Natural materials, silver Christmas-tree decorations and table setting in blue and white tones will create a cozy New Year's atmosphere no matter what the weather is outside!
Pleasant surprises
Your gifts will not be left unattended if you wrap them not in plain paper, but in a fabric painted with New Year's motives (photo above).
YOU WILL NEED: Creamy linen or cotton fabric; black paint on fabric (Marabu); cardboard stencils with New Year's motives and letters; short-brushed brush or sponge for applying paint; duct tape; glass container for paint.
HOW TO MAKE: wash, dry and iron the fabric. Apply New Year's motives and letters to the fabric with black paint. To do this, put the desired stencil arbitrarily on the fabric and fix it with adhesive tape. Apply the motive to the fabric through the stencil using a sponge or a short-haired brush, picking up a little bit of paint on the sponge or brush so that it does not leak out of the contour of the stencil.
Tip: a sheet of cardboard should be placed under the fabric so that no paint stains remain on the working surface. Carefully remove the stencil. Then re-apply this or another stencil on the fabric and apply a new motif similarly. In this way, apply the desired New Year's motifs and letters throughout the fabric. Leave the fabric to dry completely, iron the fabric from the wrong side to fix the paint. Cut the fabric into rags of the right size and pack gifts.
We ask to the table!
Glasses, as if covered with frost, cedar cones and shiny Christmas toys give the table a festive look.
YOU WILL NEED: Wine glasses or glasses for champagne; carafe; Frost Design paint (water-based paint to create a "frosty" effect on glass), as well as a sponge for applying paint; stencils with New Year's motives; plate.
HOW TO MAKE: Rinse the glasses thoroughly with hot water and leave to dry completely. Stick the stencil with the desired motif (either self-adhesive, or spray on the surface of the stencil on one side to fix it) to the glass. Pour some paint on a plate, gently pat the sponge in the paint. Using a sponge, apply a layer of paint to the glass through the stencil. Tip: Do not apply paint to the upper edge of the glass (drinking area). Leave the paint to dry a little. Then apply a second coat of paint in the same way. Carefully remove the stencil. Leave the paint to dry completely. Then fix the paint by firing in the oven according to the manufacturer's instructions.
For sweet
If the delicacy is beautifully decorated, it will seem even tastier! Present the chocolate cake in an artfully decorated wooden box. Sift icing sugar through slotted snowflake patterns!
YOU NEED: a simple wooden box with a lid to fit the size of a cake or pie. Acrylic paints in white, gray and silver. Clear nail polish.Thin and wide soft brushes, adhesive strips, glass bowl, thin soft pencil, paper.
HOW TO MAKE: First you need to prime the dishes. To do this, dilute the gray paint with water and paint the box and the lid inside and out with a wide brush. Allow the paint to dry completely, then apply motives. First, transfer the motives to paper and copy in the desired size. Put on the box and circle with a thin soft pencil. Repeat the motif with white or silver paint with a thin brush. Allow the paint to dry completely, cover the box with clear varnish and allow it to dry completely.
Guests are welcome here.
In order for luck to knock on your door in the coming year, decorate it with an unusual garland on this magical night!
YOU WILL NEED: Small empty tin cans; cones of different sizes; small bells; white and light gray acrylic enamel; acrylic silky matt varnish; packing twine; wide and thin brushes; a chisel or drill for metal; scissors.
HOW TO MAKE: Remove paper labels from empty cans, wash cans. Press the sharp edges of the cans that formed as a result of opening them with pliers. Using a chisel or drill, pierce the hanging hole in the bottom of each can. Cover the cans with white or light gray enamel from the outside, leave to dry completely. Then apply a second coat of enamel.
After drying, paint on a gray tin can scatter points of different sizes with white enamel, acting like a swab with a brush. On a white jar with gray enamel, draw a star with a thin brush, put dots around the star along the contour, then draw a series of dots under the star (see photo of the model). Allow the paint to dry. Then coat the cans with varnish and again leave to dry completely. Through a hole in the bottom of each tin can, pass a piece of packaging twine folded in half, and secure several bells at the end of the twine.
Cover the cones with white enamel, after drying, tie them to the cones along a piece of twine for hanging. Knit cones and painted cans in one knot, hang the decoration.
