Coffee is the most fashionable drink in the world, which has an unsurpassed aroma, rich color and a large number of useful substances. Coffee beans are widely used in cosmetology, medicine, and recently they perfectly complement the interior of residential premises. Coffee is used to make crafts, paintings, plots, decorations and, of course, panels that perfectly complement any architectural style and combine with interior items and furniture.
Making a panel from coffee beans with your own hands is quite simple, you just need a little imagination, creativity, free time, and a beautiful panel will be ready. What do you need for a coffee bean panel? Depending on the chosen plot, you need to take a certain number of coffee beans of the desired shade, glue, a base on which the beans will be glued and decorative elements for the panel. These can be buttons, pebbles, plants, hay, herbs, cinnamon. Walnut shells go well in a panel with coffee.
At the beginning of work on a panel of coffee beans, it is necessary to make preliminary marks on the base to which the beans will be glued, so that the drawing or plot comes out smooth and beautiful.
From coffee beans, a base blank, glue and a yellow satin ribbon, you can create beautiful sunflowers. To do this, the center of the sunflower is marked in a circle on the blank, satin ribbons are cut into triangles, and the edges are doused with fire. Then, prepared pieces of satin ribbon are glued around the circle of the sunflower, and the middle of the circle is filled with coffee beans. If sunflowers are supposed to be created on a stem, then the stems are created from improvised means: laces, ropes, cardboard, etc., gluing them to the workpiece with glue. When the panel is ready, you can frame it or decorate the contours with auxiliary materials: hay, grass, cinnamon, etc. The coffee bean panel is ready, you can decorate the interior.
Creating a panel of cats from coffee beans
In order to make a panel of cats from coffee beans, you need to prepare all the tools and materials.
We will need:
- Canvas or base on which cats will be depicted;
- 2 stencils with silhouettes of cats that you can cut out of paper yourself;
- Coffee beans, preferably in several tones, to create a tint, and several light-colored coffee beans to create a cat-eye effect;
- Glue or silicone in a can, or assembly adhesive;
- Decor items: cinnamon, hay, artificial butterflies, etc.
When all the tools are ready, you can start. On the canvas, outline the silhouette of cats with a simple pencil or soap (depending on the base material) and roughly lay out the coffee beans, choosing dark shades along the edge and light shades for parts of the body: paws, ears, tip of the tail. If you use plain coffee beans, the panel will look silhouetted. After approximately placing the grains over the area of the canvas, you can glue the grains to the base. To do this, take glue and apply droplets to each grain, after which it is pressed tightly to the base. You need to know that the glue is applied directly to the coffee beans; it cannot be applied to the base, otherwise the design will not stick. After the cats are ready, you need to glue the light grains in the eye area vertically. After this, the grains can be coated with varnish or paint and decorative elements can be added: flowers, butterflies, cinnamon sticks, etc.
Panel “Coffee Cup”: we do it ourselves
For this panel you will also need a canvas (base), glue, coffee beans, ground coffee, decorative elements, and the neck of a plastic bottle. This panel will be voluminous.
Work begins on placing the elements on the base, making notes with a simple pencil.
Then work begins on the cup itself, for this, the neck of the bottle must be cut in half and the upper part cut off in the shape of a month, leaving gaps on the sides, this will be the cup.
Glue coffee beans of the desired tone onto the cup and glue the cup with gaps to the workpiece. The bottom of the cup is made flat, on a blank. To create the aroma coming out of the cup, you need to take ground coffee and place it on the workpiece, having previously coated this area with glue. You will get a natural cup of aromatic coffee. After this, the panel is decorated with decorative elements: grass, flowers, candied fruits, etc. Such a coffee panel will successfully decorate the interior of the kitchen, hallway and even living room, and can serve as a wonderful holiday gift.
How to make a panel “Coffee Cup yourself” (video)
How to make a panel of coffee and beans
To create more interesting scenes and landscapes on panels, coffee beans are used in combination with beans. How to make a panel of coffee and beans?
