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It doesn’t get any easier than this! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These wine bottle flowers look impressive in the garden and all you need is glue. If you like dish flowers, but discovered making them<\/em> is more complicated than you want to get into, you’ll love this super easy alternative. In fact, the hardest part may be shopping (or not!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, a neighbor up the street gave me a bunch of unused wine bottles. As a hobby, he used to make his own wine, but wasn’t doing it anymore and the bottles were taking up space in his garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, on the other hand, wanted to make garden art and other crafts from wine bottles and was more than happy to take them off his hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials for wine bottle flowers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some glass garden art crafts can be intimidating. Not this one! There’s no cutting, drilling, or special tools needed at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wine bottles are easy to come by. Beer bottles work, too, by the way, though the green glass ones are a better color choice for “flowers”. You may have some at home. Just soak the labels off. Some thrift stores also sell empty bottles or you could try garage sales, Craig’s List or your local recycling center. Wine bottle crafts are quite popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIP: use bottles with a flat bottom, not with a dimpled bottom. Bottles with flat bottoms have more surface for gluing which makes your finished artwork more secure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding the right glassware<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What may be a bit harder to find is glassware for the “flowerhead”. Shop a few thrift stores in the housewares section. Look for glass items that have a flower shape to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ideas:<\/strong> candle ware, light fixture with a scalloped edge, ice cream sundae dish, small fluted vase with a frilly edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can find colored glass dishware, great! But, clear glass is just fine, too because you can paint it<\/strong> to give it some flair. Keep reading: I’ll show you how to do that and what kind of paint to use. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you’re out shopping, you’ll also need to pick up a glass or ceramic saucer. They’re usually sold individually at a thrift store. Again, look for “pretty”, because it makes your garden art pretty, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jazzy up with paint<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The cool thing about painting on glass is that you can experiment over and over. If you don’t like how it looks, simply wash it off under the faucet, dry, and try something else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPORTANT: For best durability outside in the rain, use High Gloss ENAMEL<\/strong> Paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several brands that make enamel paint for use on glass. It’s available at most craft stores like JoAnn <\/a>and Michaels.<\/a> High gloss paint dries super tough and does not wash off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The directions say to let it cure 30 days, or speed the process by baking on low heat in the oven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was in too much of a hurry, and used a blow dryer for a few minutes on each piece. I waited a few days before putting my wine bottle flowers out in the garden. So far, the paint has help up. Now, if I were selling them, I’d go through the whole process. But since these are just for me, I’m not too worried about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips for painting:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As far as painting goes, I personally like to keep it simple so it looks like a flower. I like to leave some of the clear glass showing so it sparkles in the sunlight. In the photos, you’ll notice that all I did was paint basic stripes, following the contours of the glass. That actually has a big color impact. But play around with it. You can always rinse off the paint and try again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use “high gloss” Enamel paint for glass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For one of my bottle blossoms, I used a metal candle coaster instead of a glass saucer. You can make a substitution, too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While today’s spray paints usually include a primer intended to save you time and money, I prefer to use a primer anyway. The primer coat dries quickly and the color coat may be added within the hour. I’m of the opinion that using a primer still results in a better overall finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Put your flower together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MATERIALS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n