Bottle-Lamp Etsy Store Spotlight: Gr8LakesCrafts

Gr8LakesCrafts featured image Bottle-Lamp

Gr8LakesCrafts offers a large collection of bottle lamps to wall decor!

We are proud to present this Etsy store spotlight for this great bottle lamp store. We got a chance to correspond with Brittany, the shop owner, and get a little insight into her creative world.

B-L: How did you get started with bottle lamp making?

Gr8LakesCrafts: My fiancé and I had been collecting liquor bottles from events and anyone who would give them to us well over 5 years ago. We had just moved into our first home and were starting projects together and this was one of them that we had intentions on ‘getting around too’. But never did. Until recently.

We had made two huge Jack Daniels Bottle Lamps for our unfinished bedroom for fun years ago. I ordered cork stopper lamp kits from LTD and I used that as a starting point on how I was going to make lamps out of these bottles and others we had in storage.

Gr8LakesCrafts Etsy Store

I was decluttering my home this past year (5 years of stuff adds up quick) and I started figuring out what to keep and what I was going to do with everything I was keeping. So, I decided to start crafting again. And being a huge Etsy and Pinterest fan, I could not wait to set up shop and get going!

We designated the workspace area to be in our attached garage, purchased a new Dremel, wood, and lamp holders and got started. It took a couple of weeks for me to really figure out how I wanted to create them and be different than other crafters that I have seen online. Unique enough to give it a bit of character and still fit in any type of room in a home or living space.

Jack Daniels Gr8LakesCrafts

B-L: Do you get input from your family on creative ideas?

Gr8LakesCrafts: Yes! My fiancé helps me with different ideas on how to fabricate what I am currently working on. Especially for the bases and wood finishing. His mother is also very crafty. She helps me brainstorm ways to make something last longer. Or perhaps a better way to get the job done. She has been crafting for many years. So, I can always ask them if I am stumped or need a shopper’s opinion.

Wall Decor Gr8LakesCrafts

B-L: What influences your bottle craft projects?

Gr8LakesCrafts: It brings me back to living in my house with friends after high school. I wanted to get my good friend something unique for Christmas. She loved Jack Daniels Whiskey. There were commercial products that I could purchase, but nothing that she would really use. Not many crafters on eBay for these kinds of gifts at the time. I saw lamps then, but they were very expensive.

So, when we started brainstorming ideas on what we should do with all empty bottles, that was the first thing that came to mind. People like unique handmade gifts, especially when it is made into something they can use.

Mandarin Orange Gr8LakesCrafts

B-L: Do you take special request for orders?

Gr8LakesCrafts: Yes. We try to accommodate any requests a customer may have. I now have a larger collection of different liquor and wine bottles stocked up for requests. I also have contacts to retrieve other bottles upon request. I will have different bottle crafts coming up such as:

  • Soap Dispensers
  • Tiki Torches
  • Side Tables

We have had requests for the above mentioned, so we are going to keep producing more of what people want! If there is something else I have not mentioned, please contact me and I will see what I can do for you!

Check back periodically to see what we have added to the store! I will also be updating social media as we go along.

Patron Gr8LakesCrafts

B-L: How can people contact you?

Gr8LakesCrafts:

Email – gr8lakescrafts@gmail.com

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/gr8lakescrafts/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Gr8LakesCrafts/

Etsy – https://www.etsy.com/shop/Gr8LakesCrafts

The Gr8LakesCrafts Etsy store has a great selection of hand crafted items. Remember that when you buy handmade it also means that you are buying unique!

Please leave a comment below and share your thoughts or favorite lamps that you’ve seen on Gr8LakesCrafts site.

Decorative Bottles On The Lijz Instagram Page

We wanted to share some of the many wonderful bottles found on this Instagram page.

Liji wrote:

“I am from Kerala, India . Been loving this concept of upcycling used bottles and thus this . Kindly look into my works of bottle designs . Would be great if you could add them to your Instagram account .”

I’m going to be up front about our Instagram account. We really haven’t worked with it much in quite awhile. That said, we still wanted to share some of Liji many wonderful bottle art crafts. Below we have included just a sample of the many bottles that she has decorated.

This lighted bottle came via e-mail.

Lijz lighted bottle

Lijz Instagram Page

A nice blue threaded bottle collection

Lijz Instagram blue bottles

Here is a better look at two of the bottles from the above collection.

Lijz Instagram bottles

Check out these decorative flower vases that are hand painted.

Lijz Instagram bottle rose

If you are interested in ordering your own hand crafted bottles be sure to PM Liji on her Instagram page.

We would like to thank Liji for letting us share her DIY Show Off projects.

Be sure to leave her a comment below.


Do you have a DIY project you would like to show off?

Submit your entry – include your picture(s), your name and a description and or any tips you would like to share with us and our readers. If you have a blog you can also include the web address and we will link back to you.

Outer Space Vodka Bottle Lamp

Outer Space Vodka Lamp

A bottle lamp that is truly out of this world.

