Bottle Brush Trees + Vintage Jars = a Very Merry Christmas
Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend. It was definitely chilly here in the Northeast and blustery–our wreath blew off the front door and our fall rake came crashing down. Time for an indoor craft: waterless snow globes made with bottle brush trees and vintage jars.
My sweet husband told me it dipped down to 21° on Saturday. Brrr. No vintage shopping for me over the weekend. I stocked my craft booth and never made it to my antique booth because life got in the way.
Today I’m joining up with a fantastic group of over-50 bloggers for a Creative Christmas Link Party, hosted by the fabulous Janet of Shabbyfufu. Make sure to click on some of the projects in the link-up below to get some wonderful Christmas decorating ideas.
You might enjoy discovering nine other bottle brush decorating ideas that you can take advantage of as well.
It’s like merry Christmas in a jar.
Materials to Make Bottle Brush Tree Waterless Globes
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Materials:
- Vintage bottles with corks (similar to those I used)
- Faux snow,
- Small bottle brush trees (I used 1″ and 1.5 ” trees),
- Red/white baker’s twine, and
- Jingle bells.
[Note: You can also use jars with caps, whatever you have on hand or can find easily. I’ve used vintage Parmesan cheese bottles that had nice red caps and Maxwell House coffee jars that had red caps with white stars on them.]
You can find a variety of different kinds of faux snow, and they’ll all work just fine.
A Variety of Types of Bottles Work
I went very simple with these 1 1/4″ glass jars–just snow and a 1″ tree.
Embellish the Bottle Necks
For the larger jars, I went ahead and wrapped some twine around their necks and added a couple of jingle bells. Tip: I put a dot of glue on the knots holding the bells to ensure that the knot wouldn’t unravel.
These minis are now for sale in my Shaker craft booth for $5.00 each. I’m going to glue the corks in place on a few of these and attach an eye screw so they can be hung from a tree.
And this larger size can be purchased for $6.00. [Note: I should have tapped them down on the table a couple of times–that releases any snow caught up in the tree branches.]Thanks so much for stopping by–
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Very sweet! I love these smaller sized ones. I seem to be making at least half a dozen of these every year. I use pickle jars which are larger. There’s room for a small figurine in there.
If the smaller jars have screw on lids, then I poke a hole in the top to turn it into an ornament and I think people prefer that. In the future, I may glue the corks in and add an eye screw to the top for hanging. We’ll see 🙂
Why not use a live “air plant” around a figurine or live small succulent, that only requires a monthly spray on leaves that will last.
Great idea to use air plants or succulents, Rita!!
What a lovely and fun project, Diana! I added a couple of links to the link-up and am looking forward to visiting the others who are sharing here. Looks like lots of inspiration!
Thanks Mrs. T! Hope you had fun checking out the other posts 🙂
These are so cute, Diana! I have used the larger sized bottles before, but haven’t seen the cute little ones…adorable! They would even be cute as ornaments!
The tiny ones are doing especially well. I’m hoping I can find more of those little bottles 🙂
Thanks for this inspiration Diana! These are precious & look easy to put together. Hope you sell lots at the Shaker Fair!
You’re welcome, Florence. The show’s going pretty well so far, thanks!
Now you KNOW these are right up my alley!I actually just made some very similar ones in clear ornaments that I’ll be sharing soon — I even used the same twine:) Never thought of using jars with corks – great idea for making ornaments! Pinned!
xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
I’ll be on the look-out for your ornaments, Kathleen!
These are so fun Diana! Love the addition of the baker’s twine. Finishes them off beautifully.
Thanks, Tuula! They are fun to make 🙂
They are very sweet Diana. I’ve pinned them to my Handmade Christmas board. Visiting from Blogging Fifty.
Thanks so much for the pin Kerryanne! I am slowly making my way around to visiting all the posts 🙂
Those bottles are so tiny, I’m going to have to make a couple for the Barbie house….grins!
Excellent idea, Sandi–I think Barbie will love them 🙂
What a great idea. Love to add them to holiday gifts as an extra special something. 😉
Oh I love these! I will be making some this weekend and I will tag you on IG and FB. Thanks for sharing your creativity and talents and for linking up at Home For Christmas!