Reddit mentions: The best decorative bottles

You need to acquire a kombucha scoby first. You can buy it online or grow one from a bottle. For me, what I did was get a bottle of original GT (the silver and blue bottle, it's unflavored. You must use original/unflavored) and pour everything out into a quart-sized jar. When purchasing, look for a bottle with the most amount of yeast strands inside. They are on the bottom of the bottle. The bigger the clump of strands, the better it is for brewing kombucha. Some people say you cannot brew kombucha with a regular bottle of GT since they changed the formulation a few years ago, but I did in Februrary. I like to think it's because I grabbed the one with the biggest/most yeast strands LOL. When growing the scoby, you can use a smaller cup than a quart-sized jar, but be mindful that the scoby will grow on the top so if you use a small cup, the scoby will be small. I kept it on the counter, covered with a tightly-woven cloth and rubber band for until it grew about 1/4" thick. Here's a video in case anyone is more visual

You will need a 1 gallon jar (or two gallon, but standard is 1 gallon), tea, and sugar. I use only plain green tea (no flavors since flavored might induce mold) and white sugar. Some people highly recommend organic sugar. RecipeMake sure the tea is COMPLETELY cool before adding it into the jar. If it is hot, it may kill your scoby. All tea + sugar that touches the scoby must be room temperature.

Keep the kombucha covered with a tightly-woven cloth (no lid) with rubber band and in the dark preferably away from chemicals. It takes about 10-15 days or longer to brew usually, but it can be as short as 5 days or as long as 3 weeks. It all depends on how strong the scoby is. If you want to taste it, get a straw and put it in to take a sip underneath the scoby. Don't be alarmed if the scoby falls down if you do this (it acts like a barrier) because it will either rise up again OR form a new scoby on top. If the brew tastes too sweet, it needs to ferment longer. If it tastes very watery, don't fret, it sometimes goes through a weird VERY watery stage during fermentation....it simply needs to ferment more.

The reason why I recommend a 2 gallon jar is if you intend to brew seriously (more than 6 months) as you brew, the scoby will get thicker and thicker. Each new batch will also lead to a formation of a new scoby on top. After a lot of research, I decided that it wouldn't be good for me to touch the scobies in fear of contamination so I leave all the scobies inside of the jar. As you can imagine, it takes up a sizable amount of room after a while (1/4 of my 1-gallon jar is scobies!). I do need to repot at least 1 in a scoby hotel in case anything happens, but that's just a backup if my kombucha gets moldy (very rare due to acidity levels).

I bought an auto-siphon for bottling. I highly recommend it. It keeps everything much more sanitary when bottling and is easy. For my first batch, I tried to pour the kombucha in my 1-gallon jar into a bottle using a funnel. It was a REAL pain. Would never do it again. Here's a link to the auto-siphon and a video so you can see how amazing it is. Autosiphon However.... if you want to save money and buy the exact SAME thing for slightly cheaper ($16.95 currently with free shipping), buy it here. You want to get the Size: Mini 3/8", No Clamp, and "Add 5." The Add 5 is 5 feet of tubing so when you get it, I recommend cutting it in half to be 2-2.5 feet of tubing.

For the 2nd fermentation to create carbonation, which isn't necessary but some prefer it, I buy swing-top bottles. I bought mines at TJ Maxx for about $2 each (1 Liter since that's all they had). It might seem difficult to open if you don't know how to, but once you know how, it's super easy.

Sorry if this seems a bit out of order, but I hope I explained a lot. Kombucha Kamp is a great resource and I do believe in not refrigerating scobies. If you take a break from brewing, just add some fresh tea + sugar (same ratio as making kombucha) and let it sit, checking up on it every so often to make sure it doesn't evaporate. I've done it personally for about 2 months and my kombucha was fine (took about 5 days longer to brew, but its fine). I wouldn't refrigerate the scoby because I heard it can grow mold if you do. By the way, mold is fuzzy, green, or black. If you have any concerns about it being moldy, please look at pictures online of kombucha scobies before throwing a batch out. When I first started, the early formations of scoby (blotchy on the surface) made me think it was molded, but it wasn't :)

You may get a dud batch or two taste-wise. If this happens, just remove about 50-75% of the liquid and put new tea+sugar water. Practice makes perfect, yet sometimes humidity/temperature levels can cause a dud (strong sulfur taste... thankfully it was just one batch).

I hope this helps! There are so many resources online and once you get it started, it's as easy as just refilling the 1 gallon (or 2 gallon) jar with more tea+sugar water and waiting for it to ferment.

