Etched Soap Bottle

Last night I went to a MNI (Mom’s Night In).  It was a craft night (right up my alley).  It’s been a while since I’ve taken a “mom’s night” and Jason was happy to have full-time dad duty for the night.

There were four of us and we made Etched Soap Bottles.  All of the supplies were already purchased for us, so all we had to do was follow the instructions and voila, art for your soap.

We started the night out just chatting and getting to know each other, then started in on our “craft”.  It was so unbelievably simple (kids could do this).  We used stickers to spell out our word of choice and painters tape to create our straight lines (for those that chose to make one like mine). The etching “paste” was already in a pre-made bottle.  We just used a paint sponge applicator and “glopped” (am I making up words?) the etching paste (very thick) in the areas we wanted to be etched.  We let them sit for about 15-20 minutes (5 minutes was all that was needed, but we got to chatting).  Then you rinse the etching paste off in the sink, dry off, and you’re done.  It’s super fast and so simple to do.

We used a tutorial from lil blue boo’s website.  And here’s a picture of our bottles we created (I love that we all chose to do something different).

My mind is now racing on all of the things I could etch.  LOL!  I even went to the scrapbook store today and purchased some Doodlebug Paper Frills (totally went there for something else but then ran into these).  How cute will those designs look etched onto something?  Plus, I can use them in scrapbooking projects too.  They come in all different colors.  I chose teal.

I NEVER use to wash dishes by hand.  My Mom taught me that if it doesn’t go in the dishwasher, then it’s not worth having and I wholeheartedly agree. Of course, then came Brody and his feeding utensils and such. We only have so many and we don’t run our dishwasher daily, so I needed to hand wash his items (which I gladly do).

This bottle will house his dish soap (and he is particular on what I use…don’t get me started).  I’m also imagining that you could use this type of bottle to put bubble bath in and etch the word “bubbles” on it or use regular hand soap, etc…  The possibilities are endless.

If you make one, send me a picture or let me know what you used and what you etched onto it.