So are you sick of having to do the walk and clank of shame on Saturday mornings to the lovely bins? Not sure what i'm getting at? Well imagine this scenario...
Its a nice bright morning and your 21 and a day old. Your friends are strewn across the house in various sleeping arrangements, including spooning your pet cat. You need to make the house presentable so start clearing away the remnants of last nights party happenings. Unfortunately this includes cleaning away empty bottles of cider, lager, wine and non alcoholic root beer. So you pick them up quietly, not waking a single person. Tip-toe outside and stealthily sneak across the lawn to the bins. Your basically a ninja and then you open the glass bin and... CLANK SMASH CLINK CLANK CLINKKKK. The entire neighborhood wakes up. and the only thought that runs through your head is 'FML' followed shortly by 'Get inside quick before people see you in your unicorn pj's!'
Well fear no more fellow sufferers. Sarah is here with many inspiration from this wonderful thing called Pinterest. You haven't heard of it? Have you been living under a rock? Click below to see the magical'ness.
So here is how I solve your embarrassing problem.
First off you need to find the jars/bottles you will use:
Simple. Have a coolio party and collect many bottles or various sizes and shapes. This is optional obviously, but its the more fun alternative. You can use any types of bottles/jars. Coffee jars, Jam jars, Sweet jars, Wine bottle etc. So just root through your cupboards for things that will make a good shape or things that are nearly empty. Something that will look interesting is a good place to start.
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| Cant beat a bit of good old rich Roast eh? This is one of the jars I used. |
Secondly you can figure out what exactly you want to do with these bottles:
1. Are they for a theme or holiday? Halloween you could use pumpkin stencils, yarn and burlap.
2. Style? Vintage, Modern, Classic.
3. Colour? Monochrome is in right now. As are neon variations. Or maybe you want something to go with your particular decor?
4. Anything else? Do want glitter or sequins or puffy paint detailing or doilies or newspaper. The possibilities are endless.
Next guys and gals is the idea process:
So after you've thought about that for a while. The more detail orientated of you may have made a list or spider diagram... or is that just my over the top organizing? you will have some indication of what they will look like in your mind.
Here are my finished results of a few of my many ideas which ill explain below:
So ill start from left to right:
Small newspaper french lager bottle:
I thought this was a rather cute shape and you dont often find lager bottles like this, or maybe that is just me. I took the label off (this is rather difficult with some bottles/jars especially coffee jars! So I will put helpful links below on the methods I used) cleaned the bottle with hot soapy water, dont want the smell of lager lingering now do we? So remember to wash out the inside too. Now by using an old book you dont read or a newspaper (broadsheet is best for just text) cut strips and strands of it up. These can be uniform or random width etc. Now get you PVA on man! the fun part is here! Pour some of the glue into a bowl for easy access. You will need PVA as it drys clear. So now you dip your strips of paper into the little bowl of glue so they're all good and coated and them wrap and stick them around the bottle. I left some parts still green as I was using that to my advantage and calling it 'rustic'
And that's is really for that one. Very simple and easy. You can then add embellishments to it like yarn wrapped around and tied in a bow at the neck. Remember to glue them in place though!
Large painted wine bottle:
This is just the classic wine bottle shape, i'm pretty sure it was a Blossom hill one but i cant promise anything. Once again take the label off (tips below) and clean out the bottle thoroughly. Now its squeaky clean you can try your hand at puffy paint. Now this isn't for everyone and is not the easiest of things to do if your less that acceptable at legible writing. but it does pay off. Puffy paint can be bought from many crafts shops across the UK and i'm sure other places. I bought mine online from Amazon. It comes in a variety of colours and shades. I used a very very pale yellow one because i wanted it to not be seen as i was painting over it. However you can make some fabulous creations with neon dots of puffy paint on clear glass and other things like in images ill show at the end. Puffy paint can also me hand made by yourself. It makes the process harder but if your into that then go for it (link below to handmade method on puffy paint). Now create whatever pattern you want. Go wild. Spots? Zebra print? Smiley faces? Anything. you can leave it as it is or paint over it like i did. I used just plain old matte paint that i actually used on my walls of my bedroom. Matte paint looks better than any other types of paint just so you know. Just use a few thin layers and let them dry completely.
Large newspaper wine bottle:
Not much i can say about this one as its basically the same method as the first one. However i went a little mad with this one and put the newspaper anywhere i fancied in a rather hap hazard way which i rather liked. Another thing to add though is do be careful if you want to remove the metal part of wine bottles that sits on the neck like i have done. Its best to use a sharp tool that will cut it cleanly away so you dont hurt yourself as the metal can get quite sharp.
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| please be careful when removing. Sharp edges can appear! |
Now for the helpful links i promised:
I hope you liked this little tutorial and ill be doing more stuff like this in the future because i enjoy it. Please comment below if you liked it and how you would use old bottles and jars and turn them into interesting pieces for your home. Here are some wonderful images I found on Pinterest as inspiration for the bottles and including the various ways you can use puffy paint.
I used these links and images whilst i was experimenting. They are what i researched on the internet and what i found to be helpful. In no way do i own any of the content shown above unless specified. All rights belong to the creators of the content shown.