To do this, also, on the basis of the panel, approximate marks are made and the beans begin to be laid out. The beans serve as the background, the main color, and the coffee beans serve to create the shade, lines and edges. Using beans and coffee, you can create a beautiful female silhouette of a figure, a face, depict a heart of two halves, beautiful flowers, create silhouettes of cats in two colors, one cat silhouette can be made from coffee beans, and the second from beans.
Paintings and panels made from coffee beans
A master class on making paintings and panels from coffee beans involves a fairly similar algorithm of actions.
For this you will need:
- Blank (fabric, cardboard, plastic, etc.);
- Glue, scissors, thick rope for a loop, thread, needle;
- Coffee beans;
- Decorative elements: beads, buttons, stones, herbs, spices, etc.;
- Details for framing panels and paintings: sticks, matches, pods, etc.
It is necessary to place the workpiece on a flat surface and fix it so that it does not move. Align the edges of the workpiece and trim as necessary. Lay out the desired design from coffee beans and mark its edges with a pencil or soap. Open the glue by applying a drop of glue to each coffee bean, apply to the workpiece and press firmly. Wait for 10 seconds and proceed to gluing the next grains. When the plot is ready, you need to take the work into a frame from the prepared materials, gluing the elements with glue, and also make a loop of thread on the inside of the work in order to hang it on the wall. The last element is decorating the work with decorative elements. After the work is completed, leave it in a horizontal position for 20-30 minutes, and then hang it in a certain place or give it as a gift.
Crafts made from coffee will decorate your home and fit perfectly into any interior. Basically, lovers of this drink prefer similar products. Children will also be delighted with original decorations, especially if they take part in the creation of a new piece of furniture.
Beautiful coffee crafts will never cease to saturate the room with a pleasant aroma. Therefore, having purchased grains, you can begin production.
On the Internet you can find many interesting photographs of coffee products. By showing your imagination it is possible to create a real masterpiece from everything that is in the house.
When creating a product from the fruits of the coffee tree, you will receive a lot of positive emotions by calling on children to help. By doing something together, you will have the opportunity not only to have a good time, but also to decorate your home with a handmade product.
This craft can also be an excellent gift for family or friends. Now we will look at options for the most interesting coffee crafts.
A coffee tree
We bring to your attention a step-by-step guide to making coffee crafts with your own hands. Before you start creating a coffee tree, you need to prepare all the materials.
We will need:
- Styrofoam;
- PVA glue and super glue;
- flower pot;
- gypsum;
- ribbon;
- threads;
- stick for the trunk;
- coffee beans.
It's time to conduct a master class on coffee crafts. First you need to make a ball from the prepared polystyrene foam and wrap it with threads. To prevent the threads from falling apart, the ends can be secured with PVA glue.
The first step has already been completed and now you need to make a hole on the ball for the stick. Next you can cover the ball with coffee beans. After the glue has dried, start working on the second layer. This time, all the grains must be attached with the convex side to the ball using super glue.
After drying, insert a stick coated with glue into the hole left. Next, pour the gypsum solution into the flower pot. If you don't have a pot, use a regular plastic cup. If the solution is clear, you can add a little coffee grounds to it.
Place the ball attached to the stick in the prepared pot. After complete drying, your product can be decorated with nuts.
The stick should be tied with a ribbon and the original coffee fruit product is ready.
Coffee painting
Check out a few more ideas along with instructions on how to make a coffee craft below. Paintings are especially popular, with which you can not only decorate your home, but also give them as a gift to family and friends. Therefore, next we will make a picture together from coffee beans.
Before that, let's prepare:
- a piece of burlap;
- a piece of hard cardboard;
- frame;
- stencil;
- glue;
- clear varnish;
- coffee beans.
First you need to tightly cover a sheet of cardboard with fabric and glue it on the other side.
Next you should start drawing the drawing. If you have a stencil, this will simplify the task. But if it is not there, then the image can be applied independently. For example, it could be an inscription, a congratulation, or a cup of coffee. Every person can draw an ordinary smoking cup.
Then you can start gluing coffee fruits along the contour of the picture. All that remains is to coat the craft with colorless varnish and, after complete drying, insert it into the frame.
