The First Projects - Nov 2012
Your classic Wine Bottle Lamp.
This project was more of an experience. Not the wine guy here, so it took me a while to acquire two bottles.
Followed the instructions online about removing the labels - put the bottles in the oven for some minutes and wait for the label glue to 'cook', very simple. Honestly, I wasn't very happy with the process. It might be something specific to those glues, as the labels were removed, but some of the glue stayed. Don't expect magic from this method. I did not look further for instructions about removing the rest of it, but I have seen plenty of glue removers out there, and I wasn't planning on spending a couple more bucks on it.
You can see how the light is fuzzy through the glue:
The fun part was drilling a whole on the glass. (also shown above) It is a slow process that requires some patience. You will need a special diamond drill for glass (not expensive - got mine at Home Depot), and it will take a few minutes for the drill to slowly consume the glass away.
Be really careful about the debris, and the possibility about cracking/breaking the bottle. Always have safety glasses for cutting/drilling projects. I did hold them using a thick towel, leaving only the space for the drill.
Got the "Christmas lights" at Goodwill. It took me a while to find them, as they usually just pull their holiday material around the dates, and the Christmas lights weren't coming up. Honestly, it is really hard to put them inside the bottle the way you want. As there were plenty of them, and two bottle, I used one set of lights on both bottles. Here is the final resut!
I have also tried some glow in the dark paint on some glass cups from Goodwill, but the result was far from the expected. Here is a picture too.
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