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A couple of days ago I received an E-mail from Beverly. She made her own Clock Knock Off using my tutorial and it looks AMAZING!!

This made me grin from ear to ear :) My first satisfied "follower"

Didn't she do a fantastic job? 

I'm glad to see that, I'm not the only crazy one that sees the beauty in pallets.

The update to the BOTTLES That I did HERE: 

I purchased a spool of Sisal Rope at Home Depot, 50' for about $5. It's found in the hardware isle. There are LOTS & LOTS of items that I want from that isle :)

 Start by wrapping your rope around before you cut it, this way there will be no wast. After you have cut it to length, tape off the ends to help prevent fraying.

I used clear tap for this entire project, easy to use and easy to change your bottles out when you get tired of it. I was originally looking for a way to glue this all down...hard for any thing to stick to glass though and the toughness of the rope. 

Tape down the bottom end first.

Wrap the rope ON TOP (over) the piece of tape, this will help hold it all down.

Once you have reached the top, take another piece of tape and start with it down in the neck and wrap "out" and "over" the rope and down the back side about an inch.

 Turn your bottle around and it will look STUNNING!

~ Desiree ~

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GETTING READY

I'm trying frantically to get the house cleaned, pack, finish up some projects, and do something with my plants out side before I head to my mothers in West Palm for Easter.

I'm watering some of my potted plants twice a day right now to keep them from drying out. When I go out of town I bring them into the house. 

 Finished up dying my large bottles that I did HERE

My "Little Lovely" she's almost done!! I am going to try to get one more post in before I leave town with some more photos of this desk.

  Since I'm going to my mothers I thought I would share some pictures that I took when I was down for thanksgiving. 

The front of her house, So charming :)

 With each visit that I do, I help with the landscaping around the house.

With this visit we'll start on the front.

I did the back during my last two visits.

Added plants to her empty pots..lol

My mothers house sits on three acres and she has three acres next to her. It's horse country; that's what I grew up doing, horses :))

Thanksgiving table scape can be seen HERE


Some of the houses in her neighborhood.

One of the barns.

Riding Ring

Another Barn

My mom has three ponies, but I can't find any pictures of them :(

 ~ Happy Easter ~

~ Desiree ~

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A LITTLE THING FOR BOTTLES

I have been collecting mason jars and other types of glass for some time now. I actually received 3 really beautiful blue glass vases off of freecycle two years ago and think that's what started my obsession with glass jars.

From: HABITUALLY CHIC

I'm SOOO in love with these BIG blue bottles.

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Hanging Inspiration

This would be so nice on the back porch. From WEDDING BEE

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Now for my jar collection......well some of my collection :)

I'm working on painting some bottles and jars with Vitrea Transparent Glass Color in turquoise. I did a mason jar and wine bottle today; I'm VERY happy with the way they turned out.

One advantage to working in a restaurant, is I get to take the pretty bottles home without having to drink all that liquor.

two used Patron bottles (the square ones)....I love the shape of these.

the shape of this one is cool too...I have my plant cuttings taking root in it for now. I haven't pulled the label off yet.

And I've been collecting the wine corks

The trees & house on the Belvedere bottle look really nice lit up at night. I'm not to sure what I'm going to do with them yet.

If I could figure out how to do this, I would give it a try.

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Any how, back to coloring bottles

Before:

After

And a Mason Jar

I have this big jug that was from Sangria, that I will be dying tomorrow.

(the one on the right)

the inside was still wet...i was cleaning it out

How I did it

I gave the bottle of paint a good shake, wait a minute then open the bottle of paint. There will be paint in the cap, add some water to the cap, swirl it and pour it into your bottle. I had to pour the water back into the cap and give it a swirl about 3 times to get all the paint out of the cap.

Then I did A LOT of this: about ever 15-30 min or when I saw the bottle sitting on the counter..lol

Swirling the paint around inside of your bottle. Spin and flip at the same time.
~ ~ After your bottle has dried for 24 hours, you will bake it at 325 for 40 min...the directions are on the paint bottle. ~ ~
 It will then be safe for flowers...no drinks or food though :)

The glass dying was being done while painting the inside of our new toy box!

I should have the box done by tomorrow & will post more pictures, but for now here is one picture. Made from pallets!

~ Desiree ~
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