Decorative candle
You can also make a beautiful candle using coffee beans. It will create a romantic atmosphere in the house. To make this craft you need to prepare:
- candle;
- glue;
- coffee beans.
Making a decorative candle is very simple. You need to glue coffee beans to it and the craft is ready. Showing your imagination, you can decorate the candle with beads or something else.
It is not necessary to cover the candle with grains. You can make a regular candlestick using a glass or other vessel.
Hedgehog made from coffee beans
Another very interesting craft that you can make with your own hands is a hedgehog. It is perfect as a gift for a child or as a piece of furniture. To create you need to prepare:
- coffee beans;
- glue;
- plastic ball;
- Styrofoam;
- scissors;
- leg-split;
- two black beads;
- thick cardboard.
Take the ball and cut it in half. We cut a circle out of cardboard with the diameter of the hemisphere and glue them together. This will be the body of the hedgehog.
We connect the muzzle and body with glue. Then you can start gluing the grains in rows and the product is ready. The hedgehog can be decorated with artificial leaves, fruits or flowers.
Coffee bean clock
To make an original watch from coffee beans we will need:
- cardboard;
- glue;
- scissors;
- coffee beans.
You need to cut a circle from a prepared piece of cardboard and glue the grains in a circular pattern.
There should be room in the middle for the arrows.
All that remains is to make numbers and arrows that can be cut out of cardboard. If you have an old, unwanted clock in the house, use it. The cut out numbers should be glued on top of the grains, and the arrows in the middle.
Magnetic coffee heart
It’s very easy to make your own heart-shaped magnet from coffee beans. To do this you should take:
- a piece of cardboard;
- magnet;
- textile;
- glue.
First, cut out a heart from cardboard. Glue a magnet on either side. Next we cover the product with fabric.
All that remains is to add the main component and the original magnet is ready. We take the fruits and glue them to the fabric. It is desirable that all grains are the same size.
It is not necessary to make a magnet in the shape of a heart. It could be a horseshoe or something else.
You can create any product from coffee. Cover a photo frame, vase or lamp. You can also use grains to make an original gift that will always delight the recipient. Coffee lovers will appreciate this handmade surprise.
Photos of coffee crafts
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A room without decorations, paintings, or souvenirs looks uncomfortable and uninhabited. The presence of cute trinkets says a lot about the owner of the home and his tastes. A room decorated in a certain direction, with a sense of proportion and in compliance with certain rules, will be beautiful and stylish. Handmade jewelry will bring pleasure, pleasant memories and pride. And if they are made from coffee beans, then the delicious aroma of coffee is added to the beauty, creating coziness and tranquility.
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How to choose and arrange paintings and panels in the kitchen
By following the basic rules for placing paintings in the kitchen, a design solution is created, and not a crowd of works of art. With the help of paintings and panels, you can hide the disadvantages of the layout and show its advantages.
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Vertically placed paintings visually make the ceiling higher; they are suitable for a small and narrow hallway. And horizontally elongated images expand the room.
- Large drawings need to be viewed from a great distance, so such paintings are suitable for living rooms.
- Small frescoes and engravings are placed at eye level, at a height of 1.5 m from the floor.
- Massive frames are used only in large rooms.
- If a composition is made of 3 paintings of different sizes, then attention should be concentrated in the center.
- In one room it is permissible to place works that are similar in theme, color scheme, and execution technique.
- When placing paintings of different sizes, it is necessary to take into account that a large one is never hung above a small one, and it is not advisable to place images of the same size in one line and at the same level.
- On bright walls, paintings can be mounted on a wide mat so that they do not get lost in color.
- If the panel is made of natural materials, then the background for it can be a bamboo napkin, burlap or canvas.
Techniques for creating coffee masterpieces
- Stencil– coffee bean powder and a pre-prepared stencil are used. It is applied to the base, the free parts of the pattern are coated with glue and covered with ground coffee. When the glue dries, remove the stencil. The silhouette of the design will remain in the coffee powder.
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- Drawing coffee grounds– the sketch is drawn in pencil and then painted over with strong brewed coffee. Different consistencies give the desired shades. The most difficult thing in this technique is to draw without smudges.