---**edited to replace cheesecloth with tightly-woven cloth. Personally, I use a tea towel. A cheesecloth may have holes big enough to allow fruit flies to come in. Also added that all tea (tea+ sugar) that will be contact with the kombucha scoby must be cooled down to room temperature or it may kill the scoby.

Oh, that is such a cute toy! I wanted to get Bug one of those butterfly in a jar toys but I think she would like your one better since she could actually smack it.

Bug doesn't go outside either, and she is kind of a shit hunter. Like she will stalk things and smack them to stun them, then loaf on top of them. In the summer we get cockroaches that come in through the garage, so if you see her loafing in front of the garage door, you know it's time to get the broom out. :( We always yell at her, "Oh gawd Buggle, I hope you didn't find anything!" when she does that, lol. We get huntsman spiders too sometimes (fucking facehugger monsters, ugh!) and she will follow them around, but is too afraid to actually catch them. Once a lizard got in though, and she REALLY wanted to eat that, but we got it out first. She likes beetles though. She will just put her paw on top of them and just loaf there. It's weird.

Link me when/if you upload a video of Savannah with that butterfly toy! I bet it's adorable. Bug's favorite toy is a small red lobster with crinkly plastic inside.

Thank you about Bug's gorgeousness! Savannah is really pretty too. Bug is such a goober though. She may look dignified (sometimes), but I assure you, she is not.

Thanks, I'm glad it's not totally annoying unsolicited advice!! I absolutely love decorating well designed spaces which I've been deprived of since I moved into a dorm. But I'm living vicariously through your awesome living room!

I actually have owned a poster print version of a similar piece so I like it too! It would probably look better in a room with more warm toned colors/textures. If by portrait/landscape you're talking about the orientation of the piece than that's totally right. Anyway here are a bunch of other photos I like: 1, 2, 3, 4.

I'm not sure about the pitchers/carafes but definitely somewhere local. According to some googling they appear to be blenko glass? Which has a bunch of different retailers. But to be honest I'm sure you can find similar looking stuff that's cheaper because these are all handblown. You could also get one or two large nice pieces and mix in with the colored pieces you already have plus a set like this or this for continuity. Just make sure you have a variety of size and color but all the same finishes on the glass.

Fill the other built in with your books and you're done!

Ohhh lord things to make a movie. As a film/production major, this list is gonna be long. cracks knuckles

Props:

Wagon wheels

Saloon doors and hay backdrops

Signs and cutouts

Western Centerpiece

Old milk set

Plastic mini boot glasses

Horse balloon

Cow colored balloons

Chicken balloon

Old compass

Declaration of Independance

Feather pen and ink

Betsy Ross flag

Costumes:

Pilgrim Hats

Bonnets

Shoe buckles

Ben Franklin costume

Hat with wigg and feather

Wigg


Movie Props and Decorations and Things

Hollywood cut outs

Directors Megaphones set

Movie studio lights paper lantern set

Light that looks like an old camera

Black directors chair

Another fake camera

Things that will help you make a movie

Alright. I would suggest that if you have a smart phone, you film on that. Iphones and Andriods particularly have fairly decent cameras on them. As for computers-PC, you have windows movie maker built in. MAC, you should have Imovie. These will be your editing platforms. If you don't have a smart phone, A cheap video camera will do. A mini tripod will make your life loads easier. It will make it so all your footage does not shake. However, you can make a cheap monopod to fit anything. String, and a metal washer or something else circular and slightly heavy will do. You can find out how to make it here Skip to about 2:45 to see how to do it.

A dry erase board works as a great teleprompter-reminder, guide, silent directions, etc. (It also works pretty well as a bounce, but I am 100% you won't be doing that, haha. But hey if you ever get more into movie making, anything white makes a good bounce!) That's really it (be careful of your audio. You could potentially get a cheap mic that'll pic up noise better, but you should be alright if you're just careful about it!) you should be good to go with all of that.

Thank you! These are the tiles I used (2 sets). They have a few advantages over normal scrabble tiles. They're perfectly square (.75 x .75 in instead of .75 x .85) and they are a bit thicker (1/4 in instead of 1/8). I haven't played a full game yet, but in the tests I've done they stand up really well, even when I shake the board around a little. I just tried putting an actual scrabble tile on my board, and while it stayed standing better than I expected, the thicker tiles fared better. Even still, the unfinished scrabble tiles have their advantages. I wouldn't have had to cover up one side with paper and staining would have been infinitely easier. Optimally I think the best option would be unfinished .75 x .75 x .25 square pieces, but I couldn't find anything like that on short notice. The scrabble tiles should work to a degree so long as you don't shake the board around too much or play outside on a windy day, but scrabble tiles really weren't made to stand up. All that said, I'm just extrapolating from the few little things I've tried, so I'm not sure how they would fare in a real game scenario.

