{MIY} MAKE-IT-YOURSELF MONDAY! Glass Planter Made with Recycled Wine Bottle

Have you ever enjoyed a good bottle of wine and sat there with the thought passing through your mind, "I wonder what I could make with this empty wine bottle?"  If so, then this is the "how-to" for you!  :O)  

Here's what you need:

Wine bottle (empty)  

Glass bottle cutter

Tongs 

Big cup

Emory sheets 

Cloth strip (pattern/color of your choice)

First get two BIG pots of water.  Put one on the stove, set it on high to get it to a continuous rolling boil.  Fill the other one with ice water and set it close to the boiling pot.  

While the one pot is coming to a boil and the other is icing, you need to score the glass bottle.  Get your glass bottle cutter and measure out where you want to create the score.  Secure the cutter and then score it.  Be uber gentle in scoring.  If you put too much pressure on the score line then it will cause the glass to separate at wonky angles.  You want to aim for a straight cut.  (side note:  I don't mind curved cuts, it gives it a different aesthetic look, but that's just personal preference) 

After your bottle is scored and your water is at a rolling boil, dip the bottle into the ice water to submerge the score line under the cold water.  Quickly remove it and place it into the boiling hot water to submerge the score line into the high heat.  Keep going back and forth, slowly and carefully, between the cold and hot water.  

Soon the bottle will separate along the score line and the top half will drop into the water.  Use the tongs to remove it so you don't burn or cut yourself along the sharp edges of the cut portions.  

(This one turned out a little straighter)

Once you have your two halves dry them off well and get your emory paper out to sand down the sharp edges.  

Next cut a strip of fabric about 18 - 24 inches long and double tie it about 6 inches down from the top.  Make note to do a loose double tie so that the knot is thick enough to not fall through the neck of the wine bottle.  Turn the top half of the wine bottle upside down and place the neck, head down, into the body of the bottle with the bottom end of the cloth strip through it so the knot stays on the top with the bottom half hanging through to the bottom of the bottle.  Then fill it with dirt and seeds, or plant, of your choice and water it.  

The water will drip to the bottom of the planter and the cloth strip will retain the water to keep the soil moist on top.  Brilliant, right?!  This is a fantastic planter for those that tend to forget to water their beloved plants.

   

You have yourself a handmade glass planter!

 

:O)  Decorate it and enjoy it!

I hope you enjoyed this "how-to" for a wonderful Make-it-Yourself Monday!  

Sending you lots of Light and Laughter!

~Cassie