Upcycle a Wine Bottle For a Decorative Look Using Hot Glue

Welcome to our Monthly Challenge Blog Hop! I've joined a group of creative bloggers to bring you a monthly challenge blog hop on the 2nd Monday of each month. We're running a bit behind this month because of the holidays and posting a week later. For January