Anyways, as part of my centerpieces, I'm going to have rustic/shabby-chic decorated wine bottles. Cheap and DIY. I asked a local restaurant if they had any empty wine bottles. Unfortunately, the recycle had JUST picked up the day before, but I did manage to get 7 bottles.
Step 1: Fill bathtub with the hottest water. When submerging wine bottles, fill up the bottles with water first so they sink to the bottom and rest there. Otherwise, they will be floating and clinking around.
Step 2: Wait... and wait some more. I would suggest waiting at least 2 hours.
Resist the urge to check on them! I closed the door... and when I went in there out of curiosity, the room was SOOOO hot. I didn't want to let all of that hot air into my hallway! GROSS!
I didn't anticipate waiting 5 hours... but when you have a 13-month-old and a fiance to deal with, it happens!
Step 3: Start peeling! I left them in the water when I peeled, as I found that the labels came off easier. The water was still hot, but not hot enough to where I couldn't put my hands in.
Most of them came right off! Some of the adhesive stuck, but I wasn't worried about that, since most of my bottles are going to be twine wrapped.
A few of the labels did come right off, nice and clean! I stuck this one on the toilet seat lid to dry... HELLO DUMMY!! The adhesive dried right onto the lid and now I have a nice label stuck to the lid. Just great!
It did make a mess in the tub, but I didn't have any problems getting all of the paper out. If you have lots of little pieces, I suggest using a strainer or net to get them out. Some of the really small pieces I just let go down the drain.
This one was the worst. It wasn't budging. I just used my nails and scratched it and it still looked like crap. This one will DEFINITELY be getting twine wrapped!
This was the worst of them. Most of them had a little bit of adhesive on them, which came right off with Goo Gone... The ones that looked this bad I didn't even bother. I will be twine wrapping them so it will cover up!
Came out perfectly!
Final Cost: $0
Total Time: 5 Hours of waiting, but only about 20 minutes of peeling and drying the bottles
I'm probably going to need another 7-8 bottles, and will have to go to my local cafe again to get them free! Why buy them off the internet, when you can make them?
Coming Soon: Twine wrapping your wine bottles... (This was easier, and harder, than I had imagined)
Coming Soon: Twine wrapping your wine bottles... (This was easier, and harder, than I had imagined)
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