Blue light
Candles are an indispensable attribute of the New Year holiday. You can make an elegant candlestick from a dessert bowl, duct tape and sparkles.
YOU NEED: A dessert bowl in white; double-sided adhesive tape; silver sparkles; paper; a simple pencil; scissors; brush; tea candle.
HOW TO MAKE: Rinse the dessert bowl with hot water and wipe dry. On paper, draw a star of the appropriate size, cut out the template. Place the template on one side of the protective film of adhesive tape, circle the contours of the star, cut the star. On the one hand, remove the protective film, place the star in the middle of the dessert bowl, press. Then remove the second protective film. Sprinkle the star with sparkles so that they cover the entire adhesive surface. Turn the dessert bowl over, remove excess sparkles by tapping the bottom of the bowl. Or remove excess sparkles with a brush. Put a tea candle in a bowl.
Fairy tale beast
Who brought gifts for the New Year? Deer on its horns! Small bags and envelopes are sealed with special silver sealing wax! However, a decorative silver button is also suitable for printing!
YOU WILL NEED: deer horns, a thin batch cord or silver wire, decorative silver buttons with a printed pattern, scissors, silver or colorless sealing wax.
HOW TO MAKE: put the gifts in small bags or envelopes and wrap them with a thin packet cord or silver wire. Put the sealing wax in the middle of the envelope and press the button into it. Gently hang gifts on deer horns.
Round as the sun
To make the next year joyful and sunny for you, decorate the doors of the house with decorative wreaths. Material - any to choose from!
YOU WILL NEED:
White wreath: styrofoam wreath base dia. OK. 20 cm, thick fluffy white yarn, weight for modeling white, pins, white star-shaped molds for cutting cookies from dough, packet cord, knitting needle, corrugated cardboard, 2 plastic bags, scissors.
Wreath of white paper napkins: white lace paper napkin, gray cardboard, glue stick, ordinary pencil, knife cutter.
Wreath of fur: styrofoam-based wreath, white faux fur strip, small thuja cones, silver spray, sequins, pins, thin flexible wire.
Wreath of bows: 60 cm thick aluminum wire approx. 2 mm, 25 m jute ribbons 10 cm wide, pliers and nippers.
HOW TO MAKE:
White wreath: tightly twist the base wreath with yarn, fix the ends on the back with pins. The mass for modeling between two plastic bags is rolled out with a rolling pin. Then cut various stars. To hang them, make a hole on one of the teeth. Dry the sprockets according to the instructions on the packaging, then fix them on a wreath.
Wreath of white napkins: transfer the Christmas tree motif to the back of the napkin. Cut with a torch exactly along the contour. Stick on cardboard.
Wreath of fur: wrap the styrofoam wreath base with a strip of fur. Secure the ends with pins. Spray small cones with a silver spray and sprinkle with sparkles. Using pins, add to the base wreath.
Bow wreath: with pliers, bend the wire in the shape of a circle, bend one end in the shape of a loop. On the other end, string different sizes of bows. Pull the other end of the wire through the loop and bend.
Let's go sledding!
For evening walks, you can make fabulous lanterns from ordinary cans: sprinkle the cans with a special spray that gives the effect of frost, and additionally decorate with New Year's pictures.
YOU NEED: glass jars, spray, giving the effect of hoarfrost, suitable pictures, cut along the contour. Clear acrylic lacquer, wire, carpentry glue, wide brush, scissors.
HOW TO MAKE: wash cans well with hot water and dry. Then paint the outside with a spray with the effect of frost. Allow to dry completely.
Joiner glue to part with a small amount of water. Apply glue to the back of the cut motifs, allow them to soak and stick motifs on the banks, smoothing them with a wide brush from the center to the periphery.
Motivate varnish, let the varnish dry completely.
For flashlight handles, wrap the neck of the jar with wire, release the loop up, then twist the ends of the wire. Put a thick short candle in the jar.
Burn, burn, my star!
Rustic pillow looks gorgeous with applique stars.
Motive stars see motive C to “Gifts in a row” (at the end of the article).
Pillow size 30 x 34 cm.
YOU NEED: flax 40 cm long, 140 cm wide, calico calico size. 20 x 20 cm, gasket flizofiks size. 20 x 20 cm, matching thread color, stuffing size. 28 x 32 cm, 2 cm thick. 1 zipper 30 cm long.
