Custom Oil and Vinegar

Above: Bottles masked and sprayed.
Middle: Finished bottles await being filled.
Below: Final bottles filled and ready to cook.

Frosted Glass Finish. This spray full of frost for glass is an awesome way to design customized glass jars. I save jars all the time and labeling them with their contents is a fantastic way to get brand names out of the kitchen. Especially if they are not stored behind cabinet doors.

Today, I decided to customize some oil and vinegar bottles I picked up from the store. They happened to be $4 from Cost Plus! What a steal! Hopefully they wont drip every where. If they are cheap.

I started by taping off the outer edges in a rectangle. You can buy pre-cut litters with adhesive backing, but I wanted to cut out my own letters from tape. That way I wasn't running to the store again. I like to try to keep it cheap. Then I pasted my cut out letters within the rectangle on the bottle. I taped off the rest of the bottle so spray wouldn't get all over. Then I went outside to spray a thin coat of frosted glass. It took an hour to dry and still smells like paint after I brought it in to photograph, so I'll probably wait until tomorrow to wash it and add the oil and vinegar.

Finally, they'll be displayed on the little Ikea shelf (for pictures to prop up, but I use for bottles, spices and a timer-picture soon) in my kitchen and used every night I cook. Yum!

Lightswitch Covers

 

An idea from the Big Ass Book of Crafts: covered lights witch covers! These are featured in my bathroom so all the guests can see how crafty I am. I thought the light switch was so nice, I covered the wall plug next to it so they would match. I used scrapbook paper from the craft store, sine they have such a wide variety of paper designs. The paper was a little thick and the glue need to be a mod podge type of glue, so I sanded the light switch first for a tooth to glue the paper onto. Then I held them as the glue dried. Yeah, with my fingers. When all was done, The Big Ass Book called for clear acrylic spray, but I didn't have any. So I used shellac and it yellowed the mountains. But shellac has such a wonderful sheen! That's why it's for wood. Next time, I might get a liquid resin. But be careful with resin! It is way toxic.