From the Bottle Crafts DIY Facebook page:

A lamp that I made for my brother’s friend’s children made out of a bottle of outer space vodka. I think that the green led bulb is a nice touch.

Jonathan B.

Outer Space Vodka bottle lamp unlit

The silver lamp shade and base give this bottle lamp a nice edge!

Outer Space Vodka bottle lamp lit

The bottles green tinting in combination with the LED light have given this bottle lamp an ominous feel.

A little bit about the bottle itself – is vodka that has been filtered through actual meteorites (five times) and then bottled in a glass alien head. The vodka itself hails from Iowa, and is made from good ol’ Iowan corn, according to its maker.

Source: Slash Gear

We would like to thank Jonathan for sharing his Outer Space Vodka bottle lamp with us.


Do you have a DIY project you would like to show off?

Submit your entry – include your picture(s), your name and a description and or any tips you would like to share with us and our readers. If you have a blog you can also include the web address and we will link back to you.

Handmade Bottle Art Projects On Amazon

Handmade On Amazon

If you are looking for one of a kind gifts or unique decorative items for your house then Amazon ‘Handmade’ is right for you.

One of the upsides to the internet is that you can find anything and everything you want or need. This may be said about it’s downside as well. Too many choices can be confusing. Hopefully by shedding a little light on the different bottle craft sites that are available, we will be able to help you find what your looking for.

First, a little bit about Amazon Handmade – Handmade at Amazon is a new store on Amazon.com for invited artisans to sell their unique, handcrafted goods to customers worldwide. This is by invitation only. By making it exclusive to crafters that only intend to sell their hand made crafts and eliminating companies that wish to exploit this market with mass produced products help keep this store front true to the artisan. To be considered, all of the products must meet their definition of handmade.

Below you will find just a few of the many bottle craft projects that are available. 

Handmade RED Remember Everyone Deployed Bottle Light ~ Table lamp with LED Lights By BottlesBeGlowing

RED - Remember Everyone Deployed

Just Married Wine Bottle Lamp By Infinity Baskets and Gifts

Just Married Bottle Light

Pendant lamp for kids By Vetreria Biellese di Selva e Lanza snc

Pendant Lamp For Kids

IRON MAN Whisky Bottle Lamp By BSW Crafts

Iron Man Bottle Lamp

Etched Recycled Wine Bottle Candle Shade Hurricane Lamp By Cronus Customs

Hurricane Lamp with Dragonfly

These are just of a few of the many bottle lamps that you can find on Amazon ‘Handmade‘. Be sure to check out the other items that these crafters sell. Unique bottle crafts make the perfect gift idea for your loved ones.

Do you have a favorite bottle craft on ‘Handmade‘? Share it with us in the comments below. 

Bottle Art Wind Chimes By Lisa

Think Spring Bottle Art

With Spring on everyone’s mind, a lot of visitors have been searching our blog for pictures of wind chimes lately.

Perfect timing for Lisa to post her Bottle Art Wind Chimes and other finished DIY projects on our Bottle Crafts DIY Facebook page.  We have created this DIY Show Off page to share her wind chimes, mobiles, bottle keep sake and hummingbird feeder with you. Scroll down to see more.

Wine Glass Wind Chime
Wine Glass Wind Chime

These re-purposed wine glasses are perfect for anyone’s front porch.

Keepsake Bottle
Keepsake Bottle

How cool is this? The edges of this cut wine bottle have been given a decorative gold trim and the clasp adds a nice touch. Isn’t this a clever idea to hold special keepsakes? 

Think Spring Bottle Art
Think Spring Bottle Art

Thinking Spring? This one has it all! Four brightly colored bottles that all fit into one another finished off with a pretty wine glass on the bottom and decorated with beads and flowers.

Decorative Bottle Art
Decorative Bottle Art

The wire used to wrap these wine bottles together adds continuity. Both of these bottle art pieces are charmingly decorated with beads. 

Bottle Wine Glass Chime
Bottle Wine Glass Chime
Bottle Hummingbird Feeder
Bottle Hummingbird Feeder

This beautifully painted Hummingbird feeder will definitely stand out in your back yard.

Who knew you could make so many cool things out of recycled bottles, besides making bottle lamps? We would like to thank Lisa for sharing all these wonderful photos of her bottle art projects.

Be sure to leave a comment below to let her know what you think.


Do you have a DIY project you would like to show off?

Send an email to contact@jagerfoods.com with your picture(s), your name and a description and or any tips you would like to share with us and our readers. If you have a blog you can also include the web address and we will link back to you.

 

 

 

 

Catching Up With Jessie From Bottles Be Glowing

Jessie makes her unique bottle art.

The fall season seems to spark an inner craving for most people to want to find inspiration through art.

Jessie, from Bottles Be Glowing, has been serving plenty of inspired art with her themed bottle lights and has a little something for everyone. Capturing inspiration and putting it in a bottle is no easy feat unless you can allow yourself to think outside the box or in this case, outside the bottle. For Jessie Cable, this might become something of a second nature.

