create ocean Glass Bottles

It is no secret that i like ocean glass. If you’ve been following the diary for a short time then you recognize that we tend to love taking the dog for walks on the beach {to oceanrch|to look|to go looking} for wood and sea glass. to search out a little on Egypt Beach’s rocky shore is sort of a treasure. i like however it sparkles on the sand, aglitter sort of a long forgotten gem within the summer sun.
we can help you with a rsglassbottle.
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I wrote a post regarding our mini journey to the Boston Harbor Islands and was in heaven with all the ocean glass on Spectacle Island. we tend to had such a lot fun staring at all the various shades and pottery shards. Look however little Conor was! That was in August 2012!

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Well, you'll have detected the ocean glass bottles in my feeding space post last week:

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These don't seem to be extremely ocean glass, I created them with bottles from Michaels. does one need to find out a way to create them too?

This isn’t a replacement plan however it's therefore fun and straightforward. the simplest half is it extremely goes with our coastal vogue.
How to create ocean Glass Bottles
Materials:

Bottles or vases (any quite glass you desire). I fell infatuated with these milk bottles from Michaels.
Mod Podge in Matte end
foodstuff
Decoupage brush
Wax Paper

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Method:

combine along foodstuff and matte Mod Podge. I vie around with the colours. The lightest coloured bottle has four drops of blue & one inexperienced, the middle vary shade is four drops of blue & four drops of inexperienced, and therefore the darkest bottle is ten drops of blue & four drops of inexperienced.mixing_food_coloring_mod_podge
I mixed the lightest color initial and did 2 bottles in this then value-added a lot of foodstuff to create the extra shades.
I created certain the bottles were clean before painting. To paint, I used atiny low quantity of paint on my brush and stroked down. I found the decoupage brush to be marvellous to figure with. solely a number of lines ar visible on the darkest bottle. strive to not over work the paint. it'll look streaked whereas wet however dries sleek.



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I place my fingers within the bottle to maneuver it as I painted. I painted the bottles on prime of paper in order that they didn’t stick. The bottles dried pretty quickly.bottles_starfish

Which color does one just like the best?

I LOVE all of them. These were therefore fun to color and I’m astonied at what quantity they extremely do appear as if the $64000 factor.

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Wouldn’t you agree?

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Pretty as bud vases for spring, beautiful empty mixed with shells or beautiful in associate degree industrial crate with peonies or roses. I’m therefore excited to use these pretty very little ocean glass bottles altogether seasons.

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The pretty pedestal is painted in MMS Milk Paint in Eulalie’s Sky and is at Kjeld Mahoney’s Gallery. it'll before long have one in every of his pictures thereon and be for sale!

Let ME grasp if you provide this DIY a strive. I had such a lot fun with these very little bottles (and the pedestal for that matter).