Wine bottle lights - DIY

There's always a lot of alcohol in the house. Mostly left overs from a party or a friend who dropped in. More often than not though a bottle is bought and finished in one go, no matter how many people or how long/short the night! As a result, I'm left with a bunch of empty bottles that are thrown out.

Until I found use for them - Wine Bottle Lights!

They're the easiest, prettiest things to make. One can ideally use any type of bottle but most come with inbuilt decanter type things. There are other uses for them (more on that later!). Besides, wine bottles are elegant looking and come in various colours and sizes. 

1) Wash out the empty bottles and put them in a bucket of tepid water to soak overnight. The label will have already come out when you awaken in the morning, leaving you with a sparkling clean, not sticky bottle. 

2) Now go and buy fairy lights. In India, they're readily available in any market and around Diwali in every nook and corner. There are way too many options when it comes to lights. They come in various shapes, sizs and colours. I like the tiny yellow ones for these. They look more elegant and is perfect ambient lighting. Also my advice is don't go for the flash ones, unless you want to put them out for a dance.

3) All that's left to do is fill the lights into the mouth of the wine bottle. Stuff it in if you don't want to spend hours coiling them perfectly. They look beautiful either which way. Use a barbeque porker to make sure the coils go all the way to the bottom. Keep a little out (enough to plug it into the nearest socket) and you're done!

The lights can be used to line your staircase, hung in your backyard, made part of a rustic centerpiece arrangement and so much more. I just made one and used it for my kitchen and they look spectacular. Use different coloured bottles to get a colourful set of wine bottle lights!