You will learn how to make jewelry with your own hands and be able to create it from buttons, plastic bottles, beads. See how to make a brooch from glass chips, wood, textiles.
DIY jewelry is quite simple to create. These can be textile earrings, jewelry sets, and even adorable items made from a plastic bottle. In general, various materials at hand are suitable for creating such exquisite jewelry.
How to make a branch of lilac from a plastic bottle with your own hands?
You can then attach such a product to a bracelet, hairpin or brooch. And such a delicate branch is created from very simple materials, from:
- light plastic bottle;
- bugle;
- beads;
- beads;
- wire.
From the equipment you will need:
- round nose pliers;
- candle;
- awl;
- scissors.
The following diagram will allow you to correctly craft this piece of jewelry.
As you can see, at the top there are flowers in the form of buds, the second row has slightly opened buds, and then there are flowers. The lower the row, the more flowers on each small branch.
To make a beautiful product, take a lilac bottle from mineral water and a pink one from Frutonyani.
You will need to make three types of blanks. The first ones consist of three petals, they are needed for the translucent layer and buds. The second ones consist of four petals, these will be the opened mother-of-pearl flowers. And flowers of five petals should be in each branch of lilac. This number is considered lucky.
Take the plastic from the bottles cut into strips and cut it into squares with a side of one and a half mm. Cut slightly from all four sides, not reaching the middle.
Now from each such blank it will be easy for you to cut petals.
If you need to cut out three petals, first make a triangle, if 4, then a pentagon.
Now light a candle, and the edges of each piece need to be processed over the flame at a distance of 2 cm from the burner.
Hold the part with the round nose pliers up, with the convex side up. It is necessary to do this heat treatment in a ventilated area and for a few seconds.
When the flowers are ready, you can continue to make jewelry with your own hands. Take a wire, the thickness of which is 0.4 mm, as well as bugles, beads. You also need to take droplet beads to make buds from them.
Using pliers, cut 2 m from the wire, string beads at one end, fold it in half. String a drop bead into two sections at once. And put the bugles on the right or left branch of the double part. Twist the wire a little.
The first tier of a lilac branch will consist of three buds with bugles and beads. To do this, string these blanks on the right and left branches, also twist.
To further make jewelry with your own hands, you need to create the next tier. To do this, you will need to make branches, each consists of 3 branches. Two will have two half-open buds, and one will have one bead bud.
You need to take another piece of wire and twist a twig from it. Here you will already add a preform from a plastic bottle.
In the center you will have a drop bead, and on the sides there are two blanks from a plastic bottle.
This is one branch. Do the second in the same way on the other side.
Based on the diagram above, keep making jewelry. Gradually add more and more open flowers, weave them into a branch of lilac.
When you run out of wire, you still need to cut off two or one and a half meters of this material, fold it in half and wrap it around the extreme branch.
When finished, attach it to a brooch, glue it to a bracelet, or weave it into a necklace. You can attach a pin on the back and pin such jewelry on clothes with it.
Bend the remaining ends of the wire on the branch by winding them around a round object, such as a pencil. Then you will have beautiful turns.
How to make a pendant with your own hands - a master class
To make such an amazing pendant, you will need to take:
- a wooden blank for a brooch or similar other;
- putty for wood;
- printout;
- sandpaper with grain 240 and 180;
- acrylic primer;
- acrylic paints;
- water;
- glossy and semi-matt acrylic varnish;
- sponge;
- PVA glue;
- brushes;
- wet wipes;
- gloves;
- scissors;
- drill.
Add enough water to the putty so that the mixed mass resembles thick cream in consistency. Cover the workpiece with this solution on the back and front sides. When the putty is dry, apply the primer with a sponge to this workpiece also from 2 sides.
Here's how to make jewelry next. Apply three coats of semi-matt acrylic varnish to the dried workpiece. Also cover the printout previously made on a laser printer with it, now glue it using PVA glue on the front side of the workpiece.
