.
On winter evenings, remembering a summer vacation and dreaming of getting back to the sea coast, the idea of making a dream a reality would be the opportunity to craft various crafts from shells brought from the sea, for example, photo frames into which to put pictures taken during sea adventures. For more experienced and talented needlewomen, weaving from twigs is ideal.
What could be more beautiful than getting comfortable with a cup of tea in a rocking chair made by your own hands? For novice creators who want to learn how to weave from a vine, it is best to try first with small items, such as baskets, small caskets, drawers and other various items.
People who start to create and create something with their own hands, usually afraid of failure, try themselves in something easier. But with each success, with each new thing done with their own hands, their self-esteem and self-confidence increase. And this will necessarily be reflected in a positive way in their daily lives, giving every day a wonderful mood from the birth of new ideas for further creativity and contemplation of already created and realized goals.
Shabby chic outfit
Let's look at how to make a shabby wooden blank in the style of shabby chic.
For this we need the following materials:
- wooden blank;
- paper napkins;
- laundry soap;
- picture or film for fidecor;
- paraffin or wax (you can use a simple candle);
- colorless varnish;
- acrylic paint - light or dark.
Instruments:
Work Stages:
1. Place the wooden blank on a simple napkin. Take fine sandpaper and sand its surface. Blow off the dust.
2. Coat the workpiece with dark acrylic paint. Dry with a hairdryer.
3. Take paraffin and rub the board thoroughly on all sides. Pay particular attention to edges and corners.
4. Using a brush, coat the surface with a solution of any soap (but it is better to use a household one). Dry with a hairdryer.
5. Take a light acrylic paint. Apply it to the workpiece in a very thin layer. Make sure that dark paint does not appear. Dry it.
6. Use sandpaper to create small scuffs.
7. Varnish the entire surface of the workpiece. Dry it.
8. Take a film for Friedecor, moisten and attach to the product. Gently smooth with a paper towel.
9. Coat the entire blank with clearcoat again. Dry it.
As you saw, the hand-made is quite simple, and its technique is available to everyone.