Frap Bottle Photo Holder

My son recently discovered the 

refrigerated, bottled coffee drinks

sold in stores.

I asked him to save the bottles for me

knowing there are lots of things that

could be done with them.

In celebration of Earth Day,

here is a quick project I made with 

the first empty bottle:

a photo holder.

Start by removing the stickers

and adhesive from the bottle.

This will take some 

''elbow grease". 

Once I had it totally clean, 

 I gave it one final wipe of a cloth

dampened with glass cleaner/ vinegar

to make sure all fingers prints, etc

were gone before painting.

I rolled up some old newspaper and 

stuck the roll inside the bottle to create a 

sort of handle to make it easy to spray paint. 

I coated it with primer first then I used

a tan color of spray paint I had on hand.

I stuck the roll of newspaper into,

of all things,

a roll of toilet tissue to hold it 

upright for drying. 

I let it dry (and air out!!!) for a few days

before decorating. 

There are zillions of ways to decorate these bottles,

but I went super simple.

I wrapped a scrap of wide lace around it

then added some ribbon.

This is just a prototype, practice jar

in this post. I'd make it much nicer

 for personal use. 

The photo clip holder was from an old one I bought

years ago at the dollar spot. I took it apart then inserted it

into this jar. Use a styrofoam ball cut to fit. 

I would like to make more projects with these types of bottles.

Thanks for looking =)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle