What *can’t* you make with a bottle cap? That seems to be what our design team wanted to find out. Check out all of the fun and fabulous bottle cap jewelry, bottle cap home decor and bottle cap holiday accessories you can make! *

Santa Claus charm bracelet – or wine bottle adornment! Or both!

Supplies for bottle cap necklaces.

Here are the supplies you will need: bottle caps (washed or unused), ball chain and clasps, jump rings, earring findings, the hole punch pliers, and clear epoxy dots to cover the images. The only other thing you need is white craft glue, scissors or a 1″ hole punch (highly recommended!), and paper or pictures to insert in the caps. (This is a great upcycle project for all those old Christmas cards!) Plus embellishments of course. Lots and lots of embellishments!

Upgrade to rhinestone chain for loads of holiday sparkle.

Add chain or ribbon to turn monogram bottle cap charms into napkin rings or place cards.

These Rattail satin cords are so pretty. And you can make them long enough to use as gift wrap – which then becomes a pendant necklace!

Satin cords – classy, reusable gift wrap?

Or, fill bottle caps with your favorite illustrations for lovely gifts.

Normally we advise people to use images that are in the public domain. However, when Sondra bought art from Corid on Etsy, Cori included several itty bitty images with the order. These images were too cute to go to waste, so Sondra them in some of her bottle cap creations. (The general rule is that if you purchase the artwork, it is yours to do what you wish with it for personal use – EXCEPT reproduce. So if you have an original, great, but don’t copy an artist’s work.) Here’s another Corid image:

A charm bracelet can also be used to personalize a wine glass, or decorate a wine bottle. What a great double-duty hostess gift!

So there you have it! Bottle caps made into necklaces, charm bracelets, gift adornments, napkin rings, place settings, wine bottle markers and more!

One more idea: use family photos or kids artwork to make Christmas tree ornaments, for your own tree or as teacher gifts! Enough for today – stay tuned for day 3 of the DIY Christmas jewelry countdown tomorrow! ~ Cindy

* Recycling or upcycling is always a good thing. However, it is much, much easier to use new bottle caps for these designs since they don’t have rubber liners. Rubber liners keep your drinks sealed, but they get in the way of sealing an image in place.

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