Wine/Beer Bottle Center Pieces

If you know my sister-in-law...don't tell her yet! =o) I've excluded her from the posts! =o) Ssshhhh!!!!

My sister-in-laws bridal shower is coming up at the end of April and the bridesmaids and I decided on a last minute center piece idea. I originally was going to make center pieces with cake pops that we are getting. (Link to her site: From Cake Pops by Gina) But since we plan on giving the center pieces away, it was easier to have a different center piece.

I wanted something inexpensive, classy, rustic, and simple.

So I have been looking through Pinterest, and I found some awesome ideas with wine bottles. Now my dilemma is that I don't really drink wine or beer much at home. But luckily I have lots of friends who do drink wine and a husband who drinks beer! =o) I helped a little with the beer, but I can't thank everyone enough! =o)

I combined a few ideas I saw on Pinterest to make what I wanted. =o)

Materials:

3 Bottles (One Large wine, One Medium Wine, One Beer)
1 Can of Frosting Spray Paint
1 Can of Lacquer
1.5 in Ribbon (Various colors)
.75 in Ribbon (Various colors)
Rubber bands
1 to 1.5 in pieces of wood (Make sure to spray the lacquer on the wood before you use it!)
Chalk board Picks
Burlap (I found some at Michaels and it was labeled as a burlap table runner)
Hot glue gun and glue
Gorilla glue
Fake or Real flowers
Any decorations that you want

Rubber bands, laquer, frosting spray, and ribbon

Side view of the wood piece. Luckily my husband just cut some of the wood we had in the backyard.

Top view of the wood

Chalkboard Picks I found at Michaels in the bridal department

The burlap I found and the fake flower I used on the bottles

First: You have a to soak the bottles in soapy HOT water for at least 15 minutes to get the labels and glue wet and slippery.  Then I used a sponge (the rough side) and rubbed the labels and glue off.

Second: Spray the Medium Wine bottle and the Beer bottle with the Frosting Spray.

I put rubber bands around the beer bottle to create a different effect.

What it looks like after you spray and take the rubber bands off.

 Third:Cut some Burlap and take the Large wine bottle and cover it. Put a rubber band around the top to secure the burlap around the wine bottle.

Fourth: Cover the rubber band with ribbon, cut to size.

 Glue the end piece onto the burlap.

Cover the rubber band and glue the other end.















Fifth: Take the Gerber Daisy (Or whatever flower you chose) and only use the flower portion, not the stem. Hot glue that onto the seam of the ribbon to cover it.

I matched the ribbon with the flower. =o)

 Sixth: Tie ribbon around the Medium wine bottle by twisting it around three times.

I glued the knot in the back, then cut off the excess and glued the ends down.

Seventh: Choose the arrangement you want and glue the bottles down to the wood. I put a circle of Gorilla glue on the bottom of each and also a circle of hot glue where I wanted the bottles to go. Then when the bottles were on the wood, I put glue around the bottom to seal the bottle to the wood. 

You can see I put hot glue in the space left between the bottle and the wood to ensure that it stayed in place.

Finally: Put the fake/real flowers in the wine bottles and insert the chalkboard pick. (This is left up to the crafters creativity and imagination. I didn't want the piece to be too busy so I chose simple neutral flowers.)

Enjoy! =o) I can't wait to see what people think of this. =o)

DIY Fold Over Clutch

Crafting Monday was a BUSY one!!!

Navy Blue Clutch that I made

My co-worker brought my attention to this cute idea. DIY fold over clutch. We looked at the directions and thought to ourselves, "That doesn't look bad!" FYI, It looks deceptively easy.
I mean it wasn't THAT bad, but boy did I get frustrated. It also didn't help that my sister is NOT an experienced sewer at all, so on top of trying to figure this craft out, I had to teach her how to sew.
I decided to use the tutorial that had a liner in it because I thought it looked better. And who doesn't like a purse that has an awesome liner?

Here is the link to the tutorial I used: DIY Fold Over Clutch

Her directions were pretty good, but there were some parts that you had to figure out.

For example, trying to get the sides near the zipper closed, I couldn't use the sewing machine. So there is some hand sewing in this project!

Here are some tips that I came across that she didn't mention:
1) Get a leather needle for your sewing machine AND for hand sewing.
2) Make sure you know the basics of using a sewing machine otherwise it will be a disaster.
3) Get AT LEAST 1/2 yard of fabric. (I got a full yard just in case. The "leather" I bought was for upholstery. It was labeled at vinyl.

4) The liner does not have to be lining fabric, it can be anything you want. I would stay away from slippery fabric. I think we got ours from the linen section.  

This is a better pictures of the lining I picked.

This is the clutch that my sister made. It is black with...

A turquoise flower lining.

I hope that you guys have fun  making this!!! I can't say that the whole time was fun, but it was exciting to see how it turned out. I will be making the same one my sister made on another day. =o)

Happy Crafting!!!

Wagon Diaper Cake

Hey guys!
Today is Monday, so it is CRAFTING day!!!!!

My craft today is a Wagon Diaper Cake! =o) I really don't like making traditional diaper cakes because I feel that they are boring. So luckily, Thom on youtube (OFallonMonkey) makes awesome diaper cakes. I attached the video, but she did leave out some parts. I make this cake for the SAC at my school. She is having twins, so I had to make it more neutral. It still turned out awesome!

Materials:
2 foam poster boards
At least 50 diapers (size two)
4 Receiving blankets
1 spool of 2 1/2 in ribbon
1 spool of 1 1/2 in ribbon
1 teething ring
4 decorative flowers
Rubberbands
Hot glue gun (and glue)
Tape

Roll from the side

She doesn't show you how to make the wheels, but I think it's because she has the instructions on other videos. If you don't want to sift through her videos to find how to, I am including some pictures.

I rolled the diapers up (open end first), tied them with rubber bands and then put six of them together.

Wagon from the top.

Here is the bottom of the wagon with the axles attached along with the wheels.

Here is the receiving blanket wrapped around the diapers.

One side finished.

Top view

Other side.

Then if you look at the pictures at the beginning, I put ribbons around and then I tapes and hot glued them.
Oh, also, instead of putting a receiving blanket at the "handle" (since mine came in a pack of four), I just used a ribbon. That way I didn't have to use pins to hold it down, and I could just use hot glue. I also didn't wrap the ribbon around the handle.

The rest of the directions Thom does it in the video.
If you have any questions, please let me know! =o)

More painted Toms (for Marcie's birthday)

Here is a pair of Toms I painted for my sister in laws birthday. I found inspiration on Pinterest. They look very similar but I added some words... I didn't want it to look too much like a copy of those shoes. Anyway... Hope you find some creative inspiration as well! Enjoy!