Dark amber S.N. bottle

Currently: SOLD
My first Simply Nouveau labeled bottle!

This is a dark amber glass with purple grapes and a chocolate bow that ties in nicely with the cream and charcoal tones of my new labels.

Green King Estate with Label

Currently: SOLD

My friend, Patrick said that drinking this Gwertz from King Estate is like "drinking flowers". I would have to agree. Now, with the help of some twinkly lights, this bottle of wine is like looking at flowers too. Prettyyyyyy.

Laurel Ridge bottle

Currently: SOLD (to another Laurel Ridge lover, along with another super cool bottle I didn't have a chance to take a picture of!)

One of the few bottles that I kept the label on, this bottle came from Laurel Ridge in Carlton, Oregon. My favorite vinyard.

Green Erath bottle

Currently: SOLD

This was a bottle of Pinot from Erath vinyards. Though the wine was a delight, the bottle was a stubborn project. However, I refused to be thwarted by an unruly wine bottle and my efforts prevailed at last!

Bottle lantern project

My newest project as of late.

I'm trying to configure a lantern out of the wine bottles I'm making.

I've tried hanging it around the house in different spots. I bought a set of Christmas lights to attach it to, instead of using an extention chord.

Finally, I decided I liked it the best in the kitchen window, above the sink. It makes a great nightlight and the extention chord hides behind the ugly curtains.

Whiskey bottle for Jr.

This Woodford bottle was a gift for our friend John, who joined us for Christmas this year.

Nothing says 'classy guy' like a whiskey bottle filled with lights.

Amber glass bottle

Currently: SOLD

I've sold a couple of these so far and am getting orders for sets of more. They are my personal favorite too, the amber glass is so unique and the only vinyard I know of that uses it, is in Oregon.

Green, skinny, frosted bottle

I looooove the shape of this bottle. It's slender neck with the frosted glass casts interesting shadows. It went to my Sister-in-law and her boyfriend, Jeff.

Green frosted table wine

Currently: FOR SALE

The glass is frosted with a chemical process that won't scrape off. It gives a totally unique appearance to the glass.

Green table wine bottle

Currently: SOLD

A pretty typical table wine bottle, this one was a darker green tint. A woman purchased this along with an amber colored bottle.

Green bottle: Bogle

Currently: SOLD
Bogle is an inexpensive brand of wine which commonly comes in bottles with these fantastic shapes. These two sold as a set.

Brown bottle

The brown glass on this bottle and it's skinny shape make it stand apart from the typical green glass. This one was given to my mother as a gift, but I wanted to post a picture of it to show how different each one can look.

Green Benton Lane with label

Currently: SOLD
One of two bottles I actually decided to leave the lable on, this one is a lighter green with a Benton Lane Pinot Gris lable on the front. The light green grapes match very well with the green on the label.

Wine bottle set

Currently: SOLD

This is the second 'set' of bottles I've sold. I've been selling these on Craigslist one by one. When I posted a picture of one of these amber bottles, I was asked to make a second one to match and sold them as a set. These are my personal favorites of all the color combinations possible. I love the amber glass.
Working on this bottle project has really been fun for me. It stirs my imagination for projects yet to come.

Wine bottle project

My mother called me up the other day.

"There is a woman at work who puts Christmas lights inside wine bottles and sells them. Can you make those?", she asked.

"No.", I replied.

After much assurance to her and myself that this was an impossible endeavor, I decided I had better look into it. Turns out that the equipment I purchased to make wine bottle vases (that didn't work) was exactly what I needed. Go figure!

Happy Accidents

Bottles, bottles, everywhere and not a drop to drink!

We saved bottle after bottle for an ever-so-awesome DIY project I cooked up for my wedding. I was going to cut the necks off of wine bottles and sand them down to make fancy vases.

After borrowing a tile cutter from my father, I found out that cutting the bottles was easy enough... Getting them to look good too was the trick!

Come to find out, I didn't have the proper equipment for wine bottle vases so as any true crafty, artsy, thrifty person would, I turned my folly into intention.

I frosted the bottles and used them as vases anyway. They actually ended up looking quite nice and made sense, being as the event was in the heart of the Willamette Valley wine country.