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- Use of coffee beans. This is the simplest and most common method. For crafts, buy the cheapest coffee; the beans will be of different sizes, which is convenient for work. A sketch of the design is made on the base for the panel, then it is covered with glue, and the grains are carefully placed on top. The panels are made in volume, you can use additional different materials and accessories.
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Master class (photo and video)
Products made from beans and ground coffee are so diverse that it is difficult to consider them all. Each master finds his own style. There are several main directions and techniques used in our work. And everything else is a creative approach.
Crafts from twine and coffee
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Original crafts and gifts can be made using twine and coffee. Wrap the vase, flower pot, and candle with twine so that there are no gaps left. Glue the grains onto the twine, creating a pattern or abstraction. Create patterns, curls, flowers from threads, paste them onto the craft, and decorate the coffee.
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For such a craft, you can purchase a foam heart in special stores. This will make the job much easier. First, paint the heart brown so that the white parts do not show through, and glue the coffee beans. Then fix the aluminum wire or wooden stick in a container with plaster - this will be a stand for the heart. You can decorate with twine, coffee beans, ribbons, flowers. The heart can be suspended, then a stand and container will not be needed. It can be hung on a ribbon above the desktop, to a table lamp, or in a doorway.
Coffee topiary
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The coffee tree can be made in any shape: ball, herringbone, heart. Buy the form at the store or make it yourself. Cover it with coffee beans. You can coat it with clear varnish, this will give the product shine and durability. But the smell of coffee will disappear. For the trunk you will need any branch fixed in a flower pot or tea cup. To work you will need 100-200 g of coffee, PVA glue, hot glue, plaster. Ribbons, beads, and stones are suitable for decoration.
In such crafts, not only the image is valued, but also the opportunity to make a frame out of coffee. It can be wide, with multidirectional placement of grains, and combined with other grains. If the frame is wide, then the picture itself should be modest, consisting of an inscription, the silhouette of a cup and 3-5 grains lying nearby. Often used in paintings is a clock dial with hands frozen at the most pleasant moment of life.
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A sketch is applied to the canvas. The grains are then laid out to assess what the finished painting will look like. If everything is satisfactory, then glue is applied to the silhouette and the coffee is carefully glued.
There are no restrictions when creating coffee paintings. You can come up with and depict any landscape, portrait, or animal. It all depends on the artistic abilities of the master.
Coffee bean tree
It is made in the form of panels or crafts. For the panel you need to draw a tree with a pencil. The trunk and branches are twisted from twine and glued to the base. They will create volume and relief, just like real ones. The grains represent leaves, and coins are glued to the branches among the leaves. It turns out to be a coffee-money tree.
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Another option is to create a craft from a frame or ball covered with coffee. Instead of a trunk, a branch or tube is used, fixed with plaster in a tea cup, jar or pot. Decorate the cup with cinnamon tubes, vanilla stars, and dried lemon slices. This will additionally add a rich aroma.
Using a combination of contrasting tones, you can get paintings and crafts of absolutely extraordinary beauty. This contrast is obtained from the use of coffee beans and white beans. They are the same in size and texture, combined in a pattern and creating abstraction or a struggle of opposites. From coffee and beans you can create a picture or panel with the symbols of Yin and Yang, with silhouettes of white and dark cats.
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Burlap is considered the most successful background and basis for coffee crafts. They go well together, the grains are associated with the bags in which they are brought. Therefore, scattered coffee beans on burlap are a ready-made picture. Beginners often create panels with a cup of coffee, a heart, or an inscription. It can be a simple lined silhouette, or a completely grain-covered, voluminous look with a real porcelain cup. It all depends on your imagination. A picture made of burlap can be inserted into a wooden frame, or made from coffee, gluing the beans in one or several rows.
Panel of cats
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It is difficult to make a full-fledged picture from coffee beans, especially if there are no clearly defined silhouettes. When choosing a theme, many people choose the image of cats. Their image is easy to create and recognize. A gracefully elongated body, a long tail, ears - everything is quite simple to decorate with large grains, even without experience in drawing. This can be done according to the sketch, gluing them in one line, or you can completely glue the entire silhouette. The white and dark cats sitting next to each other look original. This panel will decorate any room.
