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Christmas Themed Bottles With Lights On Amazon

November 20, 2018August 12, 2022 Nick Jager

For unique Christmas decor this Holiday Season look no further then Amazon’s Handmade selection.

We’ve rounded up just a few of the many handmade crafted bottles for this post. The Amazon ‘Handmade’ section offers quality products that ship directly from the artists who made them. Sit back, scroll, and enjoy!

Holiday Gingerbread Bottle courtesy of MAJ Creative Designs

Frozen Light – Movie Inspired Elsa Night light courtesy of Dreamlife Lighting

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Wine Bottle Decoration courtesy of KarensWineSeller

Night light recycle bottle lamp with fairy lights courtesy of Emerald Dreams Gift

Holiday Wine Bottle Light courtesy of Infininty Baskets and Gifts

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.

We always like to remind everyone that when you purchase a handmade product, you are purchasing something that was made uniquely styled and fashioned. Never to be replicated.

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

Wedding Table Decorations Wine Bottle Lights

March 26, 2018 Nick Jager

Wedding Table Bottle Decor featured image

If your are planning a wedding then you are probably feeling a little overwhelmed right now.

For anyone who has ever planned a wedding this might seem like a major understatement. With so many things to consider why let wedding decorations be a hassle? We have found the perfect wedding decor item that can actually be used throughout the whole wedding and still be kept as a memorable keepsake afterward!

This charming bottle with lights centerpiece is a frosted bottle that acts as a decorative tabletop piece and also offers a warm romantic glow for the occasion. The bottle is adorned with gem stones on the bottom and has a heart shaped outline in the frosted glass.

Easy to operate. No cords or any electrical outlets needed. These independently operated bottles run off of three double A batteries and are included with each bottle. Setting up for your formal event has never been easier. Once they are in place all you will have to do later is simply turn them on!

Elegant bottle decorations. Another added bonus to these tastefully decorated bottles is that they can double as decor for both the wedding ceremony and the reception. Lightweight and easy to transport, you can easily get a double duty out of your decor!

Perfect Ambiance. With a height of 11 and 1/2 inches tall, you won’t have to worry about these decorative features overtaking your dining tables. What better way to add a nice warm glow to your evening meal? The bottles come with a six hour timer so that you won’t have to worry about running around and shutting all the lights off at the end of the evening.

Life “after” the party. There is no need to pack up your bottle decoration after the wedding only to have it hid away in a garage or attic. Add it to your homes own decoration and let it serve as a keepsake for that special day.

Each comes with a plastic base for easy resting on mantels, dressers & patios in or around your home – Bright Zeal

Take some of the stress out of your wedding planning and add these bottles with lights to your special event. You will not only be making your decorating easier but also be adding to the wedding couples memorable occasion!

All photos are courtesy of Bright Zeal

LED Starry String Lights

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Nick Jager

Highlighting areas around your home just got easier.

Warning: This is not your Dad and Mom’s Christmas light string. The fond memories of decorating for Christmas include going through strings of lights and determining which ones worked and which ones didn’t. Once you had them all sorted out you then began the lengthy process of trying to determine which bulb was the culprit to the broken lighting process. Ah the memories.

Welcome to the new age of light strings. Today’s light strings are LED which makes them way more energy efficient then the big old electrical lines that hung around the mistletoe and they are so light weight that you can literally hang them on anything. When we got these I felt like a kid at Christmas all over again. Highlighting practically anything that you have in your home almost has a high school feel to a teenagers dream of decorating their room. Let me tell you that if this thing ran off of batteries I would have wrapped the dog in them.

Once you light string is set up, and they are illuminating your new focal point, than you get to experience the real joy of these little glowing gems.

The ultimate light show. Now grab the remote and start playing with all the different options. With over eight different settings to choose from you will be more than overwhelmed at the different possibilities that you can create. Some of the settings were very erratic and left me feeling like I was at a rave. Instead I settled for the more mellow feel of a slowly fading light that would rebound and come back again. It was like watching the stars at night that fade away into day over and over again. Throw on a little music and suddenly this boring little room in our home had taken on a life all it’s own.

