I've been stockpiling old
pasta sauce bottles for a while now in the hopes of using them for
Christmas gifts but I think I may just snag them all for my office
instead!
I etched a super simple
design onto a bottle the other day and I really like it. I'm going to
do a bunch more and use them to store craft supplies and
randomness...
To make your own frosted
bottle, just follow the steps below.
Supplies needed –
clean, dry glass bottle
etching cream [I use
Armour Etch]
masking or painters tape
paintbrush
Step 1 – Decide what
kind of design you want to etch and tape off all areas of the bottle
that you don't want frosted. I chose to do a simple striped design so
I just put three strips of tape around my bottle. Make sure to press
all the air bubbles out of the tape and secure all the edges or else
your etching cream may seep through and change your design.
Step 2 – Glob some
etching cream onto the areas you want frosted. Take care not to get
any on the areas you don't want frosted! And this stuff can and will
drip down the sides, so be aware of that, too!
Step 3 – Wait as long as
you can stand for the cream to do its work. I waited about 45 minutes
to an hour for my bottle – I can get pretty impatient!
Step 4 – Once you've let
the cream do its stuff, simply wash the bottle in warm soapy water,
throw out the tape, dry and voila! You've got yourself a
one-of-a-kind etched glass bottle!
I'm off to make a million
more of these bad boys!
Hopefully now I can get my office in better
shape!
love & cupcakes,
elissa ♥
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