The coins are from Fantasy Coin, LLC. For copper, silver, and gold, I'm using the Mystic set, and for the platinum coins I'm using the Goddess silver coin. Fantasy Coin has a ton of options and they're great quality, would recommend. The Mystic gold coins look like they're out of stock currently, but there's tons of other options. Their Fire coin set is hugely popular, and is even available on amazon.

The potions I made myself using food coloring, superglue, and these tiny bottles. I have one red potion that is leaking through the cork through capillary action or something, but besides that they're super fun and cheap.

The plastic bag has a set of mini glow-in-the-dark dice. I got a 3-pack on massdrop awhile back, and have been giving them to new players who join my group.

This is pretty awesome gift: Butterfly in a jar

I don't think it is easily available in India. This is pretty awesome gift for kids and adults also enjoy it a lot.

I mean that'd be really sweet for a potion prop IMO. Personally I'd enjoy this smaller bottle more. It's easy to drink, nice to keep around and probably looks very natural near your sheet and minis and whatever.

edit: here's some slightly bigger bottles! Sound like the best of both worlds.

I have a little spray bottle that makes a pretty good mist while delivering a good amount of starsan. I "scientifically" determined that 3 squirts while rotating the bottle coats the entire inner surface, so I do that and then stick it on the bottle tree:

http://www.amazon.com/Beer-Bottle-Tree-45-Bottles/dp/B000OF8U76/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368296448&sr=8-2&keywords=bottle+tree

These are sweet for saving bottles too:

http://thefastrack.ca/homebrew/

Also sierra nevada has the best bottles for reusing. They're meant for bottle carbing and the labels come off easily after a soak in warm water and oxyclean.

These are great! They are known as "swing top" or "gasket top" bottles. They fit a speed pour perfectly and they seal up air tight. We use these at my bar and juices will last about 3 full days before they start to taste flat and or go bad.

If you are in a higher volume place, use the 1L swing tops for your juices and use the smaller bottles(8oz and 17oz mentioned above) for your specialty syrups and lesser used ingredients. These 1L bottles fit really well in your well rail and are pretty durable so they can take a beating. For the smaller bottles, you can find other swing tops that look a little more fancy or rugged too, depending on what kind of atmosphere your bar has.

Sorry, should've posted this right away!

I just got the bottles from Amazon, here They're actually really small, only about half a standard shot each, but I figured its probably for the best if we don't get hammered during our session :P

Mana Potion:

• Sprite
  
• Blue Curacao
  
• Dash of Peppermint Schnapps
  
• Dash of Vodka
  
  Health Potion:
  
  
• Cranberry Juice
  
• Butterscotch Schnapps
  
• Dash of Rum
  
  The health one's a little weird, but it ends up having an interesting licorice-y flavor. I'm definitely open to suggestions on it, though! And this only took me about a half hour total to make all these. It took a slightly steady hand, but I just filled them with my little measuring cup.
  
  Edit: Formating

Nope, I'm in California, they're in Pennsylvania. From what I can tell, Amazon has them for $16 per case with Prime. Filmore Container has them for $4 per case plus shipping.

From PA to CA, 1 case ships for $14.60, making Amazon a better deal. 2 cases ship for $19.54, making Filmore Container a way better deal. The larger the volume, the more you save.

Free shipping isn't always a good deal, because it doesn't allow you to save by buying in bulk.

TL;DR If you're buying 1 case, use Amazon Prime. If you are buying 2 or more cases, use Filmore Container.

• my mini keychain flashlight is one of the best things and very helpful for when I'm trying to key into my house when it's dark outside or looking for things in the car or really whatever. It's really bright and sturdy and you can replace the batteries.
  
  
• phone holder thing for the car gets used literally every time I drive, two years later is still gripping onto the vent like a champ, it fits my iphone 6s but also my dad's galaxy and my brother's note, all in all a really good way to be able to see music and google maps within reach and minimize distraction.
  
• I like these swing bottles that I originally bought to put my mouthwash in so it looked ~nicer~ in my bathroom, but after I ran out of mouthwash and didn't like that method, I rinsed it out and use them to hold water in beside my bed or keep water cold in the fridge, stuff like that.

I bought these, then I mixed some water, food colouring gel, and citric acid and eye dropper-ed it in. Then I dipped the cork in super glue and let it dry. I did that so the liquid wouldn't soak through the cork and discolour it.

Theeen I melted some sealing wax, dipped the cork in that and put it in the bottle and dripped (kinda) some more wax around the cork!

