Make a Faux Stone Vase from a Recycled Bottle | Pretty Handy Girl

Make a Faux Stone Vase from a Recycled Bottle | Pretty Handy Girl

Hey, guys!! It’s Anika from Anika’s DIY Life back again with a quick and easy project. I hoard glass bottles and vases.  My garage has an entire shelf full of bottles and I love giving them fun updates like this 5 minute marbled vase and the upcycled spice bottle “wind-chime”.  Recently I turned my attention to this bottle vase and decide to make a Faux Stone Vase from a Recycled Bottle.

A quick and easy updated to an old glass vase using stone spray paint and clay flowers

I bought the bottle vase at a yard sale about 8 years ago for $0.50. At the time, it “kind of” fit in with my decor, but over time it started to look out of place and needed an update. Nothing a little bit of spray paint and clay flowers can’t fix. Want to see how to create your own Faux Stone Vase from a Recycled Bottle with 3-D Clay Flowers?

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Instructions:

Step 1 – Use rubbing alcohol or lemon oil to remove any sticker residue. Clean the vase well with soapy warm water to remove any old dirt and grime.

Step 2 – Give the bottle a couple coats of spray primer. Allow to dry.  Coat the bottle with a few layers of stone spray paint. (Tip: when using the stone spray paint, use quick short bursts. This gives the best coverage and texture.)

Recycled glass vase with stone spray paint and clay flowers

Step 3 – Mold the oven bake clay into flower shapes. You can make flower petals by rolling a ball, then press it between your fingers into shape.

Recycled glass vase with stone spray paint and clay flowers

Step 4 – Bake flower petals in the oven per manufacturer instructions. After they cool, spray paint them to your desired color (or leave them the color of your clay.)

Recycled glass vase with stone spray paint and clay flowers

Step 5 – Glue the flowers onto the vase using hot glue.

Recycled glass vase with stone spray paint and clay flowers

What do you think of the Faux Stone Vase from aRecycled Bottle? That’s a big change. I love the texture of stone and the chic vibe of the pink flowers!

Recycled glass vase with stone spray paint and clay flowers

If you like hoarding recycled glass jars and bottles, you’ll love these 20 upcycled bottle and jar ideas:
20 Upcycled Ideas for Recycled Glass Jars and Bottles | Pretty Handy Girl

Until next time,

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Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

Happy New Year! This is Lindi, visiting again from Love Create Celebrate. How many of you are deep into cleaning and purging mode?! My husband and I have already cleaned out FIVE closets since the New Year! We’re pretty proud actually! lol. When I was cleaning, I came across these old milk bottles and had the perfect idea to DIY them! I can’t wait to show you how easy it was to make these Glass-Etched Vases.

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

I’m ALL about quick and easy DIYs. I try to make things that are easy, functional, and that I will be proud to display in my home. Since I didn’t want to purge these old bottles, I found the perfect solution.

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Instructions: 

Start by placing your elastic bands at various angles around your bottle or vase. Make sure that the elastics are tight (so they don’t slip) and flat.

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases! Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

Using your foam brush, dab the glass etching cream onto the bottle in a thick layer, covering all of the outside glass.

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

Once the entire glass is covered, let it sit according to the instructions on your bottle of glass-etching cream.

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

When ready, simple run the bottle under a tap to rinse off all of the cream, and remove the elastics.

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

I LOVE how they turned out! A beautiful way to display all of those fresh spring flowers once the seasons change 🙂

Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases! Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases! Upcycle some old milk bottles or glass containers into these beautiful and chic Glass Etched Vases!

If you like chic vases, check out these easy Gold-Leafed DIY Vases too!

Gold Leaf Vase

For more chic DIY inspiration visit Love Create Celebrate.

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Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Last year I made these Easy Peppermint Star Ornaments. They were a lot of fun to watch as they melted and fuzed into a snowflake ornament. My son asked if we could make them again this year. Because the kids are officially out of school now, I thought this would be the perfect holiday activity today.

Won’t you join us as we make these Easy Peppermint Star Ornaments?

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Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 300˚F.

Unwrap the candies. You’ll need 13 candies per star. Lay the peppermints onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Arrange them into a snowflake design:

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Place the baking sheet into the pre-heated oven. Bake for 8 minutes.

Remove the tray and immediately use a large needle to create a hole in the top of one of the outer points of the snowflake.

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Allow the peppermints to cool and thread a green ribbon through the hole and tie.

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Wrap up the Peppermint Star Ornaments in treat bags and give them to your friends and neighbors!

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Or hang them on your tree ;-).

