09 August 2010

A Week of Bottle Caps


Did you have a lovely weekend ladies?
I must say I did. Beautiful, sunny weather
seems to equal a beautiful weekend!

Nothing major really.
A good book, a slice of pie & a root beer
are just the right ingredients.

Root beer has been a treat for me this summer,
leaving me with lots & lots of bottle caps.

I keep the caps in a little zipper bag &
brainstormed how I could turn these
from blah to TADA!

It's funny how the universe whispers
the answers.

A few Fridays ago, I visited the American Folk Art Museum
located in New York City.

What an eye opener -- the works on display
had so much love infused in them from
paintings, to tapestry and even sculpture!

It's a museum for the crafter.

Take a look at this piece:

It's called "Bottle Cap Snake" by Ron Rodriguez.

The plaque beside it says that the artist "combines the
woodcarving skills of his family lineage with a common
practice in folk art: recycling. Transforming material
from its original use to a new one distinguishes many
vernacular objects valued as folk art."

Gasp! I love to recycle! Does that mean
I'm a folk artist?! Hee hee, I can dream, can't I?

Anyway, back to my bottle caps:

So blah.

But now...TADA!

The images are magazine cut-outs and
attached to the inside of the bottle caps with glue.
Magnets are secured at the back end with a glue gun.

Use these for your fridge or a magnetic white board.
Another alternative is putting tacks instead of magnets,
to dress up your cork boards.

More ideas tomorrow!



8 comments:

  1. great idea!
    I've a bag full of caps, also!
    I've been saving them to try to make them as buttons (cover with fabric) but didn't have the time yet..

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  2. this is so pretty! perfect for the fridge, great idea Claire, i wouldnt have imagined a better use for these!!!

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  3. I've been wanting to make something like that with bottlecaps...filling it with epoxy resin!

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  4. Hello Miss Papgena Made It! Check out my post tomorrow...I think you'll like it :)

    Thanks Nuit! Now you've got an excuse to collect bottlecaps :)

    Hi Marfa -- epoxy resin!!! Is that how you can make a "glass-like coating"? I tried clear glue and also melting hot glue -- didn't give me the look I wanted. Thanks, thanks for the tip! I'll try it!

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  5. Hello,
    Great job with your blog! you are relentless with your posts, I really like the multiple options for all these things we have laying around at our homes. Good job spreading the word of recycling or re-purposing.

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  6. Thanks for dropping by Xgivanx! I must say, you do a really great job re-purposing found treasure :)

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