What a fantastic idea, I can't wait to try it and I'm emailing this to my sister right now. Thanks for sharing.

its so simple and so sweet! Thanks for posting this!

wow , what a great idea , I'm going to try that ! so simple :)

I've seen this around lately. It looks great.

I wish I had some bottles lying around to try it out.

Oh i saw this in bbc home living mag the other day! was just thinking about it this morning such a great idea right? www.tigerlillyquinn.blogspot.com xoxo

So smart. I love it.

Oh, I love that! I don't have any empty bottles right now because I just put everything out for recycling but I can't wait to finish up something so I can have the glass!

So simple yet really effective. I definitely going to have to give this a try. Hopefully they'll turn out as well as the ones pictured!

They look fabulous! I may have to see what's past it expiry date in the fridge and try it out!! ;-)

What a lovely and rather simple idea. Very pretty pictures!

What kind of paint should you use?

excellent! i have so many paint samples of similar shades from painting my daughter's room - now i know what to do with at least some of them!

Hi Bobbi - i assumed it was regular interior latex paint (but they don't exactly specify). the h&h article says a sample-size can of paint will coat the inside of larger containers - so that to me would mean interior laytex paint.

Genius!

Oh the peppermint blue is SO lovely. What a great idea to do with light and 'pretty' colors (eons ago, I used to make mini bottles similarly, but in very drab and dark colors...)

sMacThoughts - oh that's cool - i like the idea of these in mini-bottles.

Just how darn cool is this and why hadn't I thought of it already???? (can you tell I have a collection of jars -- and paint -- just waiting for a nice day now!)

Thanks!

thanks Jan!

sometimes the simple ideas are the best. i love how different they look with different tones of paint!

I love this idea. I actually have been saving up a few jars here and there. Time to give it try! These look awesome.

I love painting bottles! A line of colored bottles is an absolutely perfect way to display Gerber daisies, one in each. I currently have a stash of bottles under my desk waiting for a paint brush, lol. Loved these images - so great!

Love the idea! I'll be trying this out soon. Thanks for the post.

This is a super idea – I especially love that collection of dreamy seafoam tones in the top pic! Now I'm also curious to give it a try with some colored glass bottles (green Pellegrino ones maybe) with a few slightly different paint colors.

I've seen these before, and I've always wanted to try to make some. I love this look!

How do they fair with water inside??
Excited to try xx

I love this! I'm in the process of setting up my sewing studio and can't wait to do this with aqua and chocolate paints to store pens, pencils, rulers and other goodies in!

Love the idea. Latex or oil based paint? They need to hold water still. Please share.
dahlila :-)

So nice and easy - will give it a try!

oh nice! i remember seeing this in martha stewart living magazine a few years ago: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/best-bottle-beauty
they recommend using dishwasher safe enamel paint. very cute!

Wowee - always such a popular one! I did a post on another gorggeous incarnation of the painted vase on my blog a while back - you can view it here:

http://tabletonic.blogspot.com/2010/01/worlds-easiest-diy-coloured-vases.html

This is pure genius! I'm doing it this weekend for sure! Thanks for sharing! xo

I saw this in an old martha stewart magazine...i've been saving my cool looking bottles to do it because its so cute!