Decoupaging Empty Wine Bottles

I really like some of the beautiful designs on napkins that I come across at stores. In fact, I buy them with the intent to use them to decoupage. What else would you want to use them for? To me, they are way too pretty to use as napkins. Here are some samplings on wine bottles. I've decoupaged other things as well that I'll show next week.

Homemade Cell Phone Holder Made of Fabric w/Fleece Lining

TonyB just got another cell phone through his job. It's a Samsung Galaxy, with a bigger screen than an iPhone. Anyway, he wanted a holder for it—so I made him one. This is the first one. It turned out to be a little tight, even though it doesn't look it. (See one of the pics below.) The lining is fleece, that's why it is very snug. I didn't want his phone to slip out. I like it, but he says it was a little too snug. I did make him another one, and I would have taken a few pics of it, since it's made a little different, and with a pocket, but unfortunately, my little camera was recently dropped by someone who shall remain nameless—Christina. It's OK though. I've had for seven years. I've dropped it before, and so has a couple of my grandchildren. But guess what! I ordered another one. It's the same model. It's a used one,  but for a fraction of what I would've paid for a new one. I have too many accessories that went with it that would have been useless if I bought a new model. 

Anyway here are pics of the one TonyB isn't using I'll call this the prototype. I'm just dumbfounded that it took me all day to make!

By the way, I love this fabric pattern! It's one of my all-time favorites. I bought yards and yards of it. I've even sold some of it back to associates (clerks?) at JoAnns who wanted some and knew I had purchased a lot of it!

Dog Collar - Took From Old and Made New One

We have two deer head chihuahuas. They look like baby deer with very long legs. One of them needed another collar because the one he had kept coming loose. It was worn out and didn't have a strap adjuster.  I took it apart, keeping the buckle, and D-ring to use to make this new one.

I used 1" webbing, and sewed 3/4" trim ribbon on the webbing. I took a strap adjuster from another discarded collar.  It took less than 20 minutes to make and was very easy. I just took a picture of the old one before I took it apart so I could replicate it for the new one. I didn't exactly like the color of the webbing or the ribbon for the new one, but it's all I had in my stash.

 The 1" webbing is a bit wide for my little chi, so I will use 3/4" webbing for the next time I make one for him.

New collar I made using black curved side release buckle and D-ring from the old collar. I added the triglides (strap adjuster).

Old worn out collar that didn't have a strap adjuster, so it kept getting loose. I salvaged the release buckle and D-ring, using it for the new collar I made.