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 }

Glitter Wine Bottles

These are a couple wine bottles I attacked with glitter to add to my magical Christmas decor. 


what you'll need: a couple wine bottles, some glitter, glue, and a sponge brush.
cost: not counting the wine-these are relatively cheap/free if you've done basically any of the other crafts on this blog... we really like glitter...
difficulty level: easy

All you have to do (after you've cleaned off the bottles and removed the labels) is brush some glue from the bottom of the bottle and up towards the middle.

Roll in glitter.

Let it dry a little and brush off the excess glitter.

repeat!

I put long taper candles in the wine bottles first, but I don't know how I feel about them. 

So, I also tried it out as a vase with some of the extra berry things I have from my tree.

I'd really to get some more of these for next year and maybe even use glitter that matches the color of the bottles... we shall see ;)