How Do You Make Decorative Bottle Stoppers For Antique Bottles?
You can make bottle stoppers to match antique glass in a variety of styles and colors. You can find cork inserts to fit most any size bottle at your local craft store or brewery, if your antique bottle doesn’t already have one. Select from beads, drawer pulls, lamp finials or wooden carvings to create decorative bottle stoppers that are simple to create and beautiful to display. Select hat pins and beads from the craft store that fit the style of your antique bottles. Hat pins are the centerpiece of your design and will hold the beads in place on top of the cork. Hat pins typically range in size from 3 to 8 inches in length; some have a beaded head and some have a plain flat head. Hat pins are made often made from 18-gauge wire; most beads that are at least 4mm should fit well over the pin. Arrange the beads onto the hat pin as you like. The last bead that you add will be the bead that touches the cork. Place a bead with the largest circumference in this position to cover as much of th
