Bottle message gift

A message in a bottle makes a fun invitation for a pirate- or ocean-themed party. You can make this invitation almost entirely out of upcycled materials, and yes–you can mail it!

There are several components to this project that make it special, so start working on it on a Saturday with plans to mail it on Monday.

1.

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Prepare the glass bottles. Any color glass bottle will work, but the labels and sticky glue must be removed. Use my tutorial on removing labels from glass jars to get off every trace of paper and glue, and to clean out the insides of the bottles at the same time.

Allow plenty of time for the glass bottles to dry completely, up to an entire day in the sun.

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And if you’re planning on mailing these, go ahead and skip down to the final paragraph of my tutorial real quick to see if you might rather use plastic bottles instead of glass.

2.

Antique the paper invitations. Age your invitations using my tutorial on coffee staining paper; the paper for the invitations is the only component of this project that isn’t upcycled, but with some creativ

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