Today I am thrilled to show you how to make these cute numbers! Frosted Luminary Wine Bottles!!   1. Start by removing your labels from your bottle. The best method I have found is to remove all paper or plastic labels and then soak in hot, soapy water for a few hours. I leave it in the sink and forget about them. When the water is cold, use the back of a butter knife to scrape off the goo. You can also use Goo Gone. 2. Decide what style you prefer. I did a bottle in both methods so you make a better decision! You can add stickers before you frost the bottle (Monogram S version) to leave clear glass design, or you can add stickers after you spray (JOY version) 3. If choosing to do the Monogram style, simply place your sticker on your bottle how you like. You can also do this method with whole words as well! (Snow, Cheer, Joy, Noel, etc.) 4. Next spray your bottles in a well ventilated area. Spray about 10-12 inches from your bottles using even strokes back and forth. 5. Let dry for about 5 minutes and carefully remove any of the stickers you placed before spraying.

I used an Xacto knife to help me get the corner free without scratching the frosting. 6. If you choose the “sticker after” method (JOY bottle), then once your bottle is dry, sticker away! 7. To top your bottle, use a sharp knife, cut a notch out of the cork from the bottle. This is where the cord from the lights will fit out of the bottle when you put the cork back into the bottle. 8. Insert the lights carefully one by one. (light bulb pointed down. If you send the light bulbs in pointed up then it makes it hard to take the lights out if you need to reposition them.) Bring cord out top of bottle and insert cork. Finish with ribbon bow! If you choose to Monogram your bottle with your hostess’ last name initial, they can remove the bow and keep it all year round! They look great on top of your kitchen cabinets!    P.S. It is very hard to take good pictures of a lighted up bottle when my photo conditions stink to begin with.  Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a Nest Egg Pendant and also to link up your Holiday projects at my Holiday Happenings Link Party!

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Soak and scrape off any labels etc. Gather together your drill and a glass cutting drill bit. Glass bits are cheap to buy at your local DIY store. There are two ways to do this project… I wanted to shorten the cable to the battery box anyway, so I opted for a small hole to thread the cable though, pulling the LEDs into the bottle from the top. Drilling glass can be a little tricky, but the secret is to use water (or a light oil) to keep everything cool. You can make a little ‘moat’ around the hole using blue tack or plasticine to hold the water, although this only works until the tip has gone through the other side of the glass.Once the tip has gone through, just keep dipping the drill bit into the water/oil every few seconds or if the heat boils the water/oil away. Drill the hole about 10mm or so up from the bottom of the bottle, not forgetting to keep dipping the drill bit into water/oil to keep everything cool. If your getting dust, you need more lubricant otherwise the drill bit can overheat and the heat could crack the glass.

Once you have a nice clean hole, give the bottle a good wash inside and out. Then thread a short length of string through the hole and out the neck of the bottle, tape the wires from the LED String light set to the string and pull them into the bottle and out of the hole you just drilled. Shorten the wires if necessary and reconnect the wires into the battery box using a soldering iron or just bare the ends and twist them together and tape up to protect them. Thread the LEDs into the bottle one by one through the top and jiggle them around into an even spread. If you opted for the larger hole, simply thread the LED lamps into the bottle through the hole until they are all in! Once the lamps are inside the bottle you can use a hot glue gun to fill in the hole and hold the cable in place. If you find that the LED string sinks down into the bottom of the bottle over time, you can use a bent wire to pull them back up again and even use the hot glue gun again to stick some of the cable inside the top of the bottle (where the cork came from) to stop them slipping back down again as you move the lamp around.

Finally, pop some good batteries into the box, find a dark spot and ta da. No matter whether your style is whimsical, traditional or sophisticated, you can transform a wine bottle into a Christmas decoration worthy of display in your home. Before you begin crafting your wine bottle decorations, rinse out the bottles, remove the labels and clean the surface with glass cleaner or rubbing alcohol. Make Christmas lights with your empty wine bottles to invoke the warmth of Christmas in your home, even if it is freezing outside. The salt application on the outside of this bottle produces a beautiful frosty surface that sparkles as the light shines through. The following instructions and supplies listed are for one bottle light. If you want to make more than one bottle, simply double the supplies and follow the same instructions. Bring Frosty to life with a little paint and in a few hours he will be warming your hearts for Christmas. This would be a great project to involve the kids in.