Mosaic Table

I recently took one of our antique side tables and gave it new life. Using old wine bottles and antique china (Seriously antique. The pattern was discontinued in the 1920's.), I made a really interesting piece that I'm super proud of!

You will need:

Old wine bottles (best to steam off the lables), broken plates, a hammer, brown paper bag, towel, grout (the adhesive kind works best), gloves (optional. get messy!)

Start by breaking your glass. This part can be dangerous. Place your glass one item at a time in the brown paper bag and use the hammer to take a whack at it. Do this outside. Put the broken glass in a bucket or bowl of sorts. Be super careful because wine bottles can really splinter. I used a smaller brown paper back to further break up the bigger chunks of glass. You can do this inside by putting the glass in a paper bag, and then between a towel.

Play around with a pattern. I didn't really need one for this project, but draw one out if needed.

Next step: slather on the grout. Push glass pieces into the grout and be sure to cover the sharp edges. Once dry, you'll sand down the bumpy parts so don't worry if it looks messy or if grout gets on the glass.

Finished product coming soon! Have fun, get messy!

XO
C

Magnet Tutorial(ish)!

Oh, we're just SUCH a crafty bunch here at 18 Dolly.

A few days ago, Tori showed me how to make super cool, mini magnets out of old beer bottle caps. Being a fan of beer, all things small, AND magnets, I couldn't resist this fantastical craft-ical project!

Some of my favorites:

Fun fact: The "branch" in my new life magnet is actually a stem from my most recent pot purchase.
I'm so fucking clever I could puke!

You will need:

• beer bottle caps
• paint, glitter, magazines, beads or buttons (basically anything that will fit inside a bottle cap...)
• small, round magnets
  
• pour-on ultra gloss epoxy finish

Step one: Decorate your caps
Step two: Let them dry, pour ultra gloss into caps. Be very careful! Wear rubber gloves and use a cup with a spouted edge for precise pouring (not a solo cup like I used. Very messy!)
Step three: Let dry for 8-72 hours. My recommendation? Go make other crafts!
Step four: Once varnish completely dries, use a super strong glue to glue them to your magnets and then put that shit on your fridge!

Hope you had fun! Feel free to send me pictures of your creations at crascal1125@gmail.com and I'll feature them on Dog on Lap!

Happy crafting!

Coffee Table Tutorial(ish)!

I just LOVE this.

Miss Tori found this door in her travels, painted it, sealed it, added legs and voilà: our new, rugged, chic coffee table.

Very easy to do. It literally took fifteen minutes to put together. First, buy these silver things at your local hardware store. You should actually screw them in to the thicker part of the wood, closer to the edge. We had to move ours after we already screwed in the legs. Minor glitch, but we got past it, no worries.

Next, screw on the legs. You'll need six, fifteen-inch wooden planks. Four in the corners, two in the middle because the door is loooonnngg.

Haaaay Tooorrr!

Then flip it over so the AWESOME side shows and you have yourself a pretty bitchin' coffee table, my friend.

Ta da!

Ugh, now back to homework. Until the next craft!