I knew I kept those bottles for a reason. Great idea. One hint which may help is using homemade glass paint. Many recipes out there, but easiest is basically clear glue and food colouring. Mod lodge and white glue can also be used, slightly different look. Thank you for idea.
Thanks for watching! The toppers were inexpensive through Amazon when bought in bulk but I think a lot of the dollar stores sell them (or options similar) individually if you're only planning on one or two! They do make great booth or bazaar pieces though.
Your shop doesn't look messy. It just looks like you have a lot of stuff but it looks pretty well organized. Are you ever going to do a shop tour? And please don't clean it up in order to do a tour I want to see how it really is.
Thank you for this video, loved the project. I have used these paints before, they are fun. How do you dispose of the old used mineral spirits? I have it kept in a sealed glass jar right now because I don't know where to dispose of it. I see a dried gourd behind you on the shelf, are you going to do a video on that? I have some in my stash I haven't done anything with yet. I did one with blots of ink, turned out pretty cute but wanted to do a face one like scarecrow or something. Just haven't ventured there yet. I'm not good a fine line art like that so I'm hesitant..again great tutorial
First of all, thank you for tuning in... you've been busy! Let me answer you on a couple of things... the mineral spirits. I make an effort to only put a tiny bit into a cup to use on any given project. You can collect the used 'bits' in a sealed container (like you are) and dispose of it the same as you would any of your other paint materials (the toxic ones... not DIY since it's all natural and the containers don't require special handling. There are always disposal locations in your town for things like this. The dried gourd you saw is actually a paper mache gourd I picked up from a thrift store and I am in the midst of a 'fall' video (coming out next week) that will feature the gourd. That all said though, if you are looking to do a 'face' on yours and don't feel confident to do it 'free hand' you can print out a face you'd like from your computer, lay a piece of carbon paper on your piece, then your printed face and trace over it. The carbon paper will transfer your lines onto your piece to follow. If you don't have, or can't find, carbon paper then you can cover the back of your computer printed sheet with pencil and then lay your printed face, pencil side against your gourd, and trace the face design... this will transfer the carbon from your pencil onto your gourd. Then you can paint in the face details, following the pattern you've transferred to it.
@@QueenBeeCreations Thank you so much I have that transfer paper but forgot all about it. That’s a great idea. I think there must be something wrong with me that I just don’t think of these things. But that’s why I watch you so it all works out…😀😀
This is perfect🤗I have too many wine bottles and can't make myself through them out. (I'm even thinking of dropping some off at craft stores, like hobby lobby, in the surrounding Parishes😮🙃 I wonder if that's legal)
Angela, give this a try (make great gifts) and then you can look at getting rid of any 'excess' bottles... you could try thrift stores or even posting in your local buy and sell... often people who make their own wine or vinegar will come and get 'em!
I used Pebeo Vitrail Glass paints for this one which I bought at a Craft store - Michaels. You can grab them from Amazon: amzn.to/4gJ0vu5 However, I also did a video doing something similar, trialling Alcohol Inks - which also worked great. You can see that video here: ruclips.net/video/7brS8Riwel4/видео.html
A cheaper way to do the paints is to get clear Elmer's glue and add food coloring to it. You can also add mica powders which is basically eyeshadow from the Dollar tree. And if you want something a little bit more opaque you can just add regular acrylic paint although I have found that regular acrylic paint tends to crack. And you can outline your design and puff paint which you can get at Walmart or the Dollar tree store very inexpensive.
I've used the glue plus acrylics method to do a faux beach glass finish on bottles before but never used food colouring. The acrylics were definitely more opaque (perfect for the beach glass) but I wanted a really translucent finish for the lights to shine through. The food colouring gives you that?
The size of brush is really dependent upon the design itself and what you're comfortable with. I used brushes from a variety set of dollar store brushes.
Hi Cindy 🤗 Your bottles are so lovely! Super tutorial too. I really want to try this now - thank you for another great video. 🥰 Ann x
thanks so much Ann... glad you're finding some inspiration from the channel!
Beautiful this is the first time I have seen this thank you for sharing
You are so welcome... thanks for watching!!
I knew I kept those bottles for a reason. Great idea. One hint which may help is using homemade glass paint. Many recipes out there, but easiest is basically clear glue and food colouring. Mod lodge and white glue can also be used, slightly different look. Thank you for idea.
