Wine Bottle Boats ~

Yes, this post is about recycling again. 

Wine bottles again.

I keep trying to come up with new ways to recycle the bottles

so here's a twist on the wine bottle tray.

A new favorite wine is "Valley of the Moon" chardonnay.

It's crisp, smooth, & yummy with everything from salmon to pasta.

Flavor aside, it's also bottled beautifully with a silver decal that

is retrained regardless of temperatures upwards of 1500 degrees.

After the bottle is fused flat into the typical tray it's slumped into a mold~

I call it the bottle boat mold....I have no idea what it's really called?

Even after the second firing the decal remains & is fused into the glass.

The neighborhood boarding mine is called "Valley of the Moon." 

Cool, eh? 

The wine bottle boat is a popular gift item in Anchorage for all the downtowners.

I've sold them as fast as I can drink the wine...only kidding...sort of.

Anyone out there want to help me??  :)

After it's slumped into the mold it's now a boat...er...bowl!

Ta-Da ~ Side view! 

Look!  Even a cute handle was created from the neck of the bottle!

These are great little trays for nuts or dips & best of all the glass is being

recycled & kept out of the landfill.