How to Make Bottlecap Jewelry
In the past few years, recycling and repurposing bottle caps has become popular in crafting. From scrapbooking to jewelry making, bottle caps are being used to craft uniquely beautiful and stylish designs. Bottlecap jewelry is open to a variety of fashion styles because each pendant, ring or earrings is custom made to suit the wearer's preferences. The popularity of this fashion and craft trend has made bottle caps and the other needed supplies more available for crafters to turn their artistic tastes into wearable art.
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Things You'll Need
- New silver or painted bottle caps
- 1-inch diameter circle paper punch
- Printed 1-inch designs or scrapbook paper
- Liquid glaze
- Heavy-duty jewelry craft glue
- Micro Glaze
- Pendant bails
- Chains, cord or ribbon
- Tooth picks or straight pins
Instructions
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Punch out the 1-inch shapes from the scrapbook paper or designs printed from your computer. Rub a small amount of Micro Glaze over the printed side of the paper to prevent the ink from smearing.
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Laying the bottle cap with its flat side down, apply a small amount of the liquid glaze into the center of the bottle cap. Lay the paper circle onto the glaze and gently press. Let it dry for 5 minutes.
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Add a layer of liquid glaze over the paper circle pouring it slowly to avoid bubbles. If any bubbles appear, use a toothpick or straight pin to pop the bubbles. Do not stir the liquid around, or the bubbles will become small and hard to burst.
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Let the bottle cap set undisturbed until the glaze is dry. Flip the bottle cap over and apply a dot of glue. Press the pendant bail over the glue and hold for a minute. Set it aside for 3 hours before stringing it onto the chain, cord or ribbon of your choice.
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Tips & Warnings
Diamond glaze works well as a liquid glaze.
E6000 Glue works great at attaching pendant bails and gluing jewelry backings onto bottle caps.
Use a telephone book or cover board as a work surface, hammer a nail through the edge of the bottle cap and insert a jump ring through the hole instead of using pendant bails. This also works well for making dangling earrings.
Attach a bottle cap to a ring base with glue instead of the pendant bail to create a ring.
Flat bottle caps work as well as nonflat caps. Flat caps let you glue the pendant bail or other jewelry finding to either side.
Look on Etsy.com for printable digital images designed for bottle cap crafts.
Remove bottle cap jewelry when showering. They are not waterproof.
