special drill bit for cutting glass
 

Oooooo i like the christmas tree lights one!! hmmmmmmmmmmm.....got me thinking now! But i'd be scared to drill the hole? Any tips!?

Here's my lastest offering! A friend asked me to paint her a bottle to match some magnets she had bought for her friend as a wedding pressie....
so here's the magnets and the bottle.....

Very well done. They look absolutely fabulous. 60's vibe going on there lol flower power. I love them

Thank you :P It took me ages to get the colours right! :P Love having an actual design to do! :)

If you ask Kilk he will tell you cos he has done it!

Here's what became of the black bottle!! :P

Wow!
 

That looks great! You need a matching pair now...LOL

I'll have to get drinking more wine! :P

Wine
 

I'll help!.....hic!

Cool bottle
 

That looks great..well done again.

Ooh LeLapin very merlinish! Excellent job. Well done.

Its got a whole hallowe'en thing going on..... I love stars (completely addicted) so this fits in nicely!! Hehehe!! :P

hole in bottle
 

Thanks Erica - I will do that.

Think the trick is to drill the glass very slowly. Like drilling tiles.

bottle drilling
 

hi,
you wrap the bottle in a thick cloth and fix it upside down in a vice or something so that it wont move. then get a drill with very slow speed and a small diamond tipped drill bit just big enough for the flex, make a well around where the hole will be and pour some baby oil or water into it and away you go!
its tedious work cos the last part can be tricky with the bottle sometimes cracking or the hole breaking into a much larger one. if this happens discard the bottle and start again cos the bottle will eventually crack. (and so will you!)

and most importantly : WEAR EYE/ HAND PROTECTION!

another idea is to heat the bottle around the base and dip it quickly into cold water, the base will then drop off. be careful with sharp edges tho and sand the edges slowly with damp glass paper. there is a very fine glass dust which comes off and is very detrimental to lungs... cough cough.

Freebies Of Jars
 

Love your work there is freebies of Jars and bottles on the buy & sell website.They have a freebie section there.Thought you might be interested.
Goodluck .Noahnoah

Oh great....thanks! Gonna go check it out now!

Could you get restaurants to hold onto the empty wine bottles for you?

That's actually a really good idea....
im not doing it on a big scale (at the moment....! :P) so im just asking friends to save any bottles they have...especially red wine ones cos of the colour. :) and im making sure i get to drink some myself! :P

or hang about at the bottle recycling banks and save ppl the effort of sorting their bottles... don't get caught for loitering tho!!

Miscellaneous
 

Hi LeLapin, Shirley D is offering a box of jugs and jars in misc. items. Maybe there'd be something there for you. No photos though.

Here's my latest offerings! :P

from Admin
 

Fabulous stuff, LeLapin. The paintwork on the green bottle is particularly effective. Keep it up!

Regards
Chris P
Admin

painted bottles
 

Fab! That green one is a work or art...you are getting even better!

Hehehe!! Thank you! Starting to get more patience with it all....

More more!
 

Any new ones yet? I'm still offering those two matheus rose bottles if you want (mammy & baby one!). Although the small one has been emptied since it was first offered - sorry! Willing to post them to you if you want - I've plenty of bubblewrap.

Hi, love your creations.

You can also paint clip frames, to make picture frames. Paint behind the design with white or silver paint, to prevent the picture from showing through the design.

I had a white framed mirror, that I painted silver. The I outlined rectangles all around the frame. I started dropping glass paint in bands from dark to light. and they marbled together. My friends thought I had tiled it with expensive tiles.

I don't have any pictures to show, as all my creations stayed in the UK, when I moved over here. Hope to get started again soon.

The best way I found to practice with the lead outliner, was to place a sheet of acetate over a sheet of paper with straight lines and other shapes printed on it.

Painted Bottles
 

They look lovely. Would be lovely for Christmas with candles in.