Gettin' Crafty

A few months back my Uncle Mike sent out his invitation for his annual "Bowl-a-thon for Leukemia."  He asked if anyone had any items they would like to donate to the event for the raffle or silent auction. Hmmmmm what could I make?  Then it hit me- beer bottle cap serving tray!!!  I've made one before that now hangs on the wall of the Runnells' cabin in Lac Du Flambeau.  What is this tray?  How did I make it?  Here goes:

I bought a tray on clearance at my favorite store- Target!  I made sure where the handles were it was deep enough to hold beer bottle caps.

I then sanded the surface so everything would stick.

I then gathered some supplies:  Mod Podge decoupage and oodles of beer bottle labels.

Time to glue the labels on!  I used a couple of layers of glue.  After all the labels were glued down, I varnished over them for extra protection.

Next, the bottle caps!  I happened to have a whole lunch box full thanks to everyone who drank beer at the cabin up north.

Here the tray is once I hot glued all the caps down.

The final product after liquid acrylic was poured and hardened.

It was tons of fun to make.  I'm still keeping my eye out for a used coffee table to do the same thing to!