About to throw out those empty beer bottles? Don't.

Have you been throwing away all those empty glass bottles? Save them for today's DIY and create your own flower holder/ bottle lamp. Wash them, dry them and have some fun while being creative.

I used this Miller beer bottle collecting dust at home.
Bottles can be re-used in myriad ways. I'll try and cover such different DIYs in the future.

The one we are doing today is a quick one, 2-3 hours tops.

Supplies :

• Glass bottle
• Paper rope/rope/yarn
• Decorative flowers
• Ribbon (I used a 1/2'' gold one)
• wire (used in flower making)
• green beads
• glue

Choose the kind of rope/yarn you would like to wrap around the bottle. Begin from the bottom. Rest the bottle on a folded kitchen towel to let it from slipping. Apply the glue and start to stick the rope by turning the bottle. Make sure to push the rope towards the bottom after every circle to avoid spaces between each loop. Change color if you wish (I did in this case). Keep going until you reach the top most part. Secure the end of the rope well.

 

Just a handy tip, use a fat based adhesive (Fevicol in case of Indian markets) if you happen to be a beginner. Since you need to be quite quick while using a hot glue gun as the glue would dry pretty quickly. The only downside in case of the fat based glue would be the drying time. Approximately 6-8 hours.

  

Now comes the fun part- decorating the bottle. As I mentioned earlier, sky is your limit. I had some flowers at home complementing my rope color. You can make your own flowers too. I have added this short video for the folded ribbon flowers I made just to fill in the spaces between the bigger ones. If you have some extra time, follow the video and create your own flowers too.

To add a bit of color or to give that leafy effect, make these green beaded wire strings. They twist and turn the way you want and give that nice 3d effect.



Once all your decoration pieces are ready, go ahead and assemble them.

If you wish to use it as a bottle lamp just stick in some led light strip. It can also make a beautiful handmade gift for friends.

Don't throw away those bottles anymore. Recycle them. Go green   :)