Faux Sea Glass Trinket Bottle and Votives

Hello my friends! 

Do you love the frosted look and colors

of sea glass like I do ?

My son brought back a huge jar full of sea glass

from a trip to

Northern California.

You can buy it manufactured but it is so fun to

collect it at the beach.

As a junk collector myself,

 I see the beauty in what is

essentially  broken bottle trash being

 tumbled and smoothed by the waves.

I see a bit of Biblical teaching there!

Here's a quick idea for adding a bit of

 Beachy Vibe to your decor-

A friend gave me a bunch of these spice jars a while back and I made these

decoupage jars for Spring

Well I found one more!

I love the square shape with flat sides.

I have also been saving these jars.

 

They came from OUI Yogurt.

It's pretty good yogurt too.

I used about a Tablespoon of Mod Podge

mixed with less-than-a-drop each of

green and blue food coloring.

Paint the jar with a thin coat of mixture.

Adjust the color to your liking-

Add more layers until you are happy with the color.

I was working on a hot day and it dried almost too fast!

I had this large shell and I attached it to the cork 

using hot glue- 

Then added a bit of glitter!

For the label, I used this MERMAID PEARLS button card.

I scanned it and shrunk the card to fit my bottle-

2'' x 3'' or wallet size photo.

I filled the bottle with seashells and

Mother of Pearl buttons and a bit of glitter.

Then added ribbon.

Add some trinkets from vacation-

I sewed some buttons on the ribbon.

Just keep the outside dry.

We visit the beach often-

It's my happy place :)

Have a wonderful week and take care-

xo Lisa S