This is adapted from another tutorial I found which I couldn't make work, so I've made it easier.
I made these as Phantom of the Opera earrings but you can use whatever image you like. They make great sized, light earrings, perfect for presents
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Picture Bottlecap Earrings
Personalised earrings
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First, bend down the edges of the bottlecaps with a pair of strong pliers. You may be able to do without this step, but it helped me a lot!
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Remove the plastic bits inside the bottlecaps. This can be easy or hard, depending on the type of bottlecap. I had two lots of them, one type which wouldn't come out no matter what, and another type which came out easily if pulled out with a craft knife or thin knife.
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Flatten the bottlecaps! It's easiest to do this if you put it between two blocks of wood and hit them with a hammer. You can flip the bottlecaps over and move the wood around until they're as flat as you want them
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Drill the holes! I can't tell you what kind of drill I used as I don't have a clue, but you'll know if it's small enough to go through but big enough to fit a jump ring through. You'll need to hold the bottlecap in the pliers again, over a block of wood and drill straight down through the rim
(I don't have a picture of me doing it with the bottlecaps, so just imagine that simcard is a bottlecap haha) -
I found that the inside of a bottlecap is exactly 1", so you can either resize a picture on your computer using Photoshop, or look through magazines for an image the right size.
Cut it out using a craft knife or a pair of scissors -
Use a strong glue to glue it onto the inside of the bottlecap, then go over it with a gloss varnish to keep it hard
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Almost done! Now what you need to do on each earring is slip a 6mm jump ring through the hole and do it up again. Then open a 5mm jump ring to put through the 6mm one, and put an earring hook on that too.
Close the jump ring and you're done!
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November 20, 2007 16:17
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Cat Morley
20 Nov 16:18
Those look so cool and it's awesome because you could make all kinds of them. x
Knittin' Kitten
20 Nov 16:27
Yeaah =) I made these first for my friend but I've just found another lot so I'm going to make a necklace and bracelet for her too
northernstar
20 Nov 17:15
I love these! I have none of these tools though lol
Erika A.
21 Nov 01:30
Wow what a great project! These will be the perfect Christmas present for my drama friend. I'll put the comedy & tragedy masks on them. :D
The Craftie Faerie
22 Nov 01:13
i make these all the time, but i just use jewelry pliers to fold back the sides of the cap instead of a hammer. I've never gotten them to flatten out for me on wood. instead of drilling holes in them, i just use a small nail and hammer it in. The hole isn't as neat, but it's finctional, and it doesn't snag. My problem is, what kind of glue do you use? I've been using mod podge, but i've tried several others, and they all leave bubbles in the glue after it's dried. :( The tutorial i originally got the idea from said to use diamond glaze, but it's uber expensive, and i think you can only get it online.
Knittin' Kitten
22 Nov 18:39
I think you may have the same tutorial as me =P I thought a hammer and nail would make a rough hole, and a drill would be easier.
I use the two glues in picture six - UHU glue to stick it down, then this gloss on top. It's called "Liquitex Gloss Medium and Varnish". I have no idea how much it was, either my mum got it from the school she works at or my sister used it on her graphic design course, but it was works well
LaKore
22 Nov 22:39
neat
Donna C.
22 Nov 23:44
Great project!
Jocelyn A.
28 Nov 00:23
phantom... *melts*
Knittin' Kitten
28 Nov 19:02
Mmm I agree
Courtney Couture
12 Dec 03:12
im gonna make these for my friend, but put pics of Slash in dem....hehehe
Not A.
18 Dec 03:00
ZOMG I'M GUNNA MAKE ME SUM NEJI ONES THEN WALK AROUND WITH MAH NEJI PLUSH
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05 Feb 10:47
These are so cute!!!Definitely gonna try this out!!!
Yeesha
07 Apr 13:04
this is great!! there are so many kinds of bottle caps too. Me and my boy friend are making a bunch using 3 different colors of caps and having our own picture poker chips.
I am having a really hard time keeping them round though... any tips?
Liz Usui
02 May 01:45
Is very easy and is great!!
I love it!
Loco- Lita
06 May 16:00
i always make these kind of earings.... and another thing you can do is paint the bottle caps and then modge podge the pics on :D
janine g.
19 Aug 00:23
wow those are kewl and your tutorial was great I got a bunch of bottle caps I can't wait to get started
Dee S.
22 Oct 17:00
I painted mine following a tutorial I found on You tube but they looked so hideous, I have put them away until I can think of what do with them. I was planning to make a necklace incorporated with seed beads, if I do change my my mind I may post here.