Friday, August 12, 2011

Bottle Cap Party Garland + GIVEAWAY!

As part of E's school bus party, I created a bottle cap garland using bottle caps, chalkboard vinyl, and some twine. I simply cut the chalkboard vinyl to size sticking it to each bottle cap. I used a chalkboard pencil to write the letters, and glued each bottle cap to the twine with a little hot glue. It was really easy, but added a great little detail.

I experimented a little further, and created another version using paper flags and stickers


Check out this great box of bottle caps I found thrifting for $2!


I cut some decorative stickers from the SEI Family collection to fit the bottle caps and crafted little flags from one of the die cuts that had a fabulous rainbow stripe on the back. I think this little party garland could double just as well in a nursery, or little girl's room!

chalkboard vinyl source: Uppercase Living  
suggested bottle cap source: Zwillinge97

Sarah

Thank you so much for a wonderfully creative week, Sarah. We love the variety of useful ideas you shared. We are so happy to have had you as our guest, especially so close to your due date!


If you enjoyed this week as much as we did, leave a comment on this post. Tell us which idea Sarah shared was your favorite and you will be entered into a giveaway to win a fun assortment of SEI goodies. The giveaway ends Sunday, August 14th at 11:59 pm MST.

65 comments:

LynnSevillana said...

Sarah's posts were all so clever and thrifty! I think my favorite was today's bottle cap garland post. Thanks!

angie gutshall said...

I would have to say my favorite was the dyed the onesie, then the party decorating ideas!! Thank you Sarah for a fun week of ideas!! Congrats on the baby!!

Cindy deRosier said...

I love this idea! The bottle cap garland is absolutely adorable and so easy!

tracy durcan said...

I always love everything but... the chalkboard on the bottlecaps, so cute and clever!

Thebug415 said...

Love the doiley onsies. What a cute idea. I think my girls would love a t-shirt like that too! Great thrift store find too!

Melissa Kaye said...

I L-O-V-E the Party Love post, with all the party ideas. Lots of inspiration overall this week! Thanks for sharing, Sarah!

April said...

Ohhhh I love today's idea the best...how creative!!
- April W

Nathalie said...

She did offer a lot of fun ideas and projects and my favorite was probably the gift wrapping inspiration! Thank you for the chance!

Marci said...

I have to say that of them all the bottle cap garland was my favorite! I loved all the cute ideas! All of them were so easy yet they still had the right amount of detail and were ADORABLE!

Debbie Sherman said...

Love the cute bottlecap garland and what a great find! Great ideas all of them!! Thanks for sharing!

Suzanne said...

I loved the bottle cap garland post the best - Sarah is so creative!

Kat said...

Well, it's hard to choose just one! The bottle caps today were special and I will choose today's post as my favorite. Love the stamps used too!

Mommy Sauri~ said...

I loved her party decoration ideas. Thank you for having her on this week. I'll be following her blog from now on!

mhalpern said...

You could tell that the parties were designed with love. That's my favorite.

Scrapamum said...

The onesie was definitely my favourite!!! Great week Sarah!!!

Sugarlips said...

I love the chalkboard bottlecaps. It is a fantastic idea. I think I am going to try it out.

edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

today's bottle cap garland!

sammies02 said...

Love the bottle cap garland. Gives me great ideas for my stash of bottle caps.

Christa said...

Wonderful! I love bottle caps and have a few in my stash from ages ago. Looks like I have some inspiration now!

steph said...

je trouve toutes les idées très originales! c'est un plaisir de les découvrir!!! mais j'ai un coup de coeur pour la guirlande d'aujourd'hui!!! Merci;-)

🌈🌈🌈 said...

All of the party ideas were super cute and fun! Great week @ sei lifestyle.

smahrty said...

the stencils on the onesies was so cute! I also liked the gift wrapping ideas. thanks Sarah!

Sherry said...

I love that she put so much time and love into creating the party items. I do the same for parties and it is truly a labor of love. And when the party comes together, it is all worth it!

C said...

Awesome posts, Sarah!! My fave are the bottle caps..who knew they could be so cool...oh, and the thrifting! Girl after my own thrifty heart.

Happy New Baby!

Anonymous said...

That's simply charming!

Thank you for the inspiration!

Jennybean said...

I love the bottlecap garland!

Deborah Long said...

I loved the gift wrap ideas - thank you for sharing them!

Marcie said...

I loved them all, but especially the different gift wraps!

Cherie said...