To do this, place this printout on the front side of the pendant with the paper facing up, so that the image then goes to the front of the wood blank. When the paper and varnish are completely dry, you will need to carefully remove the paper using water, your finger, and a sponge.
Dry the workpiece periodically, then try again to remove the paper. When you remove it, then you will need to dry the pendant and then cover it with three to four layers of varnish. Each layer must be pre-dried.
Now take acrylic paints, make a kind of spray, and paint the wrong side of the pendant in the same tone as you have on the front side. You can use a dry sponge to make dots on the front side of different paints.
Now coat the workpiece with varnish again. In this case, use three coats of semi-gloss varnish. Each layer will need to be allowed to dry and sanded with fine sandpaper. Then remove the dust with a damp cloth and varnish again. Again, remove excess dust and already apply several coats of glossy varnish.
Using a drill and a thin drill, you need to make a hole in the upper part of the pendant, insert a metal ring here. Attach the fastener to the string or chain on which the pendant will be located. Here's how to make jewelry with your own hands, and how beautiful it turned out.
DIY jewelry - how to make a brooch
In general, handmade jewelry is very much appreciated. And if you create it yourself, then you can add positive energy. The next master class with step-by-step photos is very exciting, because it will not be an ordinary, but a glass brooch.
Pre-take:
- small glass chips;
- copper stained glass foil;
- thin thermal paper;
- stained glass solder;
- black patina;
- flux;
- fusing oven;
- soldering iron;
- steel wool.
First, draw the outlines of the future brooch on thermal paper. In this case, it will resemble a piece of cheese.
Sprinkle yellow glass powder over your sketch. So that then you do not accidentally spill it, it is better to do it directly in the fusing oven. Now you need to smooth out the contour with a brush, make holes with the back of this tool, which will resemble holes in cheese.
Set the oven at 765 degrees to melt the glass powder. Then turn off the oven. When it has completely cooled down, remove the workpiece. Here's how it will turn out.
Machine the edges of this cheese to make them even. Now degrease these sides and then wrap them in foil. It has an adhesive layer.
Using a hot soldering iron and flux, attach a pin to the back of the brooch.
Wipe the brooch, cover it with a patina. Now wipe dry and sand with metal. Then it remains to walk with an antioxidant.
Here's a handmade jewelry turned out.
The textile brooch also looks great and will become your pride.
You can create one in just an hour. Take:
- a piece of felt;
- lace;
- 2 pieces of fabric;
- a beautiful button or rose from a satin ribbon;
- satin ribbon.
Cut a strip from the fabric, fold it in half and sew along the edge. Now tighten the thread to make a circle and sew a circle of felt on the back.
Also along the edge you need to sew a cut of the second fabric. Place it on the first piece and sew the blanks together.
Take the lace, thread it with a needle from a large edge to make a circle.
Sew this lace on top of the brooch. Take a satin ribbon 1 cm wide, cut 5 rectangles from it 5 cm long. Now each must be folded in half and processed with a lighter. Then the edge will not crumble, and the petals will be fixed in this position.
Sew these petals onto the brooch, placing them in the center. Attach a satin ribbon rose or a beautiful button in the middle. Wonderful handmade jewelry will turn out.
The next original brooch will appeal to those who love the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland".
Take:
- a reprinted image of a rabbit;
- felting needles number 40, 38 and 36;
- white wool;
- acrylic paints;
- white plastic;
- transparent glue Moment;
- attachment for a brooch;
- lace;
- the cloth;
- contour for working with fabric;
- button;
- bead;
- scissors.
Take a white wool, you need to pinch off a small piece from it and roll a blank that resembles a rabbit's head. Pinch off another piece and form a spout out of it. Also, using the felting method, attach it to the newly created base. Make a small indentation on the left so that you can then put the watch here.
Sew on dark eyes. In this case, they are different to get a different bas-relief.
Fit the nose, see if it looks like a sketch.
Make the eyelids, and then build up the forehead by rolling in some more fur. Fold your ear against the template. Leave the bottom of this part free to then roll it to the head. Create the second ear in the same way.
