Empty Wine Bottle Gift Ideas
Jean
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" Take a piece of string or thin cord. Soak it in kerosene, lighter fluid, etc. Tie it around the base of the bottle where you want the cut. Light it. Let it burn for several seconds. Plunge it into a pail of cold water. It will come off right where the string was."
This can be pretty tricky to get a good clean cut especially if you are using wine bottles and not beer bottles. Still it turns out nice. if you are not going to drink out of it and you have a few bottles to play with. Here is a video of me doing it. http://mike-is-bored.blogspot.com/2 ... ng-wine-bottle-with-acetone-and.html
I like that heating element wire idea. I may just have to try that.
Post by mctc
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Loads of ideas. Maybe a little late. This was my first try. Things have evolved that have changed the concept
Tony.
Post by natiepatatie
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Fill them with candle wax - I have seen them they are cool!
Post By Lisa (Guest Post)
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Now designing and making beatiful wine bottle gifts to match your theme.............just send me your ideas or whatever you want on your bottle.
My prices are reasonable, you pay all shipping etc.
ludie
Post by ludie
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Julie
No more broken bottles if you use a spray bottle
and gently spray water directly onto the bottle as
the drill is being used to drill the hole into the glass.
Otherwise the drill gets too hot therefore breaking the glass bottle...................also go to Lowe's and ask for a special bit to drill holes in glass bottles.
It's 1/2 inch but a special bit...........This works for us
It takes 2 people to do this chore!! 1 to spray water, the other to drill............ludie
Post by ludie
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Cindy McCleary............
Ask to speak to a maintenance person who cleans up after a wedding reception, the bottles are usually thrown away...........by the bunches
or after New Years Eve dances etc..............
Perhaps your minister or priest who offers wine after masses................ludie
Post by ludie
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To NICOLERENEE:
Instead of cutting the cord after the 50th bulb, cut it at the 20th...half a string will be wasted but you will get the color you want.
Post By Dan (Guest Post)
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I have gone through 5 bottles tonight trying to drill a hole in them..help!
Post By Julie (Guest Post)
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The string of lights is a good idea, to avoid the heat issue use LED's.
Post By Jess (Guest Post)
RE Lights in wine bottle
When I put in 20 strings of lights, the bottle gets real hot to the touch. What else can I use. They don't make 10.
Post By Lucille (Guest Post)
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I drill a hole on the lower side ( close to the bottom) of the bottle, fill with a 20 count mini light strand, them marbels. At the top I put rubber grapes ( red grapes for red wine,etc.) with a nice ribbon. They make great gifts! And cost next to nothing to make.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND 20 COUNT MINI LIGHTS IN COLORS OTHER THAN CLEAR OR MULITI? I'VE BEEN ON JUST ABOUT EVERY WEBSITE AND HAVE FOUND AMBER, RED,ETC. BUT ALL ARE 50 COUNT. I HAVE TRIED TO SQUEEZE 50 INTO A BOTTLE, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. HELP PLEASE!!
Post by NICOLERENEE
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To drill a hole in the bottle without it cracking: if you don't care about the label it is fairly simple. just run like warm water over the area to be drilled, drill for a min. or so, rinse the hole and continue this until hole is made. I f you want to keep the label, do the same as above, but try putting a towel in the sink (to rest the label side on) and try not to get the label wet. We have still broke a few, but this method seems to work for us.
Post by NICOLERENEE
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I went to my local restaraunts and asked them if I could have their empty wine bottles rather than throwing them away. They were glad to give them to me. I soaked them in hot, soapy bleach water. The labels came off really easy after that. I just used a fork or butter knife to scrape the rest of the glue off!!
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Post By Kyle Cunniff (Guest Post)
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I can custom drill a hole in the bottom of any bottle, and insert lights into it. Contact me for more information. Lykowski AT Gmail.com
Post By John (Guest Post)
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Ryan - Make sure your score is REALLY even. There can't be any dead spots or spots that are significant;y deeper that other sections. A cutter works better because the score is narrower. I'm assuming the hacksaw blade is thicker than a cutter score might be.
Post By Thad (Guest Post)
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You could fill them with Bubble bath or bath salts :)
Post By Amanda (Guest Post)
Bottle cracking when making glasses...
Does anyone know how to stop a wine bottle from cracking when it is being cut? I am scoring the bottle with a special hacksaw blade and then spinning the bottle over a candle until it cracks. I seem to have a 15% success rate of getting the bottle to crack evenly without any extra bad cracking. The other 85% are not worth giving as gifts...any good technique tips out there?
Post By Ryan (Guest Post)
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I would like to see if anyone can tell me where to purchase empty wine bottles? Is there a website?
Post By Cindy McCleary (Guest Post)
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Take a piece of string or thin cord. Soak it in kerosene, lighter fluid, etc. Tie it around the base of the bottle where you want the cut. Light it. Let it burn for several seconds. Plunge it into a pail of cold water. It will come off right where the string was.
Post By Rick (Guest Post)
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To cut a glass bottle they make a kit with a Nicrome wire. It's a heating element wire. Basically pass the wire around the bottle. Pass electricity through the wire. Turn power off. Squirt the bottle with cold water where the wire was and it will crack around the bottle. I haven't tried this, but a tile saw should work.