Don’t stop now. I’m having way too much fun now and everything is fair game. For inspiration I headed over to Pinterest and those crazy kids had everything lit up. The book shelf was next followed by the mantel over the fire place.

After all of this and I hadn’t even gotten to the very thing that inspired this whole thing – the bottles with lights! Thinking about how I had drilled a hole into a glass bottle and threaded the huge light string through seems a like a distant memory already. The big and bulky lights have now been replaced with tiny little LED bulbs that could be fed through a hole much smaller than anything that I had needed to drill before. This particular light string was over 33 feet long! If I had managed to get them all inside the bottle it would have looked way too busy. One of the things that I had discovered while hanging light strings around the house was that they looked way better if they were hung loosely around things. It would allow the lights to look more natural rather than forced. In my opinion, the same rule should apply to DIY bottle lights as well.

The LED Starry String Lights comes with a remote control and USB adapter. The length of the light string will allow you to cover some large areas around your home. The copper wiring is flexible enough to adhere to the shape of what you want to illuminate that it makes anything fair game. I was joking about the dog earlier. Please, leave Fido alone, but still have some fun.

Buy The LED Starry String Lights

The starry string lights, also called fairy lights, are available for only $12.99 on Amazon. Buy a couple of strings for your own home and be sure to get a couple to give away. Fairy lights will make great gifts for those hard to buy for family members and friends. You can give them away in the box they come in or incorporate them into a cool container/bottle like in the picture above.

Have you used LED string lights? Leave us a comment below.

5th Annual Winter Giveaway

November 10, 2016April 23, 2019 Nick Jager

We are proud to announce our 5th annual Winter Giveaway!

It’s hard to believe this will mark the fifth year of Bottle Lamp’s prize giveaway. I guess the old saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ holds true. In the past we have given away gifts that were reflective of the tools and products that we have used ourselves and shared on this site. This year we’re going to do something a little different… We are currently care taking in Hawai’i and didn’t have time to collect prizes for our winners.

Giveaway Is Now Closed! Scroll Down To See Who Won…

2016 Winter Giveaway – Enter To Win

5 – $25.00 Amazon Gift Cards

To enter our Giveaway simply leave us a comment below.

Sadly we will not be able to spend this Holiday season with our family and friends, it’s going to be just the two of us. It is certainly going to be a little strange without a huge turkey feast on Thanksgiving Day and our large family to share it with. Nick is also going to miss his Mom’s special sweet potato casserole.

What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?

Our 5th Annual Winter Giveaway ends on November 22nd, 2016, randomly drawn winners will be announced at Noon CST.

The 5 Lucky Winners will be announced on this web page and on our various social media pages, and contacted via email.

Enter as many times as you want (this giveaway is open to U. S. residents only, sorry).

Feel free to share our Winter Giveaway with your friends & family via social media. It is not required to be eligible to win, but it certainly helps us spread the word. Thank you!

Can’t wait to win? Check out our Resources & Supplies page to find the bottle craft products for your next craft project.

Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving!

Nick and Silke Jager

The Fifth Annual Giveaway Winners are . . . . . . . .

#78 – Sven

#52 Mary Beth Elderton

#64 Adrienne Gordon

#13 Jim Guest

#128 Laurie Emerson

Congratulations to our Winners!

Look for an email from us in your Inbox. 🙂

Thank you everyone who entered our Giveaway. We enjoyed reading your comments and warm wishes.

Come back soon for new and exciting bottle crafts.

How To Make A Jack Daniels Candle

January 31, 2016October 6, 2020 Nick Jager

Make a Jack Daniels bottle candle by following these easy steps.

The Pinterest pin for this DIY idea is one of our most popular ones, getting shared thousands of times. We decided to make this easy, illuminating craft project to share with you.

