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Wine Country Wine-related crafts: wine-label scrapbook, wine-bottle soap dispenser, etched glasses and custome corks From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-305

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Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza recycle old bottles into something that'll really clean up your kitchen.

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Wine-Bottle Soap Dispenser

Wine-Bottle Soap Dispenser

Materials:

wine bottle
rubbing alcohol
disposable paintbrush
rubber gloves
masking tape
dish soap
liquor pour spout
pearl polymer clay
blue polymer clay
letter stamps
blue fine-tip permanent marker
Quick-Hold Craft Glue
drinking glass or other circle template

1. Thoroughly wash the wine bottle (soak the bottle in water to remove the label). Use rubbing alcohol and a paper towel to remove any excess glue or gum.

2. Roll out a thin (1/8"-1/4") layer of pearl polymer clay ( figure A).

3. Cut out a 4" clay circle with a glass or circle template (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

4. Stamp the clay to read SOAP, using the letter stamps.

5. Roll small balls of blue clay and flatten them out to make "bubbles." Apply bubbles to the pearl clay circle (figure C).

6. Press the clay label onto the wine bottle.

7. Place in a cold oven and bake according to the clay instructions (figure D).

Figure C

Figure D

8. Turn off the oven and let the clay cool.

9. Glue the label in place with craft glue (figure E) and let the glue set for 15 minutes.

10. Trace S-O-A-P with a fine-tip blue permanent marker (figure F).

Figure E

Figure F

11. Fill the bottle with dish soap and place the pour spout in the opening of the bottle.

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