Christmas gift ideas

We will make a Christmas gift that is an easy and simple DIY project.

We will need a wooden bracelet, a few nail polishes and a roll of masking tape. The wooden bracelet should be plain wood. Such bracelets could be purchased on-line or in craft shops. I suggest you try it on before starting a project. It would be a disappointment if once you finish painting your bracelet won't fit.



Look at your nail polish collection and select a few nail polishes that match. We will use them as our paint. They are very durable and have a nice luster. Masking tape will help us paint the pattern we design.



To start apply masking tape to the bracelet. Make sure the tape is adhered well to the wooden bracelet. Otherwise you will have paint spills and the bracelet will look messy. I will paint a pattern of stripes on my bracelet, thus, I'll apply the tape so that there are stripes of untreated wood. I'll leave 4 or 5 untreated wood stripes on my bracelet. Now color wooden stripes with the same hue of nail polish.



Once the polish is dry slowly remove the masking tape. You will see nice colored stripes on the bracelet. Now apply a new set of masking tape to color the bracelet with a new nail polish shade. Repeat as many times as nail polish colors you have. Make sure the nail polish is dry and the masking tape is adhered well.



I like to mix colors without any rule or pattern, thus, a dark red color may be followed by a golden hue and then by a dark purple one. Then I change the order. I change stripe sizes as well to make my bracelet look special and creative.

Russian Artists Team Fathers Day Contest

The Fathers day is less than 2 weeks away and we are all looking for great gift ideas for our own fathers and our husbands. Russian Artists Team just had a Fathers Day Contest when all of the team shops were welcome to nominate their gift idea for the holiday. So many great items took part in the contest and all of them without an exception will make a great Fathers Day gift. All of the nominations are available for viewing at Russian Artists Team Facebook page.

Although all of the hand crafted and unique items taking part in the contest are special, I picked three to feature on my blog. Each of the three items is very different and they will make a great gift!

1. Forest cuff links by HoneyCase2

2. Morning Original by marina826


3. Adorable birch bark helmet VIKING by fromSiberia