Blue Bottle Project

These are the step-by-step instructions of how to make old bottles look new. There are a lot of projects out there for re-using wine bottles. We don't drink wine, but Nathan does like to drink Perrier water, which is pretty much like a mini wine bottle! The projects I found on pinterest were all very nice, but I couldn't find the exact thing I wanted to do, so I made up my own. 

First, what can be the most annoying part. Removing those pesky labels. I have found that some labels on glass containers come off pretty easily after you put them in the dishwasher (spaghetti sauce jars). These little demon bottles gave me much more difficulty. The first two, took me an hour and a half to remove. I used a swiss army knife, hot water, and goo-gone. I would not recommend this method, unless you are just trying to waste your Saturday morning. After these first 2 bottles, I took a month and a half hiatus from the project.

After doing a lot of research on how to remove the labels quickly, I found a method that I thought might work. Plus I had the ingredient that I needed. 

The Easiest Way to Remove Glass Bottle Labels

1. Fill the kitchen sink with hot water. The hotter the better.

2. Sprinkle some baking soda into the sink.

3. Put the glass containers into the water. I filled my bottles up with water so that they would sink. The labels need to be submerged. 

4. Let them sit fir 30 minutes or more.

5. Simply pull off the labels. Now, all labels are different, so your glass containers might not be as easy, but my labels LITERALLY just slid right off. Some were even floating on top of the water! This was so much easier than scraping with my swiss army knife!!

These are the labels without the labels. These naked bottles look pretty nice, and could be used for decor or for DYI projects!

Although the green is nice, I needed blue bottles, for Lauren's "Something Blue" Bridal Shower. So, I grabbed some old spray paint, and started painting. I am planning on using other types of paint in future projects, but spray paint seemed to work pretty well. There was a little drippage, but overall, the spray paint was great for this project.

After the bottles were officially blue and dry, I bought some jute to finish the project.

Using the jute and a hot glue gun, I created 10 different designs.

The total cost of this project was $3.17! I re-used the old bottles. I already had the baking soda, spray paint, and hot glue! Even having to buy these supplies, anyone could complete this project for less than $10 if you use old bottles!

What do you think of this DIY project? I'm planning on completing more projects using these perrier bottles. Stay tuned!

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