Bottle Caps!

Does anyone remember the song we used to sing at Girl Scout camp about bottle caps?  Never mind, I just looked it up and it is "One bottle pop, two bottle pop, etc."  WTH is bottle pop?  Oh well, I think most of those old GS songs had crazy lyrics.  (But they sure were fun!)

So!  My friend and fellow Compactor Ellen has just made a fabulous little bottle cap ornament.  And that got me thinking about the project I have on the back burner that requires bottle caps.  I am trying to save up as many as I can.  Now, none of us drink bottled soda or beer on a regular basis that have cool metal bottle caps.  Certainly none of those crappy plastic ones, either.  What on earth could you possibly do with those?

And then I remembered that I have not one, but two of the cutest necklace and earring sets made of bottle caps.  So here are some pics of those for Ellen to look at, and of course the rest of you that aren't bored to tears talking about old school metal bottle caps.

First up is a pic of the project I am hoping to get enough bottle caps to make.

And here is a more updated version:

Aren't those adorable?

The old school Granny pineapple pattern comes with variations to make into a bunch of grapes and also a butterfly.  They each require 50 - 60 bottle caps.  

If any of you are interested, I would be happy to post the crochet instructions on how to do these lovelies.

Now, on to my bottle cap necklaces!  The first one is made with all Big Red caps and the fronts are done with all Scotties, plaid patterns and mail boxes (with heavy plastic covering the pics).  Cute, right?  There are little pewter-y dangle things that pertain to the theme.

The next one is all RC cola caps on the back side and on the front each one is different brightly colored quilt patterns.  The little dangly things are scissors, hearts, sewing machines, etc. It is so precious! Could I be any more of an old lady?

Oooh!  Look at the thimble!  Isn't it sweet?

Don't you love them?

Ellen, if you are here and still reading this; could you tell me where you got your bottle cap puncher thing?  That really seems like a useful tool to have around the house.  You never know when you are going to want to embellish your bottle caps with dangly hearts and thimbles and then further dangle said caps from a necklace or turn it into a lovely ornament or whatever.

Oh!  Also, the Sarah with an H has not contacted me.  I will give it a few days and then draw a different name out of the hat.

Have a great day out there!