Video
Coffee paintings and crafts will bring a lot of pleasure in the process of creating them. Using your talent, turning on creative thinking and imagination, working with pleasant-smelling material - all this can also be considered psychotherapy. Such a gift will bring no less joy to friends, relatives and loved ones.
Takes ~3 minutes to read
A room without decorations, paintings, or souvenirs looks uncomfortable and uninhabited. The presence of cute trinkets says a lot about the owner of the home and his tastes. A room decorated in a certain direction, with a sense of proportion and in compliance with certain rules, will be beautiful and stylish. Handmade jewelry will bring pleasure, pleasant memories and pride. And if they are made from coffee beans, then the delicious aroma of coffee is added to the beauty, creating coziness and tranquility.
Save
How to choose and arrange paintings and panels in the kitchen
By following the basic rules for placing paintings in the kitchen, a design solution is created, and not a crowd of works of art. With the help of paintings and panels, you can hide the disadvantages of the layout and show its advantages.
Save
Vertically placed paintings visually make the ceiling higher; they are suitable for a small and narrow hallway. And horizontally elongated images expand the room.
- Large drawings need to be viewed from a great distance, so such paintings are suitable for living rooms.
- Small frescoes and engravings are placed at eye level, at a height of 1.5 m from the floor.
- Massive frames are used only in large rooms.
- If a composition is made of 3 paintings of different sizes, then attention should be concentrated in the center.
- In one room it is permissible to place works that are similar in theme, color scheme, and execution technique.
- When placing paintings of different sizes, it is necessary to take into account that a large one is never hung above a small one, and it is not advisable to place images of the same size in one line and at the same level.
- On bright walls, paintings can be mounted on a wide mat so that they do not get lost in color.
- If the panel is made of natural materials, then the background for it can be a bamboo napkin, burlap or canvas.
Techniques for creating coffee masterpieces
- Stencil– coffee bean powder and a pre-prepared stencil are used. It is applied to the base, the free parts of the pattern are coated with glue and covered with ground coffee. When the glue dries, remove the stencil. The silhouette of the design will remain in the coffee powder.
Save
- Drawing coffee grounds– the sketch is drawn in pencil and then painted over with strong brewed coffee. Different consistencies give the desired shades. The most difficult thing in this technique is to draw without smudges.
Save
- Use of coffee beans. This is the simplest and most common method. For crafts, buy the cheapest coffee; the beans will be of different sizes, which is convenient for work. A sketch of the design is made on the base for the panel, then it is covered with glue, and the grains are carefully placed on top. The panels are made in volume, you can use additional different materials and accessories.
Save
Master class (photo and video)
Products made from beans and ground coffee are so diverse that it is difficult to consider them all. Each master finds his own style. There are several main directions and techniques used in our work. And everything else is a creative approach.
Crafts from twine and coffee
Save
Original crafts and gifts can be made using twine and coffee. Wrap the vase, flower pot, and candle with twine so that there are no gaps left. Glue the grains onto the twine, creating a pattern or abstraction. Create patterns, curls, flowers from threads, paste them onto the craft, and decorate the coffee.
Save
For such a craft, you can purchase a foam heart in special stores. This will make the job much easier. First, paint the heart brown so that the white parts do not show through, and glue the coffee beans. Then fix the aluminum wire or wooden stick in a container with plaster - this will be a stand for the heart. You can decorate with twine, coffee beans, ribbons, flowers. The heart can be suspended, then a stand and container will not be needed. It can be hung on a ribbon above the desktop, to a table lamp, or in a doorway.
Coffee topiary
Save
The coffee tree can be made in any shape: ball, herringbone, heart. Buy the form at the store or make it yourself. Cover it with coffee beans. You can coat it with clear varnish, this will give the product shine and durability. But the smell of coffee will disappear. For the trunk you will need any branch fixed in a flower pot or tea cup. To work you will need 100-200 g of coffee, PVA glue, hot glue, plaster. Ribbons, beads, and stones are suitable for decoration.
