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Friday, August 26, 2011

This One Makes Me Giggle :-)


One day, a couple months ago, I was "out on the web" and saw some hanging flowers in emptied, recycled light bulbs!    I FELL in LOVE!  But it was hanging in a shop without instructions.  So I did a search on how to clean them out and found a "How To" on TeamDroid.... And I went about claiming all the burnt out lights in the house (I have TONS) and started cleaning those babies out!  So, now I have a lot of cleaned out light bulbs, but what do I want to do with them?  TeamDroid had used theirs for a little terrarium ...cute, but I didn't love the little contraption they had made to sit it on, and I knew I didn't want to hang them, so that was out. 

I wanted it to stand straight up!  


Welllllll, last night I had a AH HA! moment!

Here you go...


LOOK WHAT I USED!!!! 


I KNEW I was saving them for a reason!  One more bottle recycle thing! (insert giggling here)  I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!


I just used white glue to glue it on... now, I will probably paint it another color to use for real...you know this was just a prototype.  Actually, a lot of water bottles have a simi-clear top and the ring is smaller...better yet!





14 comments:

  1. fairyrocksAugust 26, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    very clever !!!

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  2. nancybabbAugust 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    I KNOW Fairy!!! This one excites me... Totally FREE GIFTS!!! Image a row of them on a window seal, or down the center of a table... CUTE! And did I mention FREE!!

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  3. nancybabbAugust 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Or, to just give a little something to a co-worker for their desk! I LOVE IT!

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  4. pitavolaAugust 26, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    Que bien queda! pero que paciencia

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  5. RhissannaAugust 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Neat idea! And thank you for the link to the lightbulb info. Very useful.

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  6. nancybabbAugust 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    hi Rhissanna and pitavola! You are welcome for the link...and pitavola, I think you said something about being patient. Patience really isn't required, I really have no place to use the things I make so I'm in no big rush to figure things out. It really is about the doing, not the having. I could probably give what I make away but they are usually prototypes and I rarely make more. Except for these!!! I'm making some of these for gifts! Of course, they will have fresh flowers in them when I do. (the picture leaves were from a wild vine growing up on my back deck! I think some of it may even be poison ivy!...nope, not allergic)

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  7. YogiAugust 27, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    cute. aren't ah ha moments great...

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  8. nancybabbAugust 27, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    They are indeed Yogi! I have at least one a day so I stay busy testing them out....God is GOOD!

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  9. AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    Another cute base would be bottle caps. Can be left as is or painted any color you wanted. -BT

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  10. nancybabbAugust 28, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    HI ANONYMOUS! THANKS! That would be cute, and I have some so that'll be my next "to do". I just have this ongoing thing on how to recycle a plastic bottle and that little circle had me stumped! Only found one thing to do with them and it was just so-so.

    THANKS AGAIN!

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  11. AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Very welcome. It was the first thing that popped in my head and something that is often "free" and recycled. Might have to grab a couple bulbs and make something like this. -BT

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  12. nancybabbAugust 28, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Oh Good! thanks for responding, I was wondering if you would get it as "Anonymous" You helped me twice tonight :-)

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  13. BTAugust 28, 2011 at 1:45 AM

    Well if this works, then I won't be anonymous, I'll be here on my google...

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  14. nancybabbAugust 28, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    Well there ya go BT! Course,you still are pretty anonymous :-)... Anyway,WELCOME! and come back soon!

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