altered bottles

My uncle had a beautiful ship in a bottle. I would spend hours staring at all the details and thinking about what the bottled sailor fairies did every day. It…

DIY Faux Antique Bottle Technique Tutorial. Great aging method for Glass to use in Handmade Crafts and DIY Home Decor projects! By Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy.

Hello, reader! While I do have more figurines to show you, maybe we should take a break from them and I could say a thing or two about another interest of mine - and that is decoupage on glass, in fact, any kind of altering and upcycling glass bottles and jars. From what I've noticed, few of my decoupage friends like to create with bottles. I've heard some of them saying they don't like to work on rounded surfaces, others have specialised in decoupage on boxes, while some of them simply find…

For those of you who love altering bottles like I do, I have some fun and easy techniques to share with you. I’ve created four altered b...

Hello dears! It's Ola here. I would like to share with you this altered glass bottle. I really love altering. It's some kind of magic when you take a simple glass bottle and turn it to a beautiful vase. First I covered my bottle with Black Gesso, then I applied a layer of Crackle Paste. After Crackle Paste completely dried I added embellishments and started to play with Lindy's mists and Art Alchemy paints. Also I created for you a video tutorial with my voice instructions. Hope you'll like…

Hi friends! Today I have a fun vintage altered bottle tutorial to share, using a bottle that I found in a second-hand store. Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you. I haven't altered a bottle in quite many years, which made this project extra fun to do. The bottle is about 5.5 in tall. You can use any kind of glass bottle or glass jar instead. Sea glass was one of my inspirations for this…

Welcome creative friends! I was inspired to create another bottle in altered art with illuminated effect. It's a little fairy house in enchanted forest. Tips & Tricks DIY a bark roof Sizzix 3D Texture fades 'Lumber' Sizzix Bigz 'Planks' colored with shades of green dry brushed with white gesso highlighted with a mini window and lantern, moss and a piece of dried tree bark 1. first punch out different sizes of the planks 2. embossing a wooden structure 3. use firstly Distress Stain and then…

Hi Everyone... I'm so glad you are here today I have something really cool to share with you. I have had this bottle for quite some time. I have been envying the altered bottles that I see on Pinterest and have so wanted to do one. To be totally honest I have been intimidated by them. I finally decided to just go for it and it was so much easier than I thought it was going to be... So let me share my process with you so you can go make your own altered bottle. I mean seriously the…

I made a few more altered bottles and am so enjoying it again. This one has a genuine piece of an antique ledger inside the envelop...

Recycle all those empty bottles into decoration for your home. These altered bottles have been decorated using a mixed media technique.

An altered glass bottle with lots of lace, flowers, bling and Pion Design papers from the new Vintage Garden collection. Pion Design is having an awesome giveaway!! Check out their blog for more information!! Enjoy your day! Ingrid xxx http://www.in

I have a neat tutorial to share with you that can really be expounded upon in so many different ways, your creativity can go rampant. We a...

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You might want to save your empty glass bottles when you see this!

Alpha Stamps News » French-Themed Altered Bottles by Laura Carson

Welcome everyone! I was inspired to create a glass bottle in altered art. I simply love to work with moulds and modelling clay and an Under the Sea theme is always one of my favourites. An upcyling idea, I used a liquor bottle as base and modeled with silicone moulds and theme suitable MDF shapes. some close up's Illustrated step by step guide some outcast's made with silicone moulds and airdrying clay glued as frame with assembly adhesives supplemented with MDF shapes and gauze ship lantern…

Altered Bottle Art is a great idea for wedding centerpieces and home decor. Here is a step by step tutorial to re purpose bottles to create a lovely centerpiece…