In such crafts, not only the image is valued, but also the opportunity to make a frame out of coffee. It can be wide, with multidirectional placement of grains, and combined with other grains. If the frame is wide, then the picture itself should be modest, consisting of an inscription, the silhouette of a cup and 3-5 grains lying nearby. Often used in paintings is a clock dial with hands frozen at the most pleasant moment of life.
Save
A sketch is applied to the canvas. The grains are then laid out to assess what the finished painting will look like. If everything is satisfactory, then glue is applied to the silhouette and the coffee is carefully glued.
There are no restrictions when creating coffee paintings. You can come up with and depict any landscape, portrait, or animal. It all depends on the artistic abilities of the master.
Coffee bean tree
It is made in the form of panels or crafts. For the panel you need to draw a tree with a pencil. The trunk and branches are twisted from twine and glued to the base. They will create volume and relief, just like real ones. The grains represent leaves, and coins are glued to the branches among the leaves. It turns out to be a coffee-money tree.
Save
Another option is to create a craft from a frame or ball covered with coffee. Instead of a trunk, a branch or tube is used, fixed with plaster in a tea cup, jar or pot. Decorate the cup with cinnamon tubes, vanilla stars, and dried lemon slices. This will additionally add a rich aroma.
Using a combination of contrasting tones, you can get paintings and crafts of absolutely extraordinary beauty. This contrast is obtained from the use of coffee beans and white beans. They are the same in size and texture, combined in a pattern and creating abstraction or a struggle of opposites. From coffee and beans you can create a picture or panel with the symbols of Yin and Yang, with silhouettes of white and dark cats.
- Save
Burlap is considered the most successful background and basis for coffee crafts. They go well together, the grains are associated with the bags in which they are brought. Therefore, scattered coffee beans on burlap are a ready-made picture. Beginners often create panels with a cup of coffee, a heart, or an inscription. It can be a simple lined silhouette, or a completely grain-covered, voluminous look with a real porcelain cup. It all depends on your imagination. A picture made of burlap can be inserted into a wooden frame, or made from coffee, gluing the beans in one or several rows.
Panel of cats
Save
It is difficult to make a full-fledged picture from coffee beans, especially if there are no clearly defined silhouettes. When choosing a theme, many people choose the image of cats. Their image is easy to create and recognize. A gracefully elongated body, a long tail, ears - everything is quite simple to decorate with large grains, even without experience in drawing. This can be done according to the sketch, gluing them in one line, or you can completely glue the entire silhouette. The white and dark cats sitting next to each other look original. This panel will decorate any room.
Video
Coffee paintings and crafts will bring a lot of pleasure in the process of creating them. Using your talent, turning on creative thinking and imagination, working with pleasant-smelling material - all this can also be considered psychotherapy. Such a gift will bring no less joy to friends, relatives and loved ones.
A scent that can get you out of bed in the morning when you don’t want to go to work. Doesn't let you sleep because you still have a lot to do in the evening. In business negotiations, it helps to establish contacts. Complement to a beautiful dessert at a coffee shop near your home. As you can see, associations with the word coffee are far from the word decoration. But... A creative streak, skillful hands and little tips from this article will turn coffee bean decor into another reason to be proud of the interior of your home.
What do we know about coffee beans?
Basically, we see them already packaged in tight bags on store shelves. They come there from Brazil (every third), Colombia, Ethiopia, Vietnam and other hot countries. The climate in Russia is unsuitable, but there have been attempts to grow a plantation. Unsuccessful so far.
The two main varieties, arabica and canephora (robusta), are visually not much different from each other. These are dried berry seeds from 5 to 10 mm in length, with a sloping back and a flattened base. Arabica, slightly larger, with a shape tending towards an oval. Robusta is rounder and smaller, but its cost is two times lower.
The degree of roasting is important for decoration:
Coffee painting
The hardest thing about making wall art is to visualize it in detail. Understand what plot to illustrate, what color, whether it will be a fleece or a completely filled canvas. When the questions have been answered, proceed to the technical side.
For the basic model, in addition to the main material, you will need:
- textile. Texture doesn't really matter as long as you have superglue. Burlap looks authentic, especially with traces of printing. Choose the color more carefully, without neon shades.
