Upcycling Wine Bottles – Decorating on a Dollar with Helmar

March 27, 2013

Upcycling is all the rage these days for many reasons, it brings a whole new meaning to “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”… This first one I was very excited about. Everything is coming up peacock this year around my house and I had some extra feathers…

Upcycling is all the rage these days for many reasons, it brings a whole new meaning to "One man's trash is another man's treasure." You can save money on supplies and decor. Help the landfill issues and reduce you carbon footprint. No matter what your reason to reduce, recycle or reuse if you are going to make something beautiful from junk then you need to have the proper adhesives.

Check out these center pieces I created from wine bottles for a local fundraiser event.

All you need are a few supplies:

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots, Helmar Premium Craft Glue or Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Empty, clean and dry wine bottles
Embellishments, glass paints, glitter… your choice

This first one I was very excited about. Everything is coming up peacock this year around my house and I had some extra feathers…

Here is how I got the suspended feathers in the glass bottles. Take a large disposable straw, place it on the end of the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots tube. Squeeze 1/4 inch of the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots into the straw.

Place the same end of the straw into the neck of the wine bottle. Blow out through the straw to remove the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots from the straw into the neck of the bottle. Make sure your straw is at a slight angle so you get the adhesive on the inside glass of the neck.

Play with the placement of the quill in the neck of the bottle to make sure the Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots has securely grasped the quill and the glass. Let dry 24 hrs then cut off quill as far down into the neck as you can without disturbing the adhesive. Repeat with the spear feather coming out of neck as seen in the first image of this post.

The next grouping for a center piece I did was to combine white flowers and $1 store twine. These are all over Pinterest. Helmar makes it easy with Helmar Premium Craft Glue (or Helmar 450 Quick Dry if you have it) and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots.

Begin with Helmar Premium Craft Glue around the top of the mouth of the bottle. Wrap twine over the adhesive and wait till dry and secure prior to moving on.

Run a bead of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots from top to bottom on the front and back of the wine bottle. I chose this adhesive because of it's slow dry time and great adhesion to the glass. Be careful with this step not to smear the beads or to get it all over you. Wrap wine bottle with twine.