A couple of weeks ago we went to tour the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, TN with our friend Mark. He bought a bottle of Jack Daniel’s Special Edition ‘The White Rabbit Saloon‘ Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey that is only sold at the facility in Lynchburg. We helped Mark drink the whiskey (which was very good by the way) while he was visiting us and decided to give him the empty bottle back in the form of a candle, as a keepsake. Scroll down to learn more about this one of a kind whiskey.

Tools used to make this DIY project:

The Creator’s Bottle Cutter

Saber Tooth Sanding Kit

The items used in this DIY project:

1 lb.+ of premium wax
1 – 8″ wick
1 empty, cut bottle of Jack Daniel’s

I have used the Creator’s Bottle Cutter for quite awhile now. It is easy to operate and very reliable. With that said, this was actually the first time I scored a square bottle. Our friend Ray put together a really good video ‘Square Bottle Cutting 101‘ describing the process and I simply followed along.

Running the score line over the square bottle turned out to be rather easy. With the bottle cutter set in the up-right position, I simply moved it around on the base platform until I had come full circle.

With the bottle scored I went ahead with the separation process using the hot candle and cold water shock method.

Using this method rather then running hot water over the bottle was necessary to avoid getting the label wet. The label is what makes this bottle so unique and the fact that our friend Mark was with us made it even more of a keepsake.

The separation was nice and clean but I wanted to give it a nice finish. With the Saber Tooth sanding pads I was able to give it that nice polished look in no time at all.

Once the lip of the Jack Daniels bottle is nice and smooth you can begin with the candle making part.

Use a double boiler to melt the wax. We found an old pot for $.50 at a second hand store and placed it inside a big frying pan filled with water to melt the wax. Use a thermometer to make sure the temperature of the wax doesn’t exceed 200 degree F. Once the wax is melted you can add candle fragrance if you want.

We didn’t have any on hand, so I thought we could add a little Bourbon Vanilla Extract. Well, it didn’t work, the vanilla just kind of beaded up in the wax, so be sure to use the proper stuff.

To hold the wick in place we used a small amount of super glue in the bottom of the bottle, that didn’t work either. Once we poured a small amount of hot wax into the bottle, the wick became loose again and we had to hold it in place while the wax was cooling.

We slowly poured the rest of the wax into our Jack Daniel’s bottle. Again we had to hold the wick so it didn’t collapse into the hot wax. This part was a bit of a pain! Maybe attaching the wick to a stick or something, and letting it dangle into the bottle from the top would work better? We will try that the next time we make a candle.

The end result turned out very nice!

One more tip… if you use a 750 ml bottle like you see in these pictures, be sure to have extra wax on hand. Once the wax cools and dries, the wax will shrink and you’ll end up with a concave on the top of your bottle candle. This can easily be filled in with a little more melted wax.

Jack Daniel’s The White Rabbit Saloon

Mr Jack Daniel was known to have a taste for a well-told tale and the company of good friends. They’re some of the reasons why he owned the White Rabbit Saloon on Lynchburg’s town square. The saloon was a favorite Lynchburg gathering place where he and his friends could spend time together and enjoy a glass of Mr Jack’s fine Tennessee Sipping Whiskey.

When you purchased a liquor from Mr Jack’s elegant & reputable establishment you knew where it came from …it was made right down the street. Nobody could rectify or doctor his goods because he ran his own distillery in Lunchburg and stood behind every drop (he was only 5′ 2″ tall). :)

The free tour at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery is very informative, but doesn’t include a tasting. You do get to sniff the whiskey after it went through the charcoal filtering though. Be sure to stop in if you’re ever in the East Tennessee area and pick up your own bottle of Jack Daniels White Rabbit Saloon whiskey.

We hope you will give candle making a try using your own cut Jack Daniel’s bottle! They make great gifts… and remember to share your DIY Show Off’s with us and our readers.

What do you think of our Jack Daniels candle? Leave us a comment below.

