Gorgeous Recycling - Corks...

Ha, only a... ooo 6 days...left! So gotta drag out this recycling / arty thing a bit more ;) Although, I've honestly been a bit distracted from the blog with painting a picture I've been putting off for a while! Hate to admit I've been lazy and just letting blog tick off some scheduled posts - forgive me faithful reader (you know who you are....)



"Why would you want to cover your truck in corks? Better yet, why WOULD’NT you? Cork is naturally impermeable and water resistant – there’s a reason it’s used to seal bottles, after all. As for the Cork Truck, owner Jan Elftmann didn’t actually drink 10,000 bottles of wine to get the corks which cover her truck; she saved them up while working for 13 years as a waitress at an Italian restaurant."

More here weird art here: http://weburbanist.com/2009/06/02/put-a-cork-in-it-25-creative-works-of-cork-art-and-design/

Gorgeous Recycling - Mobiles....

Getting a little obsessed with recycled art :)

"Western Art Glass creates amazing art from reclaimed bottles: building a mobile from beer bottle bottoms, or wrestling a curving leaf from the side of a discarded wine bottle. From the geometric, modern pieces to the delicate, organic leaves, his work is a sophisticated, sustainable addition to a sunny window or garden."

http://greenupgrader.com/8579/art-glass-bottles-in-the-sun/

Gorgeous Recycling - Wine Bottle Nightlight

This is something I saw at a friend's house and tried myself - I used a blue bottle. You literally just have to feed a string of fairy lights into a bottle - rice lights work best.

Photos from this blog: http://diana212m.blogspot.com/2010/11/fairy-lights.html

Gorgeous Recycling - Wine Bottle Torch

"This clever outdoor diy idea comes from Erik Anderson of Gerardot & Co.- a creative branding and design agency in Indianapolis."

Full instructions here: http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/diy-project-eriks-recycled-wine-bottle-torch.html