njtomboy
I am making one now and it's coming out quite lovely.. time consuming though... I am adding beads to the bottle to take away from light wire.
patricia from sc
A friend of mine and I made these for Christmas gifts. We used clear lights (20 count) in the green bottles and multi-colored lights in the clear bottles. Instead of bothering to use a drill, we just fed the lights through the top of the bottle. Be sure to buy the Christmas light that don't plug end to end. Then we filled them with rock salt that we purchased at a home improvement store (the salt people use to spinkle on ice or snow). This helped to hide the cord. Then, like you, we glued on the faux grapes we purchased at the dollar store.
lula cole
i just love this and i am going to do the same.
sno
I added potpori to create a essence as the lights get hot, but i used colored lights without the blinker at 50 count for a brighter light and the glass bottle got very hot, going to try a blinker and see if it stays cooler ..any ideas?
Anonymous
We made these lamps and frosted (purchased at Home Depot or Lowes in the spray paint section) them. If you spray two or three times, the lighting is more subdued! We sold every one that we made at a holiday market.
Sharron
I really like these and want to make some for a craft show
dhs
I made some of these several years ago and used the Paul Mason bottles, they are wider. Place dried potpouri around the lights. This gives off the scent for many months.
Wine bottle fun
I'd like to reiterate - make sure you buy the lights that are not connectors! I made the mistake - you can't shove the connector thru the wine bottle neck!
Anonymous
I fed the lights down the mouth of the bottle and camouflaged the cord w/ivy leaves to look like a vine.
Chris
Any idea where to find a short strand of mini-lights w/o a connector? I've looked all over. Thanks.
Brooks Gardner
Since, I do stained glass work, I have a glass grinder and I used a small diameter bit and was able to grind a hole in the side of the bottle. On the sting of lights, I removed the plug and twisted some reasonably stiff wire around the cord and taped them securely together. I then fished the wire from the top of the bottle through the hole on the lower side of the bottle. Then the lights were re-wired. I appreciate the tips for inside decorations. Another possible decoration is to etch some design on the bottle with etching cream or some other method.
Anonymous
JUST LOVE THESE, HAVE SEEN MANY DIFFERENT ONES, THEY ARE ADORABLE
Karen
I did this with a 20 light battery box strand. Then mounted the bottle on top of the box with glue, and covered the base with a candle size grapevine wreath complete with small bunches of grapes and grape leaves. No cord to trip over!
Kris
I have made 7 of these bottles and gave all away as Christmas gifts to family and friends. They LOVED them! I found the 20 strand string online. I painted the outside of the bottle with a snowman motif. Then flicked white paint over the design to look like snow falling. I did not drill a hole in the bottle but fished through the top then tied a ribbon at the top to hold the light strand in place.
Anonymous
How great would it be to make 2 or 3 of these as a gift and give them in a nice wooden wine box? They'd look like you spent $100 bucks on it. I liked the ideas for hiding the cord inside the bottle and etching designs on the outside (should your wine lables be unapealing).