Sweet design: for women, men, children 75 ideas with their own hands

In recent years, among needlewomen increasingly heard the name "suite design." What lies behind this mysterious term? Anyone with luggage school knowledge of English will recall that "sweet", translated as "sweet". common "sweet honey" even in foreign films - pet word for loved ones and in a good way a slightly "sugary". Sweet floristry - a type of needlework. Master handmade made manually bunches and luxury compositions of conventional chocolates. The sweetness of chocolate and caramel, which are wrapped in individual packages or rustling made independently, can be transformed into roses, sunflowers, tulips, daisies, leaves and berries. Work on the transformation of the usual goodies master even the novice designer. Candy bouquets are original interior decoration and home entertaining, and most importantly delicious and sweet gift for the holiday. Design "confectionery" presents individually designed: a fantasy and skills needed to help make this idea a reality. The product can be thematically arrange for women and for men. Relevant such gifts on New Year's holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. Take a look at the step by step master class and learn how to create a bouquet in svitdizayn technology.

What it is?

No one for sure knows whence came to us suites design. Taking into account the origin of the name, it can be assumed that it is the birthplace of the United Kingdom or the United States. And perhaps the practice of decorating the room with sweets originated in ancient times somewhere among Egypt's sands, because that is where the first prepared sweets. The concept of "sugar" did not exist, but the pyramid builders were preparing sweets made of flour, honey, figs and herbs. All the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, and the resulting mass divided into portions. The Greeks and Romans boiled sweet candy. Also from honey and fruit, but with the addition of molasses and nuts. It is believed that there will appear the first time the name "candy", which translates from the Greek as "cooked." But in the Old World, these goodies from honey and molasses were sold only in pharmacies. They "scored" the bitterness of medicines, and that medieval pharmacists coined the name, which is now known to everyone. Our bouquets made of sweets on a large scale began to spread just a decade ago. It turned out that the technique is not too difficult to master, and gifts to get interesting and non-trivial.

materials

To operate only the available materials are needed. Any of them can be purchased in the shop of needlework. So, the minimum set includes:

• Crepe paper. It is the foundation of any song, so images of different elements of the plant material will need several colors.

• Rigid wire, toothpicks, chopsticks. These items will imitate the twigs and stems of plants.

• Packing tape. Because it is made separate decorative elements of the bouquet. Use different types of coating (gloss, matte), colors and patterns. All depends entirely on the nature of the future composition. The transparent film is used for its intended purpose: to package the finished gift and to give it a "commodity" type.

• Grid. It wrapped present bouquets. The grid has an increased stiffness, whereby the composition is capable of giving the volume.

• Organza. Thin, airy fabrics from which to create individual items or packages.

• Other types of tissue. In their choice of no limitations, it will depend on the taste of masters and personal convenience of working with a specific material.

• Styrofoam. It serves as the basic that will keep the whole composition in the truest sense of the word.

• Sisal fiber. Organic material, which is produced from the leaves of Agave. From it turns out the original decor.

The list is not final and can be supplemented with whatever materials for needlework as clear limitations in the design suites on this account no. Sometimes use wicker baskets, boxes, vases and bottles as containers into which the candy bouquet.

As tools for use scissors, pliers, stationery knife (to foam), and glue.

Ideas and forms of gifts

There are four types of suites of products:

• Cakes of sweets;
• Bulk fruit or still lifes of the "sugar" pineapples, apples and oranges;
• Flower bouquets;
• The compositions in baskets.

There are different techniques of performance for each type of suites gifts. A single element for all these products is to use candy. And they can be completely hidden behind layers of corrugated paper or vice versa, are paraded in their usual wrappers.

Step by Step Master Class

Let's start with the instructions for the production of cake. The first phase of work - production of "bar" foam under the characteristic of this form of the confection. Then he wrapped the corrugated paper of the desired color. Her tips that will peek out at the sides, be sure to pass through a special machine to obtain the desired relief. Then fix the paper. With the side bars obkladyvayut cake (Kinder better use or kit-cat) and fix them two parallel ribbons. Top of the gift or small pills to sleep (sktilz "ememdems") or decorated with flowers from organza and crepe paper, ribbons, bows, dolls or toy cars (if the gift is for a child). Completing the process of packaging the cake in a transparent film and tying flirty bow at the point of assembly. Now try to create a bouquet in a basket:

• The container is placed a piece of foam base that needs only a little smaller than her size.
• Wire produce flower stalks.
• Take candy and wrap it in several layers of corrugated paper.
• In the resulting "cylinder" with sweet filling insert wire frame. To this same side it is wrapped with paper. When it is crushed, the material has the properties of the shape-retaining and well secured. Better tighten the piece of paper around the stem, if he pulls into the funnel.
• Flower head bandage ribbon for a more secure attachment.
• Then the petals of a flower "bloom", that is, they spread their fingers to get the volume bud.
• Perform a plurality of colors by a similar technique to stems of different lengths. They were then fixed in the foam base.
• The composition further decorate organza, mesh, paper and packaging shiny satin ribbons, bows.
• Completing the process of packaging the baskets in a transparent film, a gift to have a presentable appearance.

If you want to create a bunch of candy wrappers that do not need to hide (rafaelki), that they simply "strung" on stems, and the composition was kept, "flowers" tight-fit to each other and are packed securely in wrapper. For the manufacture of "Helicopter" and "tanks" for men pays special attention to the foam-based similarity to the original depends solely on its shape.

Ideas for the Holidays

On the child's birthday cake candy can be built from the Kinder chocolate bars or other. At the wedding and anniversary produced voluminous hearts, decorated with roses from corrugated paper. Of sweets and auxiliary materials can create a spring, a fresh bouquet on Mother's Day or a holiday for all women - 8 March. Basket "Krashenki" decorate Easter themed composition, and the child will September 1, the most delicious flowers in the whole school.

By the new year, constructing a small clock, miniature houses, huts, Christmas trees. To the man's holiday in February made confectionery tanks, helicopters and chess boards, which act as candy figures. During the party boat opponent can just eat, instead of swinging from the battlefield. Relevant such gifts and a birthday party. For example, on the day Tatiana is possible to build a cake or sweet spring bouquet of wild flowers and greenery. He will be the "greetings" from summer to which remain a matter of months. On Valentine's Day favorite will please a bunch of Raffaello, which are associated with a touching gift, has a delicate flavor.

conclusion

Sweet design - a simple technique, which even a child will master. By the way, this occupation is not only exciting, but also useful, as it develops fine motor skills of hands. Gifts made in a similar technology, will be a long time to please the eye, in spite of the inner desire to "eat quickly." Sweet design is characterized by simplicity of execution, which will lead to a luxurious results.