kraf*T*y mama: Wine Bottle Santas

How is your week going? Mine is GREAT! Only two work days this week! I tried a Chestnut Praline Latte at Starbucks this morning (because they were out of Salted Caramel AND Caramel Brulee) and it was pretty good!I am ready to start cooking the next few days for Thanksgiving. I don't have to do the whole meal because we are going to my Mom's Friday for Thanksgiving it will be our first Thanksgiving their since Dad died three years ago. Thanksgiving is so hard for me with the memories of Dad attached to it. We will g0 visit his grave site too. Anyway didn't mean to be a downer! Let's check out the craft I have to share with you today! This past weekend I got to visit my dear friend Cheri at her beautiful new house! We planned two pinterest crafts and each bought materials for one and then shared! First we chose these wine bottle Santas. I am sharing it first so you can start saving wine bottles!

For this project you will need:

Wine Bottles with the labels removed.

Red Spray paint - I LOVE the Red Shimmery one we used (from Hobby Lobby)

a dowel (to hold the bottles when painting)

Jute or Twine

Thick Black Ribbon

Small Crystals ( the strips work best!)

Large Crystals

Jingle Bells (optional)

First - Spray paint the bottles outside (on a NON-windy day preferably) using the dowel. Let dry.

Then wrap Jute or Twine around the top and bottom securing with hot glue. I found the bottom to be tricky and need hot glue all the way around the bottom first layer of jute. This really helps hold the base and keep it from coming off of the bottom.

Next Cut a piece of ribbon long enough to go around the bottle and glue down.

Finally add the bling "buckle" outline, and bling buttons.

You can also add a couple jingle bells if you would like. I left the jute off of the middle bottle and plan to leave off the buttons and maybe add jingle bells to it or black bling buttons.