Recycled Ruler Jar

Good morning

I have a quick recycle post today.  As most of you know, I try to recycle/upcycle as much as possible.  My craftroom is so full right now and I am trying to organize it a bit but I need containers to store my stuff in.  I have gone and looked at all the neat baskets at walmart, target, even the dollar store, but hate spending money on such stuff.  I would rather use my money on other things, like more craft items...lol.  Anyway, I have a million empty jars in my recycle room and so I pulled one out.  Cleaned off the label with hot water and used my goo gone to get the little bit of glue residue off.

 Probably wouldn't have needed to do this, but remember, I never know where my project is going to lead.  Once it was nice and clean, I took some used tissue paper from a gift I had gotten some time ago, (recycle) and mod podged the entire jar and this is what it became:

I downloaded an image of a wooden ruler and in PSE I added my Brenda's Rulers, cut it to fit around my jar 

and now I have a place to put all my rulers and it didn't cost me a dime.  Love it...

as you can see in the background I have a few more things I want to upcycle, so stay tuned to see what else I am going to do with containers or jars.

As always have a great day and God Bless.

Upcycle Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to our Upcycle Blog Hop.  I am so excited to be here and the projects you are about to see from all the talented ladies...well let me just say, you will want to be crafting till there's no tomorrow.  If you just hopped over from Bridgett you are in the right spot, but if you are reading this from your dashboard or reading via email then please start at the beginning with Tanya T~ .  

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Donna Michael a Martha Stewart fall leaves stamp set

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So I have known about this Upcycle Hop for about 4 months now and started my project way back then.  When I went to post it, I realized that it's not summer anymore and now I'm not so sure the project should have been made this way, but...as you will see, you can modify it to your liking, so you might want to imagine some fall colors  HEHEHE

So I used to work in a casino and we served liquor there.

I love all the different shapes and sizes of some of the bottles and

would take them home, of course, AFTER they were emptied.  hahaha

I washed it out and took the label off.  Then

using some glass paints I painted the entire bottle

except where the label was with fushia.  With all the 

ridges this bottle has, it gave it some very unique detail.

In vinyl I cut out a butterfly and the word Believe.

I can't believe I took a picture of the weeded portion

and not the outline...what was I thinking?  Anyway, you want

the outer portion of the vinyl so that you can etch the words.

See what I mean?  I used my etching cream and let it 

sit for 20 minutes.  I know the directions say 5 to 10, but

I always want to make sure the etching cream really

penetrates the glass and it doesn't hurt it at all to leave on longer.

So I did that to both sides...the butterfly on one side

and the word Believe on the other side.

Then I filled it with some clear glass marbles that I dyed with

my alcohol inks and added a string of lights through the top.

I added some flowers and leaves from my flower

arranging stash and a little bit of ribbon for balance

Do you see the pink marbles on the bottom?

It's kinda hard to see the word Believe in the photo,

but believe me, it's so much prettier in real life.

The butterfly especially turned out nice and crisp.

I added a butterfly with a stick pin body to one of the

leaves...isn't it just darling?

And there it is, in all its glory.

I hope I've inspired you to upcycle an old bottle maybe and turn it into a beautiful home decor item.  Remember, I made this during the summer, but you could for sure use some fall colored flowers and maybe even add some "orange" lights.  You could use a wine bottle or even a glass pop bottle if you don't have access to any liquor bottles... just let your imagination run wild.

 Now please hop on over to Krista and see what she has made for you.

Tanya T~ http://www.ScrappyScavenger.wordpress.com/

Brie - http://vintage53.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://www.cricutconfessions.com/

Faith http://faithfulecreations.com

Bridgette - www.nutsaboutcuts.com

Brenda - http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Krista - http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com

Jennifer B- http://jlbzlittlecorner.blogspot.com/

Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com You are HERE!! :)

Heather- http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/ Go here NEXT!!

Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Roberta- http://decorablesart.blogspot.com

Dawn~ http://strawberryrainsdelights.blogspot.com/

Joe - http://www.createncraft.com/

Beth - http://Mytimetoplay.blogspot.com

Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 

Shannon L~ http://www.Shannonleffew.blogspot.com