First, using a diamond drill bit I drilled a hole where the solder dot on the bottom of the bulb is until I was all the way through, Then using wire cutters, I stuck one side of them in the hole and grabbed the black glass base. With a little pressure the base will crack and then you can just remove it. Then I pulled out the innards and cleaned the bulb. Because I was using a new bulb, there was some baked on printing on the outside of the bulb so I sanded that off with 400 grit wet or dry sand paper. I then swirled alcohol ink and a little blending solution inside to color the inside of the bulb. I also tried Delta’s transparent glass paint that I had thinned with a little water but the color was a more even color and did not really make it look old .. so if that is the look you are after you might try that. Then I used one of my front back images (the tutorial for making those is in the project archive under bottle fairies). Because this can be viewed from all sides I wanted it to look right from behind. If you don’t have a front/back image to use make sure that your backdrop covers the image. I used rusted chicken wire for my backdrop. The rest is up to you. You can use anything old and rusty that your bulb will fit on for your base and add what ever other embellishments you would like. I used an old perfume funnel for the top and the spiral is an old watch spring. The leaves are some rusty leaves left over from a jewelry project. I had tried to cover them with solder but it would not stick, it just burnt them. It did make them look really old though ..lol
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