Wine bottle light!

I came across a pin a few days ago that was a wine bottle turned to a night light. Now that I know how to drill a hole in the wine bottle for the lights, I decided to give this a shot! Here is the pin I came across.

I decorated mine with these gems from Michael's. I stuck them on there with E600 super because I did not have my hot glue gun with me. I recommend using hot glue and start placing the gems at the bottom and work your way around and up. I went down with individual rows and it got hard because of the spacing. 

Eventually when you have finally finished covering the whole bottle with them you get this awesome piece of art! I am thinking I might put this in my new office :)

Upcycled Wine Bottle

I have been keeping wine bottles in my garage for a little while now. I have been telling myself that I was going to do something  with them. When I finally came across a pin, on how to drill a hole in glass, I got super excited!! I went to Home Depot and bought the glass and ceramic bits for about $10 for 4 different sizes.

I started with the second to smallest bit and started to dill away. You have to go pretty slow so you do not shatter the bottle. Once I got a good dent in it I switched over to the largest bit. This process took about 20-30 mins. I wore a padded glove and put the bottle in a pan to catch the sand from drilling.

 I used Valspar Frosting spray paint, from Lowes,  to cover the wine bottle. I sprayed on a couple of coats of it.

Once the paint dried I inserted the lights in. I found these lights at Hobby Lobby and then use your 40% coupon. Yay for coupons!!

 Now you have a beautiful piece of decor to display....perfect for the holidays!

Take any wine bottle and convert it to this!

Chevron Frame

I had some left over boards in my garage and decided to make it into a frame. I wanted to do a maroon chevron design....Aggie Spirit! This could possibly one day go in my office. I really just wanted to give this a try and play with my saw! I plan to make more of these, in a smaller size, for my family wall.

 I trimmed the board to 20x20 and mixed a little bit of white and brown together to get a cream color. I painted the whole board with it.

 Then, I pulled out my handy dandy ruler and started measuring and drawing my points. Once everything was drawn out I used left over painters tape to create my outlines.

When the paint finally dried, I used 60 grit sand paper to do some distressing....I LOVE distressing!!

I had a 8x10 black frame laying around and decided to use that but paint it a cream color. I was hoping they cream in the chevron would match the cream of the frame...I was way off. I measured to find a center spot where the sides were equal and used a small nail to hang the frame. I am still looking for a picture to put in it and a home for it. For right now it is sitting on my dresser :)

Disney Inspiration

You can save the images and print them. They are 8.5" x 11"....perfect for some Disney decor!