Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Easy Peasy Bottle Tutorial

I just was creating some bottles for my website and

figured it was time for a blog post ~

Soooo I decided to take some pictures along the way ~

They are crummy pictures because it was late and the

lighting stunk ~

Anyway they are super duper easy but really fun and

you can be creative with tons of variations ~


First gather your stuff to use ~

I am using vintage bridal lace, crinkled seam binding,

a vintage skeleton key and vintage jewelry for this bottle ~



Then I cut the lace to fit the bottle and used

Modge Podge to make it stick to the bottle ~




Next I tied on a vintage skeleton key with

tea dyed and crinkled ribbon ~

The tutorial is here for the ribbon ~



And last you just hot glue on a vintage piece of jewelry ~



Here are some other variations that I have done recently ~



It is fun to gather old pieces of lace, ribbons, broken jewelry

and just start creating !


{ I have had tons of questions on where to get the

bottles ~ I just find them at flea markets }


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21 comments:

Sharon Wengel said...

I love these ! I am definitely going to try it if I can find some bottles.
Sharon

Vintage Linen Treasures said...

((( ))) That's me with my mouth hanging open. How is it that you can toss things together like that and have them turn out GORGEOUS!! Your bottles are simply stunning.
Patricia :o)

Suzann said...

They are so pretty!!!
Thank you for sharing!!!

Suzann

marie said...

These are so pretty and simple too! Another of those "now, why didn't I think of that?!" creations!
Thanks for sharing Lori!!

Barbara Jean said...

Love love love these!!
Thanks for the mini tutorial!!

Blessings

barbara jean

Cathy said...

They are sooooo much fun to create!! I love finding the old bottles and the odds and ends to use on them! Very pretty!!! Cathy aka GGJ

Patti's Artful Design said...

I always love your tutorials, Lori! I have a long list of projects, and I have several of yours on it. Hope all is well!

A Cottage Muse said...

Thank you Lori!!! These are simply stunning!

Crystal Rose Cottage said...

Wow! These are great looking! I might have to try my hand at this...looking for bottles might be a little difficult, though.~Hugs, Patti

Debbie P. said...

You definitely have the knack (sp?) and eye for putting things together! Thanks for the tutorial! But I also have a question: are your bottles frosted? How do you get that old natural cloudy look to them?

Sandi said...

GORGEOUS bottles Lori!! I think your photos are magazine worthy so I can't see where the lighting STUNK. LOL I am inspired once again to get working on some more bottles. Thank you!!
Blessings~

Tabbyroo said...

Great inspiration, I've got all of those materials! thanks for sharing Linda:)

Doni said...

How beautiful! I just must try that and see what I can do! I have bottles, laces, etc. so surely I can follow your directions and come up with some at least HALF as pretty! Lovely job!
Blessings, Doni

Blessings from Cindy said...

Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial with us! I have bottles waiting for this treatment & was a little intimidated... now I'm not!
Blessings,
Cindy

Diane said...

Gorgeous! A plain old bottle becomes something really special with touches of lace! Love this!
Hugs, Diane

bridechic said...

I'm speechless but totally inspired . . .

vintagesue said...

okay, you make it look super easy, but when i try to alter a bottle, i over think it and can't handle it. lol.
loving the tutorial. i will try to just keep it simple and follow your wisdom!!!
thanks
sue

Old Paper Roses said...

I love these bottles so very much, can't wait to make one too! Unfortunately such bottles are hard to find for me :(
But I'll keep looking around.
Love your shops and blog, I think you are such an inspiration for many people.
Hugs from Holland...

WW said...

What a beautiful bottle, and great tutorial. I have a bottle I've been meaning to do something with, maybe I'll try this.
Thanks for the inspiration.

Tarnished and Tattered said...

Beautiful Lori! You don't need a workshop, you need to be teaching them! Are you going to canton? I want to go so badly. Every month something comes up. I'm going to Natchitoches in November to Ann Perry's sale! See every month something. Lisa

Angel Heart Designs said...

WOW! Lori...those are beautiful!!
Cindy :)