Great suggestions Ian, thank you for sharing! And... I like it when I can help you work through your 'stash'!!
This is awesome love your channel have to get some of those toppers
Thanks for watching! The toppers were inexpensive through Amazon when bought in bulk but I think a lot of the dollar stores sell them (or options similar) individually if you're only planning on one or two! They do make great booth or bazaar pieces though.
Your shop doesn't look messy. It just looks like you have a lot of stuff but it looks pretty well organized. Are you ever going to do a shop tour? And please don't clean it up in order to do a tour I want to see how it really is.
I did do one on Facebook recently... so you would like one on RUclips?
@@QueenBeeCreations yes please
Thank you for this video, loved the project. I have used these paints before, they are fun. How do you dispose of the old used mineral spirits? I have it kept in a sealed glass jar right now because I don't know where to dispose of it. I see a dried gourd behind you on the shelf, are you going to do a video on that? I have some in my stash I haven't done anything with yet. I did one with blots of ink, turned out pretty cute but wanted to do a face one like scarecrow or something. Just haven't ventured there yet. I'm not good a fine line art like that so I'm hesitant..again great tutorial
First of all, thank you for tuning in... you've been busy! Let me answer you on a couple of things... the mineral spirits. I make an effort to only put a tiny bit into a cup to use on any given project. You can collect the used 'bits' in a sealed container (like you are) and dispose of it the same as you would any of your other paint materials (the toxic ones... not DIY since it's all natural and the containers don't require special handling. There are always disposal locations in your town for things like this. The dried gourd you saw is actually a paper mache gourd I picked up from a thrift store and I am in the midst of a 'fall' video (coming out next week) that will feature the gourd. That all said though, if you are looking to do a 'face' on yours and don't feel confident to do it 'free hand' you can print out a face you'd like from your computer, lay a piece of carbon paper on your piece, then your printed face and trace over it. The carbon paper will transfer your lines onto your piece to follow. If you don't have, or can't find, carbon paper then you can cover the back of your computer printed sheet with pencil and then lay your printed face, pencil side against your gourd, and trace the face design... this will transfer the carbon from your pencil onto your gourd. Then you can paint in the face details, following the pattern you've transferred to it.
@@QueenBeeCreations Thank you so much I have that transfer paper but forgot all about it. That’s a great idea. I think there must be something wrong with me that I just don’t think of these things. But that’s why I watch you so it all works out…😀😀
Great tutorial!
Thanks Jewel... they are lots of fun!
This is perfect🤗I have too many wine bottles and can't make myself through them out.
(I'm even thinking of dropping some off at craft stores, like hobby lobby, in the surrounding Parishes😮🙃 I wonder if that's legal)
Angela, give this a try (make great gifts) and then you can look at getting rid of any 'excess' bottles... you could try thrift stores or even posting in your local buy and sell... often people who make their own wine or vinegar will come and get 'em!
Can you tell me where can I get the paints from r this project? Thank you
I used Pebeo Vitrail Glass paints for this one which I bought at a Craft store - Michaels. You can grab them from Amazon: amzn.to/4gJ0vu5 However, I also did a video doing something similar, trialling Alcohol Inks - which also worked great. You can see that video here: ruclips.net/video/7brS8Riwel4/видео.html
A cheaper way to do the paints is to get clear Elmer's glue and add food coloring to it. You can also add mica powders which is basically eyeshadow from the Dollar tree. And if you want something a little bit more opaque you can just add regular acrylic paint although I have found that regular acrylic paint tends to crack. And you can outline your design and puff paint which you can get at Walmart or the Dollar tree store very inexpensive.
I've used the glue plus acrylics method to do a faux beach glass finish on bottles before but never used food colouring. The acrylics were definitely more opaque (perfect for the beach glass) but I wanted a really translucent finish for the lights to shine through. The food colouring gives you that?
@@QueenBeeCreations yes.
What size brush
The size of brush is really dependent upon the design itself and what you're comfortable with. I used brushes from a variety set of dollar store brushes.
I've found the lights dim really fast.
Hmmm…. Maybe they require a better battery be added? Maybe they come with a not so great one?
Nyc
Thanks 🤗