This is a simple way to spruce up some old bottles and repurpose them into something useful, photo holders.
Thanks to Joan for the inspiration for this project. She uses 19 gauge annealed wire, but when I went to Home Depot, I could only find 16 gauge. I used the sharpie and a dowel rod to wrap the wire around. I found that my pictures that were printed in "portrait" didn't want to stand up right with the little spirals the Sharpie made, so I used the dowel to make the spirals larger.
I've had these bottles from Joey's booth at the Peddler's Mall for quite some time. A few weeks ago, one of the online photo sites had a special and I decided to print some of my vintage family photos. So when I saw, Joan's DIY photo holders, I knew how I wanted to display my photos. This was my first attempt, and I need to tweak a couple of them.I went to the Peddler's Mall today, searching for something else I could use. I couldn't find any of the hose nozzles that Joan used, but I'm sure I'll find some more neat ways to do this.
This is an Avon bottle. In the picture... the Harrison Hoodlums. My mom (far left) and her siblings.
I love this picture of my Nana looking out the window. I can just imagine she did this often to call the young'uns in the house.
My mom.
My Nana and Grandad.
Another picture of my mom.
I tweaked the one on the far left to add two more spirals. It now holds 3 photos.
What will you use to make photo holders?
You go girl.. very cute! And thanks for the link back to my blog ! Sharing is what blogging is all about! xo Joan