HOW TO MAKE: for a pillow from linen, cut out 1 front side size. 32 x 36 cm, 2 back sides 17.5 x 36 cm each. Flizofiks iron on the wrong side of the calico.
Increase the motive of the star to the desired size, transfer it to transparent paper and transfer the outline to flizofiks. Cut the star, remove paper from the pad and iron in the middle of the front side of the pillow. Stitch the star along the edges in a zigzag pattern.
For the back side, fold the two halves face-to-face and grind along the long side, the seam width is 1.5 cm, while in the middle, leave 30 cm open for stitching the zipper. Stitch the zipper with a hidden seam, then open.
Fold the front and back sides of the pillow face to face, grind, seam width 1 cm. Cut corners close to the seam. Turn out the pillow. Attach packing.
Lace snowflakes
These fairy crystals did not fall into the room directly from the sky. They are carefully crocheted and then starched.
Knitting patternsI A, B and C, see the photo above (from left to right).
Dimensions: little star diam. OK. 12 cm, average dia. OK. 16 cm. Large dia. OK. 21 cm
YOU NEED: approx. 50 g cotton white thread, hook No. 3, textile starch, styrofoam backing, plastic film, stainless pins.
HOW TO MAKE:
General Information: stars are tied in a circle according to the pattern. Each circle begins with a replacement air. p. and ends 1 connection. Art. knitted from the upper replacement air. p. On the knitting patterns shown 1st p. completely, starting from the 2nd p. between the arrows should be repeated 1 rapport. Repeat the report for a small and medium star 6 times, for a large star - 8 times.
Little Star: dial 8 air. item and conn. Art. to close in a ring. Knit according to the pattern, A from 1st to 3rd p. At the tip of the rays in the 3rd r. knit 3 tbsp. b n in the direction of the same air. n. Circle to close the connection. Art.
Middle Star: dial 5 air. by. and close in the ring 1 connection. Art. Knit according to pattern B from the 1st to the 3rd r. In the 3rd r. Art. previous r. replace the connection. Art. The last r. close 1 connection Art.
Big star: dial 5 air. item and close in ring 1 connection. Art. Knit according to pattern C from 1st to 4th p. After the 2nd p. conn. Art. go to the tip of the first arch from the air. p., then, according to the scheme, continue the 3rd p. 4th p. close 1 connection Art.
Assembly: Finished stars are starched, squeezed slightly and spread on a plastic film. Stretch on a styrofoam substrate, fixing with pins each arch from the air. p. and each pico. Allow to dry completely.
Hang on a nylon thread. 
Winter bouquet
Wrap the flowers that you are going to give in paper on which your good wishes are written ...
Gifts - in a row!
These are gift bags for advent calendar.But they will certainly come in handy throughout the year in any family with children. After all, they are decorated with wonderful applications and sewn from beautiful fabric!
Motives A, B, C, see the photo above (from left to right).
YOU NEED: rags of different fabrics. Wide ribbons, braid with cloves. Numeric patterns (optional). Laying flizofiks. Color matching sewing threads. Transparent paper, pencil, scissors.
HOW TO MAKE: for the front and back sides of each bag, open the part of the right size. On the upper edge, give allowances 3 cm wide, on other sections - 1.5 cm wide.
Decorate the front side of the bag with a motive, for which the motive is copied onto transparent paper and enlarged or reduced to the desired size. Copy the template onto the paper side of the flizofiksa, cut it with allowances and iron it on the wrong side of the fabric. Cut the motif exactly along the contour and iron it on the front side of the bag. Then sew with straight stitches or zigzag.
Fold the front and back sides of the bag face to face and grind, the seam width is 1.5 cm. Overlap the allowances with a zigzag. To turn out a bag, to pull out corners. Iron the upper edge twice inward to a width of 1.5 cm and sew on it.
For pens, cut 2 strips of the desired length. Width in finished form = double strip width + 2 cm of allowances. Fold the strips face-to-face along in half, grind the long sections, the width of the seam is 1 cm. Unscrew the strips and iron them. Put handles on the upper edges of the bag from the inside and sew along the perimeter and crosswise.
Instead of strips of fabric for pens, you can use ready-made wide ribbons.
Photo: Andreas Hernish. Ideas and Design: Natasha Sanwald.
