Distressed Milk Bottle!

Around the time I was looking for legs for my wooden crates I played around with the idea of milk jar legs, I know weird but it looked better in theory than actuality but in the end I kept the milk bottles and decided to repurpose them as decorative side items.

One of the jars here I applied E6000 spray adhesive on and then wrapped it in jute twine and then covered it in a layer of Ivory colored chalk paint. When dry I went over it with white school glue and then brushed on antique gold metallic acyclic paint but it didn’t crackle as expected but I am beyond happy with the outcome and it looks way better this way. I intended to remove the twine but the way it was painted it didn’t look good when I tried to remove it so I thought it looked better with the twine so I kept it as is and I think it has great character this way. Then to make the milk bottle look even cuter and more rustic I added a few daisy flowers to the top of the jar.  

I intend to add posts for the other 3 milk bottles in the future! These are such cute decorative items that can be used in so many different ways!

• Milk Bottle- $2.94 a piece at Wal-Mart
• 2 once Bottle Ivory Chalk Paint- $1.68 at Wal-Mart
• Antique Gold Metallic Acrylic Paint- $1.96 at Wal-Mart
• Jute Twine- $1 at Dollar Tree
• Daisy Bouquet- $0.97 at Wal-Mart