How To Tuesday

Hi everyone!  We have another edition of "How To Tuesday" brought to you today by design team member Deanna Kroll.  Deanna shows you how to create an altered oil reed jar.  Now wouldn't that be just the perfect (and yummy smelling) addition to your craft space?  Here's what Deanna had to say "I have a fun and easy project for you all to make.  This is nice because you can use the oil reed jars, candle jars, or anything else that is made out of glass that is a decorative piece, like vases or even glasses."

First you will need to gather your supplies:

• Rub Ons (I used the Tree House Rub Ons)
• Popsicle stick or tool to adhere your rub ons
• Glass jar (reed diffuser jar, candle holder jar, vase, etc)

I decided to use a reed diffuser jar that I have from Party Lite candles.  I just hate to throw away the used jars as they can be recycled nicely after the oils run out.

The first thing I did with this jar is decorate the wooden bottle neck.  It's really a fun and easy way to add some personalization and the Pebbles Rub Ons go on very nicely and are easy to adhere.  I started out by measuring the rub ons to see how well they would fit around the bottle neck.  I had to use 2 different patterns for this.  I cut them apart as shown in the photo in order to create a nice border around the bottle neck.

Next, line up your rub ons how you want them to appear on the bottle neck and hold them down with one hand as you adhere them to your object of choice as you can see I did here in this next photo.

As you are transferring the rub ons onto the wood with your popsicle stick or tool, make sure to slowly peel the plastic off to see if all the rub on has adhere.  If not, gently place it back on the material (while still holding onto it with your fingers so that it doesn't come off completely and you lose your placement) and continue to rub until you have the rub ons transferred to the wood. 

Next you'll want to start the glass jar.  This is the fun part because you can lay out the rub ons the way you want them to appear right onto the glass and see their placement.  The rub ons lay out nicely on the jar and stick very easily.  Once I lay everything out I leave them in place as I rub each of the individual rub ons until I am done.

As you see, it's an easy placement on your glassware.  Transfer your rub ons onto the jar by rubbing them with your popsicle stick or rub on transfer tool and, again, slowly peel back the plastic to see if the rub ons transferred.  If not, slowly lay the plastic back down on the jar and keep rubbing until you have the rub ons completely transferred.  

That is all there is to it!  A very quick and easy project that can take you less than 30 minutes to create.  THe only thing left to do is fill up your reed diffuser jar or, if this is a gift,just include the oil and reeds for your gift recipient to add to the jar when they are ready to do so.

This is a great craft to make for gifts and a really nice way to personalize something for the person you are giving this to.  As you see below, you can even add extra items to give to the recipient to make it complete.