I loved the onesies! I am going to have to try it out, it is on my to do list now! I loved all the wrapping ideas too! Thanks for a fun week, I enjoyed all the the posts!!

cherie.goyer at gmail.com
http://oneheartscrapper.blogspot.com

Shanna Fugate said...

Great garland ideas!

Jenny McGee said...

I liked the gift wrap and the bottle cap garland from today. Sarah had lot's of great ideas. Thanks for a chance to win. jeannett_mcgee@comcast.net

Janet's Joy said...

I loved the onesies that she made. Good luck with the new baby!

scrappinbev said...

what a find...I love the bottle caps.

Chunyuan said...

Thanks Sarah. I love the bottle cap garland and died onesie too.

Kelly Massman said...

love, love, love the bottle cap garland-easy and so cute but I wouldn't have thought of it on my own!

Amy Bennett said...

I did enjoy this week. Sarah's thrifting and her gift wrapping were great fun but my favorite post was about birthday party decorating. I have a huge family and there is always a birthday party going on. I got some great inspiration!

Adrienne S. said...

I loved all the ideas, but the gift wrapping was my favorite as my mom would say "presentation is everything".

jengd said...

Those bottle cap garlands are fab!! I really liked Sarah's party post- great stuff there.

Kim M said...

I loved all her posts, they were so interesting. My favorite was her thrify clothing finds followed by the gift wrap. She has some really clever ideas!

glenda said...

it's always fun to make a gift original and all your own, 2 thumbs up for the gift wrap!!

KellyG said...

So creative and cute! It has been a fun week with lots of great, unique ideas! Love the bus party and all the little details and I love all the projects with the bottle caps!

Tigerberry said...

It is a tie between the diy doillie on the onesies and the paper wraps. It does look like fun to start out with kraft paper and decorate it for gift wrap. Thanks, Sarah, for sharing your projects this week.

lotsofbears said...

I love that Sarah shops at thrift stores! She's a very talented lady.

Shana said...

I loved to see all the thrift store finds and the party ideas. Sarah is so creative!

Mary Valenta said...

I loved Sarah's creative wrapping ideas! I have to keep up with my Sister in Law, so maybe I can finally show her up in the wrapping Dept. if I win some of this great set!

Tenny Kusuma said...

Such great inspirations. Thanks Sarah. My fave would be the gift wrapping inspiration.

kaw1963 said...

This was a great week! Many great ideas for being thrifty, which is important in this economy! I really liked the doily spritzing on the onsie, a very easy way to go from plain to wow! Thanks for sharing!

Heather (goldiecar) said...

I love the drink bucket!!

Beth said...

I loved the doily onsies! Very Very girlie!

Stephanie J said...

Thanks for all of the thrifty & fun posts, Sarah! My favourite was definitely these bottle cap garlands, though - I'm thinking making a bunch of them will be an afternoon well spent with my daughter!

Nicole Doiron said...

Sarah is one talented papercraft artist! I just loved her tips on how to make beautiful gift wrapping and her party decor set was just FAB! Thank you so much for all the great inspiration this week and for the chance to win some awesome SEI goodies! :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for having Sarah as a guest blogger! She is so fun and sweet. I loved her birthday party stuff, so much love put into a fabulous memory for her family and friends. Here's hoping to win some fun SEI mechandise.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

OHH! What fabulous ideas from Sarah! I love the bottle cap garland! FUN!!! THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

Erica Hettwer said...

LOVE how she put the chalkboard vinyl on the bottlecaps. So cute and such a useful idea for labeling party drinks. Lemonade, coffee, punch. Love it!

joetterer said...

I love the creative gift wrap.

Unknown said...

This week was great! I love the bottle cap ideas!! ~Jen

Melinda AKA medialady said...

This has been a great week of ideas but I think my favorite was the onsies. What a cute idea.

Christine said...

I loved the look of the bottle caps on the "bucket-o-drinks" super super cute =)

PC&Trev said...

I loved all of Sarahs creations. It is almost too difficult to choose. I would have to say, the super cute bottle caps. Having a guest blogger is a great idea. Loved it!

Laura Stewart said...

this is cute, I like the garland

Julie said...

So many clever ideas! I love the bottle cap "drink" banner. So adorable!

Brittney said...

The party decorating ideas - fabulous!!

Gingersnaps said...

Darling! Love the bottle cap banners, what a great idea!

Shannon said...

I adore the onesie!!

Samantha Taylor said...

What an amazing week! All the ideas have been fantastic, but today's post was fabulous, and with the thrift store find, such a deal!

 

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