Hope that helps. :]

I know old thread but I found the jars on amazon haha. Might make awesome little stocking stuffers. Package of 24 Small Mini Glass Jars with Cork Stoppers - Size: 1-1/2" Tall X 3/4 Inches Diameter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZXW4MK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_FQChybVCA09TQ

Hey, thank you. I use star-san for everything (https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/star-san). A little bottle lasts forever for hot sauce purposes. It's a product used heavily for bottling in the home brewing industry. You can throw the glass, plastics, whatever in it and it's much quicker and easier than being heat processed.

These are the shrink caps I used, they were pretty good: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TG0XZF2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I tried, but my Google-fu isn't strong enough.

Basically, a race to the bottom was finally won with a successful ferment in one of these little guys.

Fun fact: You can buy holy water on Amazon for $20. This is very strange to me, because your local priest will do a blessing for you for free. Whatever people are using that water for, it certainly isn't the same thing churches do.

My razor.

My pre-shave oil

My soap

My bowl I don't use the rest of that stuff anymore.

My face wash and moisturizer

My current aftershave. Got this from my wife who found it at a thrift store.

My brush is vintage, it's a badger hair brush.

My Process

1. Turn on your faucet and let the water heat up as hot as you can stand it without jeopardizing your comfort.
   
2. Put your shaving brush in the shaving bowl, and fill it with hot water until the bristles are inundated. Let it soak until you start shaving.
   
3. Wash your face with some face wash to remove excess dirt.
   
4. Soak a towel in the hot water and apply it to your face for at least thirty seconds, remembering to mind the neck. This will open your pores and expand the skin around the whiskers.
   
5. Massage a shaving oil into your beard.
   
6. Ring out your brush gently with your hands, and put it in the container of soap (the soap should not be put in the shaving bowl).
   
7. Use a gentle circular motion to apply the soap to the brush.
   
8. Put the brush in the bowl and work up a thick lather by brushing in a circular motion.
   
9. Apply the soap to your beard in a paintbrush motion—do not do this circularly or you may damage the bristles of your brush.
   
10. Pull your skin tight as possible in the area you will shave, and place the razor at a 30 degree angle (or less) against your face.
    
11. Shave gently in a zig-or-zag fashion with the grain of your whiskers. Shaving slightly at an angle with the grain will produce a closer shave.
    
12. Wipe off the blade on your towel, or run it under cold water. The cold water will make the space between atoms of metal contract, whereas hot water will make it expand. You'll want it to contract because it will produce a smoother shave.
    
13. Once you have completed the shave, lather up and do it again—the second pass—in order to get a very close shave. You do not need to reapply shaving oil.
    
14. Splash some cool water on your face to contract the pores.
    
15. Run an alum bar over your face.
    
16. Apply an aftershave and moisturizer, and, after a few seconds, pat your face with a towel to remove excess liquids.
    
    My Travel Kit (so pimp...I travel a lot for work).

So the smaller ones fit a 7-piece set, which are here and the larger ones can either fit 2 of the 7-piece sets or one of Kraken's original 12 piece sets, which are here! :)

The style of bottle is commonly called "Swing Top". The bottles in the picture look like the ones sold by Ikea though I personally prefer the brand called "Bormioli Rocco" as they're constructed quite a bit better.

(Note: they're very expensive on Amazon, I usually buy them elsewhere, but I linked to Amazon since it's a good example).

All of me, loves all of you

/u/mrtheroring means a lot to me because I love him and he cuddles me when I'm grumpy. ;~;

Item!

So I found these, I haven't tried them, but they're half the size of my bottles. So, it may be good for just one set. That's quite a bit of money to spend if they don't work though. I'll try to find better examples when I'm at my computer and I'll reply again if you want? I know I've seen different jars with only one set in them.

Mmm sounds delicious. I recently started using different shrink toppers that look much nicer. Just in case you care about that at all! They come in five colors. I am in no way whatsoever affiliated with this brand or business.

https://www.amazon.com/Shrink-Capsules-Woozy-Bottles-Black/dp/B00TG0XZF2/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=woozy%2Bshrink%2Btop&qid=1555084103&s=gateway&sr=8-2&th=1&psc=1

Edit: 6 colors

To acquire objects you desire, you need to have pieces of paper (substance made from trees that deteriorates in water and burns in fire) with numbers in the corners. If you have enough pieces of this papers, then you can trade these papers for said desired object.

If you give too much paper though, you might get some small metal discs in return. Despite being made of metal (a generally more valued substance on this planet), DO NOT BE CONFUSED--these discs are worth LESS than the paper.

http://www.amazon.com/eCrafty-EC-4972-10-Pack-Bottles-Weddings/dp/B007SWN230/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1398478757&sr=8-7&keywords=small+bottles

Very nice. I actually will be springing something very similar this week for my players.