Easy Peppermint Snowflakes | Pretty Handy Girl

Here’s the quick video wrap up for how to make Easy Peppermint Star Ornaments:

Be sure to plan on making more than you need. The melting process can create some not so desirable snowflakes, but they still taste good ;-).

 

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Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Hi everyone! This is Lindi, visiting again from Love Create Celebrate. I admit it, I’m a hoarder. Aren’t all DIYers? I have trouble throwing anything away that could be “useful” one day (wine corks included!) When I was trying to plan out some DIY projects for my Master Bedroom Closet Renovation, I saw the old corks in a mason jar on my counter and was immediately struck with inspiration. Maybe my DIY Jewelry Holder will inspire you to keep your corks too!

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

I finished this entire project in just a few minutes! It’s amazing what you can do with a few old corks!

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Materials: 

Tools:

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Instructions: 

Grab your pliers and eye hooks. Use the pliers to open up some of the eye hooks so that you can hang jewelry on them. Use one set of pliers to hold the eye hook in place. This is much easier than trying to stabilize the hook with your hand.

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Using the needle-nose pliers, pull the eye hook open. You only need an opening of approximately 1/4″.

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Grab your drill and drill a hole into the center of the corks (as shown below). You can just eyeball it because it doesn’t have to be perfect. Two of your corks should only be drilled half way through (they will be the corks on either end of the jewelry holder.)

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Once your holes are drilled, you can put the eye hooks in place. Twist an open eye hook into each cork. For the end corks, twist two closed eye hooks into the top of the corks.

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Line up the corks side by side and measure their total width. Measure the length of dowel you need and use a saw to cut the dowel to the correct length. Slide the corks onto the dowel rod. Cap the dowel off with the two end corks.

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Tie a piece of rope into the closed eye hooks for hanging your jewelry holder.

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

Wouldn’t this make a great gift? Sometimes our family has a DIY gift exchange at Christmas time. I just might have to make a second one to throw in for some family members that would love it!

Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks! Love this DIY Jewelry Holder! Perfect use for those old corks!

This DIY Jewelry Holder is going to find a permanent home in my Dream Closet. I’m in the middle of the six-week long Dream Closet Renovation, and I’d love for you to come check out the progress!

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For more DIY decor inspiration visit Love Create Celebrate.

You might also like these jewelry holders:

Branch Jewelry Holder

Branch Jewelry Holder

DIY Jewelry Organizer

DIY Jewelry Organizer

DIY Jewelry Holder

DIY Ring Holder

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Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Have you been following Stacy Risenmay’s Styled x3 series? It’s addictive y’all! It’s kind of like the “who wore it best” in the home decorating world, but there’s no shaming. The way it works is Stacy buys three of one item and ships two of them to selected bloggers and keeps the third for herself. Then it’s time for all three recipients to get creative and use it or transform it. It’s so fun to see how each blogger uses the item. Wait until you see how I transformed my item into a Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar!

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This is what arrived on my doorstep:

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

A big ole empty glass container. But, it had so much potential! I could fill it with anything. Part of me wanted to turn it on its side and build a little miniature ship inside. But, then I wised up and decided to create a Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar. I’ve been dying to create a fairy garden. There’s a fun coffee shop near us that also sells fairy garden supplies. The boys and I love seeing all the fairy gardens there and longed to make one of our own.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

It was a lot fun picking out decorations and creating this fairy garden. Want to make your own? Let’s get to it!

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Materials:

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

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Instructions:

If you want, paint the lid for your glass container using chalk paint. Set it aside to dry.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Add pebbles to the bottom of your jar for drainage.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Add a layer of potting soil on top of the pebbles.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Place succulent plants into the soil.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Place moss on top of the dirt and around the plants. Leave room for a water feature if you want one.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Pour blue beads or crushed glass for your water feature.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Place the bench and any other large pieces in the container first.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Create a walking path with wood slices, bottle caps, or other flat objects. Add the smaller decorations. Am I forgetting anything? Oh “deer”! For a woodland fairy garden, you should have at least one animal. Add a deer. 😉

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

I placed our garden on a candle holder. You don’t need to add the lid unless you are worried about little fingers getting into the garden. Succulents actually don’t need a ton of moisture.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

It’s fun to move the deer around from time-to-time.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

I added some battery powered fairy lights to our garden.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

If you place the fairy garden in a child’s room it would make a whimsical night light.

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Woodland Fairy Garden in a Jar | Pretty Handy Girl

Aren’t you curious to see the other Styled x3 transformations with the same glass container? Go visit Not Just a Housewife and Uncommon Designs.

Hope you enjoy making your own fairy garden. Jillian and her crew made this fun Ghostly Fairy Garden for Halloween.

Ghostly Fairy Garden Planter

Have a great rest of your week!

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