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If you’re like us, your recycling bin probably has quite a few empty bottles in it by the time weekly pickup rolls around. (You DO recycle, don’t you?)
How about a way to reuse those bottles and, in turn, reduce waste? You know, the three R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle. (You DO know that song by Jack Johnson from the “Curious George” movie, don’t you?)
Photo by Erik Anderson / gerardotandco.com
Here’s a brilliant, and very simple, idea for some of your wine bottles, or any other bottles for that matter, from a creative agency and design firm:
Turn those empty bottles into tiki-esque torches, to light up your outdoor patio for your next wine party! (And I’m not talking about stuffing a candle in the neck of the bottle either.)
With just a little bit of hardware and a few tools, you’ve got the means for creating an elegant and eye-catching torch sure to impress any oenophile and even Martha Stewart herself.
Check out the details and instructions, simply written and illustrated, here:
http://www.gerardotandco.com/blog/recycled-bottle-torch/
Got any cool ideas of your own for reusing empty bottles? Share them with us!
This idea looks like a fire hazard.
Looks like a molotov cocktail! So when your party starts to become boring, guests and pick them up and hurl them at the neighbor’s house!
Looks more like something Rambo throws at his enemies. Maybe you Swirl Girls need to be put on some government watch list or at least cut back on the brain damaging wine. You do know even minimal alcohol consumption has been shown to INCREASE disease for women!
Boy, maybe you need to put a parental warning on it! What is wrong with you people? Anything can be used in the wrong way, in the wrong hands! A regular tiki torch can can be hurdled thought a window and light an entire house on fire. It’s on fire! It therefor has an element of danger to it. I think this is a very cool and creative idea; something I may try in my yard. But, don’t let your kids play with it because…. IT’S ON FIRE!
Dumbest thing I have ever seen. Once the flame heats up the glass, the bottle will crack and the fuel will spill all over. Bye, Bye home because you were too cheap to buy a $4 tiki torch
Fire’s burn up, not down. The glass won’t get hot just as a lighter stays cool when the flame is burning. The copper pushes the wick/flame far enough from the bottle that it won’t get hot when lit.
I know a fire hazard when i see one. If one wishes to set their investment’s ablaze then go right ahead and replicate this “green” idea.
this really does look dumb
Recycle your corks and design your own personalized cork board! It may take A LOT of drinking, and it’s quite tedious glueing on each individual cork one by one…but in the end it looks pretty damn cool. Plus, it’s fully functional…with thumbtacks of course.
Talk about gender equality.
It used to be just the (adolescent) men who bragged about their alcohol consumption.
Do y’all disclose to readers that you’re chugging freebie bottles of wine that have been sent to you by sellers incredulous that they can get free publicity passing as “news” at The Post?
White girls drinking it up — News at 10.
wow! what a bunch of fuddy-duddy’s you all are! first of all, if you had gone to the links she had provided you would have learned that this is JUST AS SAFE AS A TIKI TORCH. secondly, if your children think that everything that has been set on fire should be THROWN i think you need to look into what you are teaching your children.
please, put a helmet on. i fear you may hurt yourself while walking.
Hi, just doing some research for my Curious George site. Can’t believe the amount of information out there. Wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but nice site. Have a good day.