Well, looky here! I finally got my painted bottle project finished. 🙂 As you know from yesterday, my first attempt was a big ‘ole fat FAIL. But I tried again…this time with spray primer first…and it worked out beautifully.
After I painted them, I wanted to do some sort of something on them to make them look old…or textured…or both. So I ended up using white spray paint to lightly mist the bottles, and then I followed that with a light splatter effect.
It almost gives the look of stone, and it also gives the bottles a beautiful texture. There’s no way to fully capture the texture on camera, but I’ve left this next picture in full size (sorry to those of you on dial-up and other slow connections!!) so that you can click on the picture and zoom in to see a close up of the texture. It’s one of my favorite techniques to use to antique metals…although I generally don’t use white paint to antique metals. So doing this with white paint was a first for me, but I really like the effect.
And as you can see, I also added little polymer clay flowers to the bottles. I made this using the same method I used for the polymer clay flower artwork, but this time I made the three different sizes of flowers and then layered them on top of each other to create a much fuller flower. Then I gave each flower a light paint wash in the bottle color, followed by spray paint mist/splatter technique.
I love how my little bottles turned out. I’ve been holding on to them for years, waiting for inspiration to hit, so when I saw Shannon’s beautiful painted bottle, that was the inspiration I needed. It just took me a little longer to get to the finish line than it took her (with my initial DIY fail), and I added my own twist to it. 🙂
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14 Comments
Shannon Fox
July 25, 2012 at 10:03 amCraft WIN! Those are so super cute, LOVE the textured look. It has so much depth. And the flowers are super darling. I have never tried using clay. It looks fun 🙂
Pretty ~ Pretty !!!!
Jean
July 25, 2012 at 11:24 amLove those bottles!
Anne @diy projects
July 25, 2012 at 11:33 amI really don’t understand how glass can look so much like stone. You definitely knew what you were doing here. It’s awesome. I loved it and will try it only if I had some pretty glass bottles. Pop over and see me sometime.
Wendy R
July 25, 2012 at 6:20 pmWell now, you made lemonade with lemons. The bottles look sooooo cool! Nice job!
Beth Roan
July 25, 2012 at 8:14 pmThose are adorable!!!
Diane | An Extraordinary Day
July 25, 2012 at 8:43 pmLove the way these turned out!!
My first thought was…how did she attached those cute flowers? And I had to wait until the very last sentence to find out you hot glued them on! LOL!
Jets Jewelry
July 25, 2012 at 8:49 pmAll I can say is you are the master
Mark E Tisdale
July 25, 2012 at 10:47 pmSecond attempt is awesome! And cool knowing how you got that textured-stone-feeling. I had to scroll back up to figure out those bottles had perfect places already there waiting for your flowers. If I hadn’t seen the whole thing I’d have guessed those were part of the original bottles.
Bj
July 26, 2012 at 8:26 amWhat a great look …. so glad to see that the primer worked for you and that you kept at it 🙂 Great flowers too! really added to the look.
Hugs,
Bj
Laura @ Elegant Nest
July 26, 2012 at 10:45 amThese are so cute! Good to know I am not the only one that keeps random bottles (and other stuff) that I am not exactly sure how to use…but know one day I will fin the perfect inspiration to make them something special!
Debbie refreshrestyle
July 26, 2012 at 6:48 pmThey look awesome!! I’m going to remember the white spray paint 🙂
Kathy M
July 26, 2012 at 10:53 pmYour bottles turned out awesome!!! 🙂
Charlie Finch
July 27, 2012 at 3:34 pmIt’s a good thing that you didn’t let the botched first attempt stop you because these turned out really stonking! Great job you have done here.
Tonya D
July 31, 2012 at 7:07 pmThese are gorgeous!! I want to try this project with my daughter. She starts kindergarten in the fall and loves making things! I’ll be sure to come back here and have a second look at yours for inspiration 🙂 Great job!