- cardboard;
- frame;
- clear varnish;
- additional elements (fur, ribbons, beads, glass, etc.) for decoration.
Work begins by preparing the base: wrap the cardboard with fabric and seal it at the back. Draw a sketch. Stencils are a great help for beginners; take them from the Internet. Now just glue the grains into the borders of the picture, keeping an eye on the density. Cover with varnish, decorate as desired, and place in a frame. You can't imagine anything simpler or more beautiful, right?
Photo frames
It is impossible to count the number of ideas in the design of photographs dear to the heart, but the classic version does not lose ground: a rectangular frame with a side width of 4-5 cm for a photo measuring 10x15 cm is at the peak of popularity due to its external elegant simplicity. However, the base uses a strong material - plywood - which will forever retain the shape of the product. To cut a wooden sheet measuring 20x25 cm with an internal window of 9x14 cm you will need a jigsaw, and probably an assistant with physical strength. Anyone can handle lightweight corrugated cardboard. It is the same size, only the opening inside corresponds to the size of the photo. Glue everything together, paint it dark, apply glue on top, attach grains on a whim, varnish, cut out a cardboard holder, and secure it with paper clips at the back. The photo frame is ready, but move it away from the bedside table. Caffeine in aromatic form right under your nose will keep you from falling asleep.
Decorating candles
An indispensable thing for decorating candles is twine. This is a thin cord made from fibers of the subtropical jute plant. Previously, it was used for auxiliary purposes, to pack a package, for example. But designers have made jute twine a cult, often using it for ethnic and eco-friendly interiors. Twine will help you festively decorate tall candles. They can be lit for their intended purpose if only the lower part of the paraffin is decorated. Apply hot melt adhesive in a moderately thick, even layer, wrap tightly with jute, not reaching 2 mm from the base. This measure is provided to ensure that the product remains stable. Carefully secure the end of the twine with glue. Now you can glue the main elements of the decor, and against such a background, both openwork patterns with a color gradation from beige to chocolate, and a random order of elements will look equally stylish. Complete the craft with a satin ribbon.
Fragrant candlestick
On New Year's holidays, a warming ray of hope for a good future means a little more than on other days. The symbolism and dancing reflections on the ceiling elevate candles to the rank of a Christmas miracle. It’s especially nice to know that you can create these miracles with your own hands. The fastest way to make a candle and coffee make friends is to simply put them together. Pour grains into a small beautiful porcelain bowl and place a candle in the sleeve in the center so that it sinks slightly. The effect of natural aromatization is obtained; warm streams of air from the flame will spread a pleasant aroma throughout the room. Depending on the design of the room or holiday table, instead of a bowl, you can use any container except one that melts easily. Transparent glass with shaped inserts looks impressive.
An interior with coffee candles is a natural aphrodisiac for a romantic atmosphere.
Coffee tree and fragrant Christmas trees
A kind of “coffee bonsai”. Interior mini-topiary from handmade. No matter how catchy a name you come up with, it still won’t convey the uniqueness of these homemade gizmos.
The Christmas tree is a little easier to make because of its shape. Build a cone from whatman paper, paint it cinnamon, cover it with even rows of grains, including the bottom, and decorate it with balls-beads and beaded garlands. For a special mood, sprinkle with semolina snow. The New Year's souvenir is ready.
The gracefulness of the tree is given by the intricately curved long trunk. Its role is played by a thick wire wrapped in twine. One end goes into a cup of plaster (choose a tall one for stability), and the other is the focal point of the composition - a light ball. It could be a plastic ball, a candy box, polystyrene foam, etc., use your imagination. Before creating the shell on the ball, paint it chocolate color.
Cup of spilled coffee
Direct association with objects for the ceremony of drinking your favorite drink has given rise to a whole trend in decor. An overturned cup in a saucer. This happens in life, only less artistically and then you have to wash the tablecloth. A more interesting option is when the cup seems to hang in the air and the stream pours from a height. The main emphasis is on the effect of surprise, because the picture contradicts the law of gravity, causing great interest. Of course, after a couple of seconds the secret of the trick becomes obvious, and curiosity gives way to admiration for the master’s work. You need a solid wire bent in the shape of a Z, very strong glue, modeling mass and incredible perseverance, with which you first need to methodically wrap all parts of the tea pair inside and out with jute, and only apply natural material on this layer. Save two dried orange slices to decorate the mini-monument.
