Mark Studer creates tabletops topped with beer bottle cap. One of his projects, though, stands out as his most ambitious.

A beer bottle cap table is s functional, unique and a fairly easy project to create if you know what youre doing.

A beer bottle cap table is s functional, unique and a fairly easy project to create if you know what youre doing.

A beer bottle cap table is s functional, unique and a fairly easy project to create if you know what youre doing.

I had always collected beer bottle caps and almost exclusively drank Abita beer, so I thought I would give the bottle cap art thing a try.

Instead of just throwing away the accumulated caps, my wife and I have come up with creative ways to give them second lives. Beer-cap chair The beer-cap chair was our first project.

So, how does one make use of a collection such as this? There are plenty of ways to get creative with your cap collection, with crafts ranging from small-scale to big weekend projects.