Design things with your own hands

Do you have a lot of free time and you have nothing to do at all? Are you bored and bored? However, at the same time you have the ability to create something with your own hands? Then, the perfect solution for you: play designer!

It is very fun and exciting, and most importantly, useful! Different gizmos can become decorations, for example, for your interior, or act as a gift to dear people. We bring to your attention A few ideas about what is useful you can create with your own hands in your free time.

Vase with autumn leaves

Such a vase will be an ideal gift, for example, to someone from your relatives. Especially if the celebration is scheduled for autumn days. The fancy arrangement of translucent leaves on a glass vase makes it elegant and original at the same time.

To make such a beautiful piece, you will need, first of all, a tall glass vase. The surface of the vase must be degreased, so do not forget about the wiper and rag. You will also need various decoupage products, a sponge brush and artificial translucent leaves that you can find in art stores.

So let's get started. After you clean the vase of impurities with a wiper and a cloth, spread the entire surface of the vessel in a packing manner using a sponge brush. Then we begin to attach the leaves. First, we place on the vase the leaves are large in size, then, in the intervals between them we impose small leaves. It is worth considering that the color of the leaves is better to alternate with each other.

After you have completed the pattern, cover the surface of the vase (together with the leaves) again with a decoupage and leave to dry. When the vase is dry, spray it with a matt varnish-spray. In order not to touch other surfaces, place the product on a piece of paper. That's it, the vase is ready. A bright bouquet of autumn flowers will help you make it even more beautiful.

Jewelry box with your own hands

We are all used to storing photos in albums. But what if we approach this simple thing in an original way, and store old photos of your older relatives, for example, in a box? But not in the simple, but in the box, decorated independently with copies of the same vintage photographs or other interesting pictures. If you want to do this, then take the necessary accessories and go!

You will need a wooden box, if possible, an ordinary wooden box without any drawings, scissors, copies of old photographs, decoupage varnish and a spongy tassel.

First you have to prepare photos. To do this, make a copy and cut out the image. Copies can be color or black and white, depending on the original photos. The resulting images are laid out on the casket so that it looked beautiful, well, and of course you liked it. Apply glue to the back of each shot. Then put the images on the box and gently iron the tip of your fingers.

Along the edges of the box can be pieces of paper, cut them. Images should cover the entire surface of the product. After all photos are placed, the product needs to be dried. At the end of the work, coat the entire surface of the box with lacquer-decoupage and let it dry.

Casket is ready. Of course, it is possible to store in it not only photographs, but also various pleasant little things. It can be a wonderful and unique part of the interior of your room. You will find many more useful design ideas in the article DIY jewelry box.

Candlestick from a can with your hands

Another very beautiful and pleasant trifle to create comfort in the house can be an unusual candlestick in the bank. This is a great accessory for the kitchen. You can give this mom or grandmother. They will be very happy for such a gift. Plastic cherries and strawberries preserved in a transparent gel will be a bright spot in the interior and will remind you of summer.

To make such an original candlestick, you need to stock up on a gel base for a candle, a glass jar, plastic berries, scissors with curved blades, a stamp pad, a stamp with a can, a wooden skewer, white cardboard, a hole punch, a checkered ribbon, a floating candle and water.

First, pour a little gel into the jar (about one and a half centimeters), then, using a skewer, press several plastic berries into the gel. Then pour the gel again and berries again. Continue these steps until the edge of the bank will be about five centimeters.

Take the cardboard and cut the label out of it. To make it more beautiful, use a stamp with a picture of a can. And the edges of the future label cut with scissors with curved blades. On the label you can write the name of the person to whom the gift is intended and your wishes to him. Then in the upper corner of the label do the hole with a hole punch. Pass a piece of checkered tape into it, which you will need to wrap around the neck of the can and beautifully tie a bow over the label.

Then the jar should be closed with a lid, the bottom of which you need to pre-cut. After that, pour some water into the jar and place a floating candle. Bank is ready. Now you can please yourself and your loved ones with such an original and bright thing.

Doing beautiful things with your own hands is really simple and pleasant.. Special delight is caused by the result and the impression that the original, unparalleled product produces on your loved ones. The joyful emotions of a dear person are the greatest reward for your work.

The fact that something useful and unusual can be done at home, read under the heading "With Your Own Hands." Inspirations and good luck to you!