My first Lamp

So here it the very first "Lamp" that I have ever made in my life. As apposed to the "accent lamps" I've made, this one will light up a room. I'm very happy with it. I'll be making many more with different wine bottles and liquor bottles over the next few weeks. This is because, well besides my new interest in selling upcycled lamps, in December I will have a table at my town's Holiday Craft Fare and all that you see here will be there for sale. I'm so excited, but I have SOOOOO much work a head of me. Time to crack down on lamp time!

Witch's Wine

OK, I have no clue as to what is going on... all images are posting sideways and I don't seem to have control over that... boooooo so here is my Witch's bottle. The photo shows a bit more "pink" then it really is, it does glow a soft purple and orange. Perfect for a Halloween party!

Have I told you yet how much I love me some Rum? FORGET ABOUT IT! Coconut Rum & 7 was MY drink back in college.... Thanks to my big sister in my Sorority... BUT I rediscovered Rum a few months ago after a long 10 year hiatus... I bought this bottle because I loved the Rum, how little did I know it would ROCK as a light... I made this one with one of those "Christmas Light up Houses" light... So it only has one lamp installed in the back... I love how it glows! I added some twine to cover up the glaring lamp and to cover all the extra wording... I love how it came out and I will be making many more !

And I have no clue as to why it's sideways... sad... but there it is....

The Halloween Set

Here is my finished Sangria Jug Halloween set. How sweet are they? I will totally make more, but maybe wait till next year... that is unless someone requested them.... My faves, in order are Frank, Pumpkin, Ghost.... I'll light them closer to Halloween.

Painted and Wrapped

Here is the finished product of my painted and wrapped test bottle. I TOTALLY LOVE it. I'm not diggin my scrappy photography... This is what I get for photographing a bottle, white on white, after finishing off a bottle... and I'm not talking about finishing off making a bottle ;)

I'm thinking blue twine! Time to paint more bottles...

Bottle Love

I LOVE these bottles, they make my heat sing... now what to do with them?

White Bottles...

I had this grand vision, I've been having a lot of those these days, HA!. I would paint a bottle white and use them as accent pieces and not lamps. I could add twine, raised lettering, colored patterns... the styles can be endless.... so I grabbed a bottle I had cracked while drilling a hole in it for a light fixture, and thought well, if I mess it up it's ok, it's a broken bottle anyway.

So I stuck the bottle on a stick from the back yard and propped it up in the garage... and let the hysterics begin... 1st lesson learned... even if you put down news paper, put down more, you never can have enough (or you will have square-ish shapes all around the ground, or garage floor). 2nd lesson... do not wear black pants and boots when spray painting with white paint! 3rd lesson learned... just because your impatient to see how your new idea will look, you must put light coats of paint and then let them DRY! LOL I was like, more paint, more paint, more... crap! 4th and most important lesson learned... COVER YOUR MOTORCYCLE BEFORE USING SPRAY PAINT !!!! LOL I crack myself up.

So I sprayed, a little too much, but it was painted. I waited until the next day to check it out. and this (below) is how it came out. I LOVE it. Forget the few drips and crack it's PERFECT. Now what to do with it?

Moroccan Lamp Test

OK, so I had this grand idea to turn bottles in to Moroccan lamps... here was my first try... I think I know where it went wrong and where it went right.... but I do need to figure out a way to make the Red glass color stronger... Next I'll try with blue...

Wrapped Sets Look Great

Here is a set of wrapped bottles. They look so cute together. I can totally see this in a Lake House. I had some issues with the learning curve of wrapping slopped sections, but I figured it out, and now I am looking all over for different sized bottles to wrap up! I have some color ideas for this too. I'm excited!

Grapes

Grapes with frosted glass bottle. This style also comes with a dark green glass with purple grapes....