Bottle Lamps On Etsy Part III

February 27, 2015January 5, 2016 Nick Jager

Thoughts of Spring are looming in the back of our minds but the weather seems to think otherwise.

If you’re feeling the winter blues then maybe you need to get some artificial enlightenment. With this collection of bottle decorations on Etsy we’re sure you’ll find something that will catch your eye and imagination.

This collection includes: bottles with lights, a multi-purpose lamp, a wind chime, and a very special ‘bottle for a cause’. We’re sure that there is something here for everyone. If you would like to learn more about any of the bottle lamps on Etsy simply click on the image.

Bottles Be Glowing – 19th Hole Wine Bottle Light

songbird58 – Irish Wine Bottle Lamp

glow828 – Pendant Light

Wine bottles gone crazy – Breast Cancer Awareness lamp

NightCapStudio – Industrial Style Lamp With USB and Edison Outlets

Lucent Jane – Rainbow Colored Hand Painted Wine Bottle Vase

unWINEd Bottles – Wine Bottle Garden Wind Chime

Mikes Lighted Bottles – Lighted Bottle Bistro Collection

TaylorMadeArtistry – Beefeater Recycled Liquor Bottle Lamp

All of the products that you find on Etsy are hand crafted one of a kind items. If you’re shopping for yourself or someone else why not find a truly unique gift that will always be cherished?

Do you have a bottle craft you would like to add? Maybe you want to comment on the products displayed here? Please leave us your kind words below.

A Bottle Lamp For A Mission Trip Student

June 10, 2014January 5, 2016 Nick Jager

Kicking around an idea to incorporate maps into a bottle lamp theme has been floating around in my mind for awhile. When an opportunity came for me to bring the idea to light, I simply couldn’t resist.

Our daughter, Tanya, has been attending the Honor Academy in Garden Valley Texas this last year. She’s nearing completion of her first year and in order to graduate she will need to go on a mission trip. Between volunteering at the call center and attending classes, she has had little time to raise money for the program. We wanted to help and joined in by creating a portal for people to donate money for the cause.

Once the donation page was set up and running I thought it would be kind of fun to put together something that would act as a kind of keepsake for this life changing event. Armed with a bottle of Mod Podge and some maps that we had collected over the years, I set upon trying to make the whole thing come to life.

I’m still putting this bottle lamp together and there is a lot of fine details that have yet to be added. The lamp shade will have to be something that has the appearance of luggage or maybe canvas. I will leave the other decorations up to Silke who has a better eye for not only those types of details but also Tanya’s own personal taste.

Mission Trip To Baja, Mexico Bottle Lamp

One of my concerns has been the heat that can build up in the bottle and what will happen to the Mod Podge. I’m going to leave the lights on for awhile before I go any further just to make sure that it doesn’t cause everything to start sliding down the sides. I’ll keep you posted!

It’s been an adventure for everyone and I guess we are all trying different experiences everyday. But isn’t that what keeps life interesting?

Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer

November 27, 2012April 7, 2023 Silke Jager

Step by step instructions on how to make a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer.

This is a wonderful, home made gift idea for any season!
Are you looking for an inexpensive Christmas gift? Simply use a piece of Holiday, pine cone or winter scene printed fabric for the cover, colorful ribbons and add cinnamon or pine scented potpourri to the jar.

You will need the following materials to make a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer:

– A Mason Jar, clean and free of labels

– 1/2 inch Diamond tipped drill bit and power drill – find them here

– 35 Mini Light String

– Potpourri (Learn how to make your own potpourri.)

