15 products from AliExpress for a beginner hand-made master

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The life hacker looked at AliExpress and selected products that would be useful for working in a variety of needlework techniques.

Glue gun

Handmade technique: any.

A glue gun is a useful thing not only for needlework, but also for household needs. With it, you can quickly glue anything to anything. The heated polymer hardens within 1-3 seconds and holds quite tightly. AliExpress has a large selection of glue guns, as well as rods for them of different diameters and colors, but it is better to take with a stand and a metal nozzle.

Polymer clay

Handmade techniques: modeling, millefiori and others.

Polymer clay has a huge range of applications. Most often it is used to make designer jewelry. To make it more convenient, order also tools for processing clay and creating textures: scrapers, spatulas, rolling pins.

Accessories for jewelry

Handmade techniques: beading, tatting, modeling and others.

Whatever you decide to do - tatting lace earrings or a beaded bracelet - you will need accessories. This set contains hooks, clasps, chains and other necessary little things. Some in silver and some in gold. Conveniently, the hardware is in a special storage case.

Beads

Handmade techniques: weaving, kanzashi, embroidery.

Czech beads are considered one of the best, because all beads are one to one. In such a box there are about a thousand two-millimeter beads. Shades - from white to multi-colored mix.

Heart shaped half beads

Handmade techniques: practically any.

In general, there are countless beads and rhinestones on AliExpress. A separate section is devoted to them. In addition to the usual ones, the so-called half-beads are sold: they have no holes and one side is flat. Thanks to this, they can be glued to almost any surface: to the phone cover, wallet, wine glass, and so on.

LED illuminated magnifier

Handmade techniques: embroidery, weaving and others.

Handmade is a laborious and painstaking business. To ease eye strain, order an LED illuminated magnifier. It attaches to the table like a clothespin and makes it much easier to work with small details.

Corrugated paper

Handmade techniques: sweet design, scrapbooking, decoupage.

Roses, asters, irises - almost any flower can be reproduced with corrugated paper. And it will look exactly like the real one. This lot has a large selection of shades. Sold by one roll 50 cm wide and 250 cm long.

Wooden nesting dolls

Handmade techniques: decoupage, painting.

The set includes five wooden nesting dolls: the smallest 2, 8 cm high, the largest - 6, 5 cm. They can be painted or decorated using decoupage technique. There are many other wooden blanks on AliExpress: boxes, piggy banks.

Acrylic paints

Handmade techniques: painting, modeling, decoupage.

These acrylic paints are suitable for painting on wood, clay, canvas and paper. The set includes 12 small 6 ml tubes. The colors are very vibrant and varied. The set also includes a brush.

Felting set

Handmade techniques: wallow.

Felting (felting) is a popular type of needlework, the fruit of which most often becomes toys. This set contains all the necessary tools to try your hand at this technique: needles, thimbles, backing, wooden iron, and more.

Lace applique

Handmade techniques: sewing, scrapbooking and others.

Lace can be used to decorate a family photo album, arrange a bottle of champagne or transform old jeans. On AliExpress you will find lace, as well as such applications. These butterflies are 6.5 × 5 cm in size, judging by the reviews, of excellent quality.

Ribbons

Handmade techniques: kanzashi, scrapbooking, sewing, patchwork and others.

Monochrome and with, narrow and wide, transparent and embossed, satin and - from the variety of ribbons on AliExpress, eyes run up. There is one of the same name for them on the site. This lot contains classic satin ribbons 5 cm wide and 3 m long. 18 colors are available.

Stamp

Handmade techniques: scrapbooking, decoupage, modeling.

Do you want a personalized stamp with a beautiful monogram? The peculiarity of this lot is that the seller can make any inscription to your taste. The stamp is suitable for working with clay and sealing wax. For paint, you should use stamps here.

Felt

Handmade techniques: sewing, scrapbooking, patchwork and others.

The set consists of 40 multi-colored pieces of felt measuring 15 × 15 cm, 20 × 30 cm and 30 × 30 cm and 1 mm thick. You can make a huge number of crafts out of felt: a bookmark for books, a cup holder, a phone case and more.

Figured hole punch

Handmade techniques: scrapbooking, decoupage, kirigami and others.

Cutting out a butterfly or making a patterned edge with scissors can be tricky. It is much more convenient to use special hole punches. There are many of them on AliExpress, in different sizes and with different patterns. This one, for example, is intended for processing edges.