Other Crafts - Travel Keepsakes

Prior to an upcoming trip with my entire family, I decided that I wanted to make something for the kids.  Thanks to some fantastic friends I have been able to collect several Starbucks Frappuccino Glass Bottles. (I have more projects in mind for these bottles, but this is the first.)

Each kid coming on the trip, and my parents, will receive one of these Keepsake Bottles for them to collect shells, sand and, well, whatever they want to fit in the bottle.  

After using Goof Off to remove all the adhesive from the Starbucks labels, I made a label with our trip location and date.  I tried to use Armour Etch and etch this information in, however my stencil did not work.  I do intend to use Armour Etch on a future project with these, so I will keep playing with that medium.  

I then painted the lids black and added some twine using hot glue.  The charms are from eBay and I used some additional twine to attach them.  The various charms include shells, turtles, pirates, mermaids and fish.