Post By me (Guest Post)
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IN REFERENCE TO DRILLING HOLE IN WINE BOTTLE. ON EBAY THERE ARE DIAMOND COATED HOLESAWS FOR SALE ,FROM HONG KONG FOR ABOUT 15.00 PER SET .USE PUTTY TO MAKE A POND PUDDLE AND PUT WATER IN POND.DRILL SLOW SPEED WITH BENCH PRESS DRILL.DRILL UNDER WATER.. WORKS PERFECT....YOU WILL BE THRILLED TO NOT BREAK GLASS LIKE OTHER DRILLS DO...
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RE: Bath Salts
How do you make home made bath salts?
Post By Nancy(Guest) (Guest Post)
RE: Empty Wine Bottle Gift Ideas
yes,
you can put them in the dishwasher to clean them,
you could melt them in a kiln to flatten them for cheese cutter, drill a hole in them and place lights in them.
Post By connie (Guest Post)
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stuff the lights into the bottle, and leave the cord hang out of the top, (about 12 ")replace the cork, with a nick in it for the cord. garnish and the cord will be covered, plug in. NO NEED TO DRILL A HOLE FOR THE CORD, that would be sense less.
Post By patty g. (Guest Post)
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put mini christmas lights in them, put a cork on top and garnish with x-mas flowers, grapes, and a ribbon, and plug in ...looks festive for christmas.""
Post By patty g. (Guest Post)
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I am interest in Making hurricane shades for my candles. I saved some cobalt blue wine bottles and have been trying to cut the bottom of the wine bottle off. I haven't had much luck getting a clean break on the bottle. I made a jig to hold the wine bottle and glass cutter to get straight cut line. After I scratch a cut line with the cutter I lightly tap the bottom, but I has never been a clean cut. I also filled the bottle with water and then put a cork in the bottle and hit the cork...which will compress the liquid a pop the bottom of the bottle off. It still is not a clean cut! Anyone have any other ideas....Thanks
Post By Matt (Guest Post)
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they make a special drill bit that can drill through glass,check your local hardware store,or lowes,menards,home depot
Post By imaqt1962 (Guest Post)
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How can I put a hole in a wine bottle? I love the idea of putting the Christmas lights inside.
Post By Diane (Guest Post)
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FOR A STOCK THE BAR PARTY AT CHRISTMAS I FILLED A LARGE CROWN ROYAL BOTTLE WITH INDIVIDUALLY RAPPED HERSHEY HOLIDAY WRAPPED SILVER BELLES AND TIED THE TOP OFF WITH A CUTE RIBBON IT WAS A HIT
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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don't know if these will be entirely what you had in mind but they make great use of empty wine bottles www.winelight.com turns them into an oil lamp.
Post By Markuk (Guest Post)
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don't know if these will be entirely what you had in mind but they make great use of empty wine bottles http://www.winelight.com turns them into an oil lamp.
Post By Markuk (Guest Post)
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It's interesting idea to use your empty bottles as a lamp base.just collect some interesting things like beads, pebbles, dryflowers, wood flakes etc.and fill the bottle with these things or any other thing that appeals to you, or you can paint it with stained glass paint. After filling or painting adjust the bulb holder on the top and then put on lamp shade.
Post By maria (Guest Post)
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Remove label and writing printed on the bottle can be removed with nail poish remover. Drill a hole in the side of the bottle, near the bottom. Feed in a small strand of mini Christmas lights from the bottom and garland from the top. Add a nice ribbon around the neck, and voila, just plug it in. Can decorate the outside of the bottle too, depending on how crafty you are- paint with season appropriate items, like snowflakes.
Post By Lisa (Guest Post)
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I received a gift a few years ago made out of a wine bottle. The person used a glass cutter to cut the bottom off, then coiled some copperwire through the inside of the bottle. The wire then came out of the mouth of the bottle, where they bent it into a hook. At the bottom they put a taper candle (in the coiled copper) and when lit is was a beautiful lattern for outdoor entertaining.
Post By Virginia (Guest Post)
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You could use a product call Un-Do to take the label off, sterilize the bottle, fill it and then reapply the label. Un-Do removes labels, stickers, etc without ruining the label. Scrapbookers use this product all the time to remove stickers that didn't get placed just right without tearing the paper underneath.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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A good idea would be to put a nice note with the bottle and call it something like 2nd honeymoon bottle. Everytime they make love they have to put a $1.00 in the bottle. And that money then goes towards a second honeymoon. My husband and I have one and have emptied it twice now and put it in a special account to earn interest also. Good luck!
Post By BethieNC (Guest Post)
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10 - 15 minutes in the oven at 200 F will sterilize the bottles and won't damage the labels on the wine bottle. Rinse the wine bottles without damaging the wedding label first. Go ahead and refill them then with wine or whatever. I do a lot of home canning and frequently sterilize my jars this way. Jars with a cheese whiz or spagetti sauce store label on them are not affected by being in the oven for this short period of time.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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Bath salts
Post By Bert (Guest Post)
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Why not a "message in a bottle?" Find a bunch of wonderful quotes on Love or family or whatever and print them out on some nice paper. Roll it up tight and put a small seal or piece of tape on to hold shut. Place in the bottle and add a cork.
Post By Kelly (Guest Post)
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Try filling with homemade bath salts and or bubble bath. You could add a few rolled washcloths tied with ribbon, soaps and such and put all in a "wine bucket" for their bathroom.
Post by Reba Gayle Shurden
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