– A piece of cloth

– A small rubber band

– Rope, raffia or ribbon

Scroll down for easy to follow step by step instructions…

Instructions for making a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer:

Use the diamond tipped drill bit to make a hole in the back of the Mason Jar. Take a look at our instructional videos if you need help drilling into glass.
Insert the light string through the back of the Mason Jar. (If you’re not comfortable drilling glass, you can also run the light string out of the top of the jar. The light string will be secured by the rubber band.)
Add potpourri from the top of the jar. It’s best to do this in succession, add a few lights then add some potpourri, more lights, more potpourri until the jar is filled.
Cut a piece of cloth to cover the mouth of the jar, approx. 5 inches in diameter. Any cotton fabric will do just fine. Make sure to cut it large enough so the cloth can hang over the sides.
Secure the cloth with a rubber band.
Cover the rubber band with a piece of rope, colorful raffia or a decorative ribbon.

Plug in your Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer and enjoy as the scent of warming potpourri fills your home.

As the scent fades over time, simply remove the cloth and add fresh potpourri or dribble a few drops of fragrance oil or essential oils on the cloth.

Lighted potpourri jars are such an easy craft that they make ideal hostess gifts for impromptu holiday gatherings.

Giving a Holiday Potpourri Mason Jar as a gift? Add a few festive ornaments or other seasonal decorations, wrap in cellophane and tie with curly ribbons.

Add your unique touch to make illuminated potpourri holiday jars for gift giving or holiday decorating.

Mason Jar Potpourri Warmers make it easy to infuse a room with holiday ambiance!

Get inspired with more Homemade Potpourri Jars with Lights!

Do you have questions or suggestions? Please leave us a comment below.

Happy crafting,

Nick and Silke

Recycled Glass Bottle Plant Holders – Part V

August 17, 2012January 5, 2016 Silke Jager

This is the fifth and last article in our Bottle Plant Holder series.

It is the middle of August now and we have been enjoying our bottle plant holders all summer. They turned out to be very low maintenance and brought us much enjoyment and many compliments from our neighbors and people walking around our area, we live only a 1 1/2 blocks from a Walgreens.

The tomato plant is still producing little tomatoes, we harvested about six or seven bright red little tomatoes so far. I’m never quick enough with my camera to take a picture before someone (Nick probably) pops them off and eats them. I kept snipping off the brown leaves on the bottom of the plant, if you take a look at the older Recycled Glass Bottle Plant Holders articles you can see the plant transformation.

The strawberry plant looks about the same as before, we did get one sweet, little strawberry. Guess who ate it? Yup, Nick did. LOL I don’t think strawberries are meant to be grown in a container by themselves. As far as I know strawberry plants grow long roots and spread in the ground, so the older the plant gets the more fruit it will produce.

The Ivy Fern and Vica Vines are growing nicely and we are thinking about bringing them into the house for the winter. I think they would look nice in the kitchen. We have to find a way to hang them above the kitchen sink. If they winter nice, I will take some additional pictures later this year to keep you updated.

Vica Vine Plant Holder

Cherry Tomato Plant Holder

Strawberry Bottle Plant Holder

Ivy Fern Bottle Plant Holder

This was a fun glass bottle project and we will definitively try this again next spring.

I’m thinking more cherry tomato plants and to forgo the strawberry plants for a better harvest. I’m wondering if onions or potatoes would be able to grow in a bottle. What do you think? Is it worth a try?

Make sure to check out some of our other DIY Projects articles and leave us a comment below.

We love to hear from you.

Nick and Silke

Recycled Glass Bottle Plant Holders – Part IV

July 9, 2012January 5, 2016 Silke Jager

This is the fourth article in our Bottle Plant Holders series.

It is the beginning of July and our little plants are starting to produce fruits. How about that? I never really thought we would actually get any tomatoes or strawberries from these plants.

Our first little strawberry

The strawberry plant in this Black Oak wine bottle has tripled in size. As you can see in the picture we have a ripe berry (there’s a dragonfly hovering around it) and another little flower.

There isn’t enough to make a pie or strawberry jam or anything like that, but it’s fun to see that our experiment actually worked. A few strawberry plants in pretty wine bottles make nice decorations for any backyard or patio.

As an added bonus to growing plants in recycled bottles, you get to pick a ripe berry every now and again, without having to bend over.

