Painted Crown Royal Bottle & Glass Vase

So seeing these cute little painted crown royal bottles from turnstylevogue.com I couldn't resit calling up my cousin to see if he had any empty bottles I could use.  Of course he obliged me with an empty bottle and I set out to Home Depot for some rustoleum flat chestnut spray paint.  It has a hint of glitter that catches the eye. I had or originally bought a black fleur-de-lis but it was too big for the bottle so back to hobby lobby for new ideas. Suggest no more than 3in wide and 4in high.   I made a DIY painting booth out of a card board box and went to town lightly covering the bottle.  I choose to spray the lid separately. By not having the lid on it, I was able to stick my finger in the top to turn the bottle around thus avoiding fingerprints or waiting for one side to dry! I have no patience and don't like to wait.  Good thing it was a nice hot sunny day and it dried quick.  Once dry I was able to affix my jeweled sticker on the front.

Once I finished with the crown royal bottle I decided to paint a vase.  Why not?  I have plenty and I had an extra sticker that was begging to be used on something.  I think the vase turned out cute too. 

And if I get sick of looking at the fluer-de-lis then I can just turn them around! Maybe I will fill the vase with some fall flowers?  Fall is coming soon and it already has a fall tone.

Modge Podge Holiday Decor

Need a little holiday decor?  A simple, cheap, easy DIY?  Could even involve the kids. Choose the words you want to decorate with and go to Michaels or Hobby Lobby and get some letters.  Any kind you want, wood, metal, chipboard.  I chose to buy the chipboard letters since they are $1.99 each.  Once I decided on the letters, I carried them over to the paper isle to pick out holiday sheets that were large enough to cover each letter.  Then all you need is some modge podge, some paint to match your paper and a foam brush or two.  Start by painting the edges of your letters as they will not be covered by your decorative paper.  Once the edges are dry lay your sheets of paper face down and place your letter on top of the paper (backwards of course) and trace around the letter. Next cut out your tracing.  Next modge podge your letter and press the paper onto it smoothing it out as you go.  Once it dries apply another layer of modge podge.  I chose not to attach my letters together for easy storage after the holidays, but you could always do that with a flat bracket.