Recycled Olive Oil Bottle Flower Vase

Many bottles, whether they be wine bottles, oil bottles or vinegar bottles, have interesting shapes. Once you finished using them, add some paint and paper napkin motifs and create pretty and inexpensive vases to fit the season.

Material list for this project:

- clean and empty bottle (here a olive oil bottle was used because of its interesting shape)
- white paint and a paint in a darker contrasting color (here a pale violet color was used to fit with the colors of the motifs on
  the paper napkin)
- paper napkin with motifs of choice - the best is a napkin with motifs on a white surface (here motifs of herbs was used
  because of its romantic look)
- paper napkin applique glue or decoupage glue
- clear crackling medium
- soft flat paint brush

Instructions:

1. First paint your bottle in the darker contrasting color and let it dry before continuing.

2. Then brush a coat of the crackling medium on the complete bottle and let it dry before continuing.

3. Then completely brush on a coat of white paint. Make sure not to go over previous brush strokes again as it will destroy the crackling process. When the crackling starts, this is how the bottle will look.

4. Tear out your motifs from the paper napkin. Remove all but the top layer. If your motifs are on a white surface of the napkin, you do not need to tear them out exactly. The white color of the napkin will blend in with the white paint. Now use the paper napkin applique glue and ”paint” on the paper napkin motif over the bottle at random areas. The crackling effect will show through the motif. Continue adding motifs until the bottle is covered the way you like it.

Illustrated Craft Tutorial: Paper Napkin Applique

A closer view of the vase.

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