DIY: Beer Bottle Bud Vases

We’re serving up an easy way to transform your beer bottles into beautiful bud vases. These are great project for sprucing up your home and make the perfect hostess or housewarming gift. Of course, we recommend bringing a full six-pack as well.

Materials:

- empty beer bottles

- spray paint

- painter’s tape

- puff paint

First, wash out those bottles! If your bottles have labels on them, soak in warm water until it’s easy to peel the label off. Now, set up your workstation. It’s crucial to work outside when working with spray paint.

Spray your first bottle. You may need two coats if your bottle is printed. And that is potentially all you need to do!

See how lovely even just the plain old bottle looks dolled up in spray paint?

To take it to the next level, grab your painter’s tape and start making patterns. We created stripes, a sun burst, and more stripes!

Next, we’ll help you take your bottle not only to the next level but to another dimension!

Use puff paint to create dotted designs that pop out from the bottle. Let dry for about 30 minutes before spray painting.

Now you’ve got all your bottles ready to go, what are your going to put in them? And how will you carry them?

The answers? Flowers and the cartons your beers came in! :)

A Bracelet and a Necklace with an Angel

An angel and beads are threaded onto a piece of elastic beading cord and tied with two or three tight knots.

Angel necklace: Beads and an an angel are put onto a head pin. Twist to form a loop. This is attached onto a piece of leather cord with a round jump ring.

Eggs made from Hard Foil with Masking Tape

These eggs are made from transparent hard foil sheets. Use a Fiskars shape template and draw inside the template onto the hard foil using a thin marker pen. Then decorate the eggs with masking tape.

1. Use a thin marker pen for drawing inside the template onto the hard foil. Use a Fiskars shape template.

2. Turn the hard foil with the marker pen line face down towards the cutting mat to avoid the marker pen line from staining the masking tape when it is attached.

3. Cut out the egg along the thin marker pen line. Make a hole at the top of the finished egg and attach a piece of cotton string for hanging or attach the egg onto a greeting card.