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| Kyria |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 4:00:30 PM
Having become convinced that plastic is bad for you, but water is good for you, we started treating ourselves to the occasional root beer or cream soda in glass bottles from the health food store. Then we refill the bottles with our water and carry them with us whenever we go somewhere.
The only problem is, now I have more glass bottles than I need! Any ideas on what to do with them? I don't have a recycling center anywhere close.
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| Kyria |
Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 9:55:41 PM
Haha! Shall I send you mine, Violet?!
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| Violets November |
Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 8:45:50 PM
Great. There are so many good ideas here that now I have to start collecting bottles!!!!!
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| katmom |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 9:55:10 PM
don't laugh, I "plant" interesting colored wine bottles in my garden, green, blue, amber...I love the way the sun reflects of the bottles. And no, I am not a 'wino'....lol! but it looks cool in the sunshine.
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| Kyria |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 7:56:18 PM
Thank you, Corrabelle, for the suggestions. I love wind chimes!
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| corrabelle |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 7:38:51 PM
Oh, I forgot to add, I save the necks that he cuts off and make wind chimes out of them. (I round the sharp edges though first.) They make really pretty sounds, depending on what you use for the "donger"....)
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| corrabelle |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 7:31:46 PM
my husband cuts the tops off and makes drinking glasses out of them. We even made enough for everyone to take one home as our wedding favors. They also look neat as a garden marker, put a stick in the ground and turn the bottle upside down on top of the stick. (or on the tops of your tomato stakes.)
I have rolling rock beer ones for a certain variety of tomatoes, and boylan cream soda for another...etc.
Corrabelle
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 09:49:35 AM
I love the idea of re-capping the bottles! I might have to invest in a re-capper!
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| Kyria |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 09:09:05 AM
Wow, I can't believe they can actually sell bottle trees! I might make one, but I wouldn't spend money on one! LOL
I'm still tossing around ideas, but it's so hot here that I won't be spending any time working outside until fall. I'll try to update when I do something.
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| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 06:55:13 AM
I had the same idea as Kris, a bottle tree. Here is a link to a store that sells them so you can see what they look like.
http://www.bottletree.com/
Sounds like you have lots of good ideas to choose from. Let us know what you come up with.
Judy
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| shunger |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 7:32:07 PM
What does a bottle tree look like? It sounds magical.
One house around here has glass bottles embeded in a concrete wall. Suzanne |
| AmethystRose |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 11:37:42 AM
You can still buy bottle caps by the gross and look for a bottle capper at a second hand store. Buy large containers of soda or juices and re-bottle them for portion control. |
| Kyria |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 9:38:03 PM
Hmmm, all very interesting ideas. Thanks, ladies! Any more suggestions?
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 8:46:41 PM
I've heard of people using colored glass bottles as edging around garden beds. The idea seems to be to dig them into the ground, upside down so just the round bottom shows at the surface. I think if they are pretty much flush with the ground you don't need to worry about the glass breaking. I've never seen this in person or in a picture, only read about it in old books. |
| EastTXFarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 2:43:50 PM
If you can find old wine or liquor pourers that fit into the mouth of the bottles (check yard sales or flea markets). Fill the bottle with water, put in spout, turn upside down and stick in the soil of a potted plant and you have a waterer. You can also find a tight fitting cork (rubber cork is actually best) drill a hole in the middle of the cork insert a 6 inch piece of 1/4 inch copper tubing curve the end sticking outside the bottle and you have a hummingbird feeder. You have to work with the tubing until you get the right curve so that the liquid does not drip out. Once you get the feel of it it works great. Use copper wire to wrapped and twisted around bottle to make a hanger. Both make beautiful gifts. I string glass beads on wire of the birdfeeder hangers. The copper tubing takes a little practice and there is no set way to do it. You just have to test it until it works.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 2:18:09 PM
Make a bottle tree with them. You could add different colored bottles for more variety. They are so pretty and catch the sunlight.
Kris
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| Heather B |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 06:50:30 AM
Kyria, you can use the compound they use for finishing rocks in a rock tumbler to make the edges of the bottles smooth after you cut them to make glasses. We use our left over recappable bottles to bottle our own beer, wine and rootbeer.
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 8:12:47 PM
You're welcome Kyria :)
Here is a link for the magazine. I somehow started getting it in the mail (not sure why) Some ideas are neat but overall I can't say that I really like it.
http://www.readymade.com/
I like Suzanne's idea too. You could always dress up the bottles with cute vintage labels and embellishments.
~Sharon
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| shunger |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 7:32:02 PM
They make lovely vases for a single beautiful bloom. Suzanne |
| Kyria |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 5:46:39 PM
Thank you, Sharon, for the ideas! I can try the herb vinegar idea. I don't know if my extended family would like them, but maybe I'll give them a taste at Thanksgiving or something. Then those who like it can receive them as gifts!
I've not heard of Ready Made magazine. Is it online? That sounds cool, but I don't want to spend money on a glass cutter right now, so I guess it's out for now.
Thanks for the help!
Kyria
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 4:57:49 PM
Oh Kyria, I saw an idea in Ready Made magazine (I'm sorry I don't know which issue). They took glass bottles (some with logos on them) They cut the neck off with a glass cutter and made them into drinking glasses. I don't remember how they made the cut edge smooth though.
Another idea, is to make herb or fruit vinegars for Christmas gifts, find corks to seal the bottles and then dip in melted paraffin wax. Then you could make fancy labels for them :)
~Sharon
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