Everything from sandy beaches to individual football team mascots, she has transformed old throw away bottles and recycled them into an bottle art pieces that not only represent a certain aspect of life but also offers ambiance to any room in your home.

Beach themed lighted Bottle

Houston Texas lighted bottle

 

With help from her husband, Skip, Jessie created an Etsy store for her bottles:

Bottles Be Glowing

We got a chance to correspond with Jessie from Bottle Be Glowing to find out how things were going during this hectic time of the year.

Jessie: “I have been in a daze these days sort of!

This one great customer, bought one bottle light from Etsy, then went in the following week and bought another, and went in to leave a review and saw another and bought that one! She then sent me a message asking if I would make 2 others with different themes, I said sure, as long as it was through Etsy. I made them, posted them and she bought them within the hour. She then sent me another message ordering 2 more of another theme! Wow.

I have started getting some “convos” from people. I had almost 1,000 views last month, so it’s picking up.

My sister-in-law ordered 2 bottles, one for the high school football team where she works. She seems to think that is going to take off. My real job is starting to get in the way of my bottle making lol.”

Jessie from Bottles Be Glowing in action.

Jessie from Bottles Be Glowing in action.

How did you get started bottle crafting?

Jessie: “I always collected my favorite wine bottles, and filled them each with a candle. One day I saw a bottle with lights in it and thought that was a great idea. I went in the garage and took a hammer and screwdriver, broke the bottom out of the wine bottle and put the lights through and wow!!”

It looked beautiful but not very steady. I figured there had to be a better way and went searching on the internet and found DYI’s “How to drill a glass bottle”. Of course I showed it to my husband and tada!! It was a blast after that!

My husband drills all my bottles and keeps them organized for me.

How long have you been crafting?

Jessie: “I was into ceramics when my boys were young and always loved creating new and different projects.  It had been a long time since, but last year I started the bottle lights, and I absolutely love working on them!”

Where do you find your inspiration?

Jessie: “I believe you can make a bottle light for just about anything. Everyday I see something, and think “This is going to make a great light!”. I was walking in the desert the other day and saw a coyote running in the distance, I watched him for awhile and knew when I got home I was adding it on my list of bottle lights to do ~ Coyote howling at the moon wine bottle light~”

What type of special orders do you do for people?

Jessie: “Special orders are always intriguing and fun to work on. One client brought me two small bottles , one was a salad dressing bottle that was her daughter’s favorite kind. Her daughter is a chef, so I cut the sides off the label, added the glass stones and found some small items like a spatula, knife and mini bags of sugar and flour. It came out nice, but more important, the client loved it.

I have just received another custom order for two bottle lights with the theme of the Eiffel Tower. I’ll do one on a blue bottle and one on a clear bottle and I have gotten some awesome decals of the Eiffel Tower and a flag from France, so I am really looking forward to getting started!”

Do you have any advice for people just starting out?

Jessie: “Never be afraid to make a mistake.  Some of my bottles are less than perfect but every bottle after that gets better. My “mistake” bottles are either on my counter ( where no one can tell there is a mistake except me) or they go in a bucket to soak and the stones get re-used.

I have made it a rule, that I don’t hide away when I work on my bottles. Since I work part-time and my husband, Skip, is retired I like to make sure I spend time around him. I set up in our small dining area, that way I can work, talk and still be around. It’s now getting very crowded with the supplies I have , so we are working on storing them somewhere else!”

**On top of her bottle crafting Jessie has also been a regular contributor to the Bottle-Lamp website and the Bottle Crafts DIY Facebook page.

If you would like to contact her with questions or to see more of her bottles you can reach her at:

Facebook – Bottlebeglowing Wine Bottle Lights
Etsy – Bottles Be Glowing

Do you love Jessie’s unique bottle art? Leave us a comment below. 

Recycled Bottle Art

I love searching for, looking at and of course sharing my latest finds on Recycled Bottle Art.

There is always something new to be found. Between Pinterest, Facebook, other social media sites and search engines, it’s amazing in how many creative ways people have used recycled glass bottles and turned them into pieces of art. The artists see potential in something you might throw away, turning a recycled bottle into a very unique piece.

Thank you to all the artists for sharing their creations for the rest of us to enjoy.

Here are a few of my favorite Recycled Bottle Art Pictures from Pinterest:

Vintage Bottle Art pinned by Faith
Vintage Bottle Art pinned by Faith
Cut bottle art pinned by Lynne D
Cut bottle art pinned by Lynne D
Bottle Art by Gayle P.
Bottle Art pinned by Gayle P.
Bottle art by Brittany
Bottle art pinned by Brittany
Lighted Bottle Art pinned by Gayle P
Lighted Bottle Art pinned by Gayle P
Wine Bottle Art pinned by Heidi L
Wine Bottle Art pinned by Heidi L

We hope these beautiful Recycled Bottle Art pictures will help inspire you to create your very own pieces of art.

Be sure to send us a picture of your finished piece so we can share it on our DIY Show Off page.

Do you have your own favorite Pinterest bottle art pictures? Leave us a link in the comment section below.