Create a frame of the paws from wire. Each foot has four toes. Cut off the excess and fold the first and second legs. Now wrap the plastic in here to make the claws. Burn this stuff. Now grease the bunny's fingers with glue and wrap them with white wool.
Based on the pattern below, you need to sew the sleeves for the rabbit camisole. Here's how to make this type of handmade jewelry next. Take the outline over the fabric in a contrasting color and decorate the edges of the sleeves with it. While it dries, cover the eyes with white acrylic paints. In this case, you need to apply several layers.
When the paint is dry, tint the woolen details of the face and ears with dry pink pastel.
Add white wool to the palm area and lock the paws.
Sew the blank of the feet and the sleeves on them to the back of the head. Glue the watch into the notch of the cheek. Sew on the back of the brooch attachment, cover it with a piece of wool.
Here is such a wonderful brooch, created with your own hands, it turned out.
Such unique handmade jewelry can be presented as a gift or become a matter of your pride.
How to make soutache earrings-brushes - original ideas
For needlework you will need:
- soutache cord;
- soutache;
- beads;
- soutache tape;
- rondeli.
The work consists of the following stages:
- creating a hat;
- attaching a tassel to the cap;
- sewing on the bottom;
- attaching ear wires.
Handmade jewelry of this type begins with the creation of a hat. To make it, you need to take a white thread and make the first stitch between the two cords. Fold them in half, thread through the black and gold cord, then the white bead, then the gold and black cord on the other side.
When you secure this bead and bend the two laces to the other side, attach a smaller bead here and attach it in the same way. After that, bend the lace to the other side and sew on the next bead.
Thus, make a whole decorative piece, then sew the sidewall, cut off the excess lace and burn it over the flame of a lighter or candle.
Turn this jewelry blank to the right side.
Take the fringe tassel and sew it to the top of the created soutache cap. Now you need to sew the rondels onto the base. Pull it a little to form a dome shape.
From buttons
You can even make jewelry with your own hands from such a simple material.
Take:
- a piece of skin;
- buttons;
- threads with a needle;
- chain;
- scissors;
- transparent glue.
Cut a piece out of the leather to the desired shape. Sew on and glue the buttons to it. Attach the largest ones first, and then place the smallest ones between them. Attach a chain from two edges, after which you can measure the necklace.
This kind of handmade jewelry can be made from a simple material. Create summer earrings from the buttons. If you have monochromatic ones, then you will get light and colorful ones.
Take red threads and string several beads on them. Then attach one button. String a few beads again, then attach the button. Thus, create a chain of beads and buttons. Take a thread that matches the color of the earrings or transparent fishing line. Place it in a needle and attach the beaded buttons to the base for the earrings.
You can make a bracelet out of buttons. For this, you additionally need a thread. See how you need to weave them to attach the buttons.
If you have round buttons or identical pearl-like beads, then send them to a strip of satin ribbon. Singe the ends of this tape on the back to tie them at the back of your neck. See how to make light flounces when sewing on buttons or pearls.
You can make a set of jewelry with your own hands.
Take a colored elastic band, thread it through a needle with a thick eye and string on the buttons. And to make such earrings, it will be enough to take the fishing line on which you put the buttons. On the reverse side, you need to sew hooks.
Or you can make a ring out of a button. Then you will need to put on beads on a thin wire, and attach a large button in front.
Just a few pretty buttons and a thin white elastic band will be needed to make the next bracelet.
If the holes in the buttons are small, you can widen it with a heated metal nail or use a thin drill bit to do this. Then simply thread the rubber band into the hole, fasten the screw fasteners at both ends.
Take a hand-sized metal circle, glue it with pearl beads, then you will need to braid with red thread. Here's a handmade jewelry will turn out.
You can make a bracelet with strands like a pigtail. Sometimes you will need to put on a shiny bead on the center thread.
Here's what handmade jewelry will turn out if you try. And if you look at the two presented master classes, then you can make jewelry using these stories.
Check out how to make a beautiful headband:
And the second story will teach you how to make beads from threads. Then you can create various decorations from them.
