Don't miss our special Christmas decorating ideas... Here are some ideas for small-scale decorations to personalize your home and give yourself a treat by making your own decorative elements. Step-by-step decorating ideas
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Decoration in the garden... | Technical ideas for taking decoration into the garden: beaded tablecloth clips, painting on glass brocades, napkin trays, etc. | Sea | decorations
Family bathroom decorating ideas with a "sea" theme Techniques used Painting on wood Stencilpainting |
Small sachet of lavender with a heart embroidered with an initial in cross stitch. | Decoration of | a napkin box in torn paper mosaic, Decopatch style. Interior painted in fuchsia acrylic, then dabbed in cloud white with a cloth. |
Decorative idea : a personalized coat hanger. |
Application of paint (the 2 sides are constrasted) plus gluing of paper strips and napkins around the hanger. Placing of motifs, still using the napkin technique. |
Wooden namesto personalize To decorate doors and cupboards, wooden names are glued on with matching decorations | .
You choose the style of letters, and if you don't want to paint them yourself, the color of the letters. Many of Les Créatifs' craftsmen offer wooden letters for first names, and even decorative pvc letters. |
A sugar bowl decorated with cracker coating. Then, colored acrylic paint applied with a brush, followed by white paint applied with a rag on the reliefs only. Tip: an undercoat before coating is necessary for adhesion on metal. |
A varnished pine candlestick: simply cut, then beveled with wood chisels and finally varnished. |
A home-painted watering can. Use metal paint to freehand paint a vine leaf on the side of the watering can and a small ladybird on top. Raffia ribbon wrapped around the handle. |
A decorative cutting board The background is painted white, then the motifs are cut out and glued on. Finally, the tile friezes are stenciled. The whole is varnished several times, on the painted side only, the other side remaining natural. |
Original Christmas gift ideas because... handmade! |
Interior decoration Paint your own canvases with a few simple techniques |