Bottles.

d8s for potions

d6s for elxirs. The d6s were a little annoying in that I couldn't find red numeric d6s by themselves. Plenty of d6s with pip options but I want them to match all the other dice styles. However if you go with black or white you can have some unholy and holy dice.

I went with this for d6 green for poison

The right bottle is hard to find. It needs to be wide enough at the base to stand up reliably, opening needs to be wide enough for dice to pour out easily, but overall small enough to not get knocked over during game play

Get a bottle tree. The rinser that goes with it is awesome too. I can't believe I bottled for so many years without it. I've been kegging now for almost 2 years but this weekend I bottled seven gallons of a blended oud bruin and I forgot how accomplished I feel afterwards. Those bottles will cellar for months and be consumed over the course of 2-3 years.

Axe Sickle 20ml Cork Stoppers Glass Bottles 20 Pcs DIY Decoration Mini Glass Bottles Favors Small Jars Corks Message Glass Bottle Small Glass Wishing Bottles for Wedding Party Favors. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071RNBVQR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_b-XRDbV95VMCC

I bought some a few weeks ago. I planted my water props this past weekend.

Amazon. :) 18 of them for $9! Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071RNBVQR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Get some colored sand and glass bottles and make a sand art station! Let them make their own crafts :)

Axe Sickle 18 Pcs 20ml cork jar glass bottles, DIY decoration mini glass bottles favors,mini vials cork,message glass bottle vial cork,small glass bottles jars corks, Wedding Decoration,Party Favors. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071RNBVQR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CfhdBbNHBK33M

I got them from Hobby Lobby, but you can find a lot of different styles on Amazon, as well, though you have to order them in bulk.

here are some round ones on Amazon.

I want to make little bottle scenery. Stuff like this. I need these bottles to make them along with these tweezers to put stuff in the mini bottles. I want to try something new.

Amazon

Bottles: Clear Glass Woozy Bottles with Shrink Capsules, 5 Oz - Case of 12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MMT8XH4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_3K8OybEV4YHWY

Stopper thingies: Dripper Insert for Hot Sauce Bottles 20ct https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064OPXOY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_xkvV9J5sQF8vh

OP used these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3WI6VT

Look at the suggested items, too. Amazon has a surprising variety of tiny little bottles.

Clear Glass Woozy Bottles with Shrink Capsules, 5 Oz - Case of 12 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MMT8XH4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_GidPBbJTN4DR4

This is exactly what I did, I used food coloring, and I've got them all ready for a one-shot this weekend.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3WI6VT

That is a single 20 oz bottle. Amazon has small jars for less money.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073Y63HZM?psc=1

Those were the ones i used. Came with 3 funnels and enough bottles to practice with.

Beer bottle drying tree.

Edit: used for homebrewing. After you wash and sanitize your bottles, you dry them on this before you fill them with beer and cap them.

This is the link on the pic

http://www.amazon.com/Package-Small-Mini-Glass-Stoppers/dp/B004ZXW4MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404544282&sr=8-1&keywords=glass+vials+with+cork

It's a toy

The Monarch "My Butterfly" Jar is a realistic butterfly toy that flutters around in a jar!
The Glass Butterfly Jar measures approx 17 cm x 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm
Takes 3 x AAA batteries (Included)
Simply tap the jar to activate the butterfly's realistic action. Ambient sound may also make it flutter!
Your butterfly will move for around 90 seconds, Batteries have automatic standby so no need for a power button!

Woozy bottles?

You should take it to the next level and invest in some of these

Cork Vials.

http://www.amazon.com/eCrafty-EC-4972-10-Pack-Bottles-Weddings/dp/B007SWN230/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1417017570&sr=8-9&keywords=mini+jars

Butterfly. It's not real. http://www.amazon.com/My-Butterfly-Collection-Animated-Monarch/dp/B003YKPO3Q

This bottle is close, but it doesn't have a cork top.

These 2 are basically the exact bottles from the games, but they're incredibly tiny.

• http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Glass-Jars-Cork-Stoppers/dp/B005CX5TGA
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Package-Small-Mini-Glass-Stoppers/dp/B004ZXW4MK/

I got them from here.
Axe Sickle 18 Pcs 20ml Cork... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071RNBVQR?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

12 for $18 is better but you may get stuck with shipping costs unless you order 24...
http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Glass-Woozy-Bottles-Oz/dp/B00MMT8XH4/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1412804611&sr=8-9&keywords=glass+bottles+hot+sauce