Christmas decorations
The leadership in the variety of options in this category was captured by:
- balls on bright satin ribbons, with and without tassels, decorations made of rhinestones, sequins, charms, keys;
- five-pointed stars of all types, sizes, colors, with the addition of gilding and silvering;
- Christmas trees with artificial snow, generously sprinkled with glass beads, strict and with humorous emoticons;
- houses with a rustic flavor;
- powerful horseshoes for good luck at home;
- three acorns for Cinderella;
- animal symbol of the year according to the eastern calendar;
- confectionery cookies;
- hearts pierced with a cinnamon stick, of course.
New Year's crafts are easy to make, but they are good not only for their external impression, but also for the opportunity to create something beautiful with the whole family, to have fun with your children and remember their “designer” toy all year long!
Animals
To make a stylized figurine of a recognizable animal, first of all, you need to find a basis for the silhouette. It could be an old toy. Specially sewn. Foam model. Made from hardening plasticine. This is how you get gorgeous figures of snakes, baby elephants, snails or turtles.
At the master class, craftsmen say that they most often use prefabricated structures from scrap materials. For example, ping pong balls are perfect for hedgehog twins. Cut them in half, here are the backs for the coffee needles. Elongated triangles - spouts - are made from polystyrene foam. The belly is made of cardboard. We decorate the last two with twine, and then put them together: a circle, half a tennis ball on it, a nose on the side. We begin to plant improvised needles from the middle of the back. Having filled everything out, we attach a small bead to the tip of the nose, the eyes are also made of beads, and several dried leaves on top.
Kitchen decor
This coffee craft is ready to hide in any kitchen corner. A box with a butterfly for storage, a tree of happiness in a mug with a food print, a napkin holder with a slyly winking kitten. In general, the cat theme is very common in handmade design, and where else would a pet belong if not in the kitchen. And so as not to interfere, we will give it a place on the refrigerator.
The magnet cat should be light so as not to fall. Ceiling tiles will do. Draw a sketch, not forgetting the long curled tail. Cut it out, paint it dark, glue the elements on one side and magnets on the other. It is better to use 2 pcs. In order to process the end, glue 2 strips of jute onto a thin strip of hot-melt adhesive. All that remains is to outline the mustache, nose and eyes. A medicine blister is suitable for them. Place one grain at a time in the recesses, cover the back with paper, and cut along the contour. The cat has a very soulful look.
Clock decor
This clock always shows coffee break time! Rebranding an old model in favor of a new home interior accessory should start with disassembly. All the parts will come in handy, but keep an eye on how much reserve there is in the run of the hands, so that when freshly assembled they do not cling to convex parts. Games with multi-colored grains look incredibly impressive on a flat dial. Firstly, lace styling made of waves or geometric shapes, stripes, tracks.
You can also add meaning to the design, for example, by dividing sectors by hour or half hour. If the substrate has an interesting pattern, it makes sense to not cover it completely. This makes it even more interesting. Or create a round frame around it, decorated with additional sparkles, sticks, knots, planks and beans. If for some reason the backing needs to be replaced, use cardboard covered with fabric or burlap.
Vases, jars, bottles and flower pots
All of the above is most convenient for decoration with natural materials. The kit for a universal creative idea, as always, includes twine, hot glue, and coffee. Follow your inspiration, remembering that details add even more expressiveness to simple forms. For example, use a spice mix. One of them is star anise. A blossoming flower, as if specially created to complement a handmade vase. This is a bright accent for a uniformly sealed can. Add spherical pepper, small round mustard seeds, spicy cloves look like small thorns. Coffee's old friend is cinnamon. Cinnamon sticks go aesthetically with everything. And the bay leaf will replace the herbarium when you need to decorate the bottle. Don't throw away the orange peels; they make cute stars.
What about the mixing of aromas from all this splendor, you ask? “Cover” the smell with clear varnish.