Now take a look at the tomato plant in the Champagne bottle. This baby is almost as tall as the bottle, growing straight up. We added more dirt to the bottle about two weeks ago. There are so many roots inside the bottle, we thought for sure this plant was doomed.

Our little tomatoes are growing nicely

In the past few weeks we’ve had a lot of rain following by sometimes very humid and other times dry hot days. We try to remember to water our plants every day. Keep in mind, we are not master gardeners by any means of the imagination and we sometimes go on road trips or get busy with projects and forget to water.

We haven’t used any fertilizer or additives or what ever else you might give plants to make them grow better.

What I’m trying to say is, if we can make these plants grow inside glass bottles, so can you.

So, what are you waiting for? Find a cool looking bottle, drill a hole in the bottom, attach a hanger and fill it with dirt. Pick your favorite plant and give it a try.

Don’t want to bother with the drilling? Shop for Bottle Plant Holders in our Etsy shop.

Click here to visit our Glass Bottle Crafts shop.

For unique Christmas decor this Holiday Season look no further then Amazon’s Handmade selection.

Holiday Gingerbread Bottle courtesy of MAJ Creative Designs

Frozen Light – Movie Inspired Elsa Night light courtesy of Dreamlife Lighting

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Wine Bottle Decoration courtesy of KarensWineSeller

Night light recycle bottle lamp with fairy lights courtesy of Emerald Dreams Gift

Holiday Wine Bottle Light courtesy of Infininty Baskets and Gifts

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If your are planning a wedding then you are probably feeling a little overwhelmed right now.

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Highlighting areas around your home just got easier.

Once you light string is set up, and they are illuminating your new focal point, than you get to experience the real joy of these little glowing gems.

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We are proud to announce our 5th annual Winter Giveaway!

Giveaway Is Now Closed! Scroll Down To See Who Won…

2016 Winter Giveaway – Enter To Win

5 – $25.00 Amazon Gift Cards

To enter our Giveaway simply leave us a comment below.

Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving!

The Fifth Annual Giveaway Winners are . . . . . . . .

Congratulations to our Winners!

Thank you everyone who entered our Giveaway. We enjoyed reading your comments and warm wishes.

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Make a Jack Daniels bottle candle by following these easy steps.

With the bottle scored I went ahead with the separation process using the hot candle and cold water shock method.

Once the lip of the Jack Daniels bottle is nice and smooth you can begin with the candle making part.

The end result turned out very nice!

Jack Daniel’s The White Rabbit Saloon

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Thoughts of Spring are looming in the back of our minds but the weather seems to think otherwise.

Bottles Be Glowing – 19th Hole Wine Bottle Light

songbird58 – Irish Wine Bottle Lamp

glow828 – Pendant Light

Wine bottles gone crazy – Breast Cancer Awareness lamp

NightCapStudio – Industrial Style Lamp With USB and Edison Outlets

Lucent Jane – Rainbow Colored Hand Painted Wine Bottle Vase

unWINEd Bottles – Wine Bottle Garden Wind Chime

Mikes Lighted Bottles – Lighted Bottle Bistro Collection

TaylorMadeArtistry – Beefeater Recycled Liquor Bottle Lamp

Share with your friends:

Kicking around an idea to incorporate maps into a bottle lamp theme has been floating around in my mind for awhile. When an opportunity came for me to bring the idea to light, I simply couldn’t resist.

Share with your friends:

Step by step instructions on how to make a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer.

You will need the following materials to make a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer:

Instructions for making a Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer:

Plug in your Mason Jar Potpourri Warmer and enjoy as the scent of warming potpourri fills your home.

Share with your friends:

This is the fifth and last article in our Bottle Plant Holder series.

This was a fun glass bottle project and we will definitively try this again next spring.

Share with your friends:

As an added bonus to growing plants in recycled bottles, you get to pick a ripe berry every now and again, without having to bend over.

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