The Most Dangerous Craft

Cut Wine Bottle Candle

Cutting this wine bottle and turning it into a candle for my mom is by far the most dangerous craft I've ever done. But it was SO MUCH FUN! There is fire involved, so of course it's fun. Just don't burn down the house....

Cost: Less than $20 (that includes the $7 wine I bought and then sadly wasted by pouring it out)
Difficulty: Medium- hard, depending how you feel about fire to cut things.


You Need:
An empty, clean wine (or beer) bottle
Yarn
Nail polish remover
Lighter
Microwavable soy wax and wicks
Container to melt the wax
A hair dryer (not pictured)

Step 1: Fill your sink with cold water, then follow this video on how to cut the glass bottle. The music is cheesy, but the instructions are helpful:

It took me a couple tries to get over the shock of a burning bottle in my hand, but I did it!! I was seriously jumping up and down with excitement... ridiculous, I know.

Now, the hard part is over!! Just sand down the edges of the glass, and dry off your new wine bottle container, and move on to Step 2.

Step 2:

Following the instrutions on your package of wax, melt about 3/4 pound in a glass container in the microwave:

Step 3:
While that's melting, put your wick in the cener of the bottle and use a pencil or skewer to hold it in place, like so:

Step 4:
Right before you take your melted wax out of the microwave, use a hair dryer to warm up your container. This helps the wax adhere better.

Step 5:
Slowly pour in your wax. Let it sit for a few hours to cool and harden. DON'T MOVE IT! Then, trim the wick to 1/4 inch.

Ta-Da! A homemade wine bottle candle. Don't burn yourself, guys!

{That way cool print is available on Etsy from OhLouise!  Wine Lovers Print }

MOM Craft!

I got my craftiness (and cuteness) from my Mommy! She made this wine cork wreath the other day as a gift. It's pretty easy, and a good use for all of our corks!

Cost: Around $5 if you already have the corks!

Difficulty: Medium, only because it involves a drill

You'll Need:

Corks (about 22 for a full wreath, this one has about 12)

A drill with a tiny drill bit

Floral Wire

Small jingle bells (ours were a little bit too big)

Scissors or wire cutters

Ribbon to hang it at the end!

Step 1:

Drill a hole on each side of your corks. 2 on top, and 2 on bottom that MATCH UP with each other. Do all of them before you start to make the wreath.



(Oooh she used the fancy corks!)

 Step 2:
Start stringing the corks onto the floral wire at the TOP.

Put a jingle bell in between each cork as you go.

**Then string the bottoms together with another piece of wire. This will create your circle!**

Tie the wires together at the end to finish of the circle. Then, add a pretty ribbon so you can hang it up!

If my mom can do it, you can do it!! Good job, mommy!

Chalk-Paint Wine Glass

Tired of drinking someone else's wine? Solve that problem with a little chalk paint on the base of the glass. Then your guests can write their names or draw pictures to mark their wine.    Here's how it's done!
  
Cost: You can do a full set of 8 glasses for less than $30 (assuming you're getting the glasses at Target...) This was free for me since I already had a glass and the paint.

You will need:
A wine glass (or many wine glasses)
Primer
Chalkboard paint
A place to dry the glasses. I recommend wax paper. 



Step one:
Take your wine glass outside and spray the base and a bit of the stem with your primer. Let it dry outside.

Step two:
Open up your can of chalkboard paint and literally dip the bottom of the glass into the paint.   ** Note: doing it this way is easy, but takes a long long time to dry. If I did it again, I would use a paint brush instead. **

Step three:
Pull it out slowly and let some of the excess paint drip back into the can.

Step four:
Let it dry... this is where I did NOT plan ahead. I sat at the table holding the glass in the air until it was just dry enough to set down on a magazine. I recommend getting some wax paper ready!

When it finally dries, you can start writing with chalk!! Now, I have no idea if the glasses are still dishwasher safe. I will be handwashing this one. Good luck, and Happy Hallo-wine!

Wine Cork Cork Board

what you'll need: wine corks- and lots of them, something to glue your wine corks to-I used cork tiles, hot glue

cost: inluding all the wine, lots and lots and lots. Not including the wine $10.
difficulty level: easy


step one: Drink a lot of wine. Not all at once, please. I've been collecting these for a very long time with the help of everyone I know including Kayleigh's mom who worked at a wine shop for awhile. I still have a whole lot let too :)


step two: lay all your corks out so you can make sure you like your pattern. For those of you thinking "Really Katie? You're glueing corks to cork board?" I say "Yea man, I'm glueing corks to cork tiles because they are super cheap. So....yea." You can also use a picture frame but I like these because you can cut them if you want and they are light and easy to hang. I'll be using those sticky scoth things to hang mine up so I don't have to use nails.

step three: Hot glue your corks down


repeat!!!

Get creative with it. Next I'm going to do a circle cork board next and then another square so I can hang them all together-pictures for that will come as soon as I go get more hot glue sticks.