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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 4:00:30 PM
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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.
Kyria
www.crossyr.blogspot.com
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 4:57:49 PM
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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
By His Grace, For His Glory
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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 5:46:39 PM
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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
www.crossyr.blogspot.com
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 7:32:02 PM
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| They make lovely vases for a single beautiful bloom. Suzanne |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 8:12:47 PM
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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
By His Grace, For His Glory
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Heather B
True Blue Farmgirl
562 Posts
Heather
Longmont
Colorado
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 06:50:30 AM
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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.
Heather
http://homesteadincity.blogspot.com/
http://littlehouseonthebumper.blogspot.com/ (My "glamper" page)
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 2:18:09 PM
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Make a bottle tree with them. You could add different colored bottles for more variety. They are so pretty and catch the sunlight.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 2:43:50 PM
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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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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Aug 04 2010 : 8:46:41 PM
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| 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. |
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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 11:37:42 AM
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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. |
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shunger
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Suzanne
Helena
MT
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2010 : 7:32:07 PM
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What does a bottle tree look like? It sounds magical.
One house around here has glass bottles embeded in a concrete wall. Suzanne |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 06:55:13 AM
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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
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2010 : 09:09:05 AM
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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.
Kyria
www.crossyr.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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corrabelle
True Blue Farmgirl
71 Posts
Corrabelle
Hamilton, Morrowville
ontario, Kansas
71 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 7:31:46 PM
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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
http://themayberrysparrow.com
A Kansas gal living in Ontario. Sigh.
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corrabelle
True Blue Farmgirl
71 Posts
Corrabelle
Hamilton, Morrowville
ontario, Kansas
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Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 7:38:51 PM
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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"....)
Corrabelle
http://themayberrysparrow.com
A Kansas gal living in Ontario. Sigh.
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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2010 : 9:55:10 PM
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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.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
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Violets November
True Blue Farmgirl
342 Posts
Violet
Exeter
California
USA
342 Posts |
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Kyria
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
Kyria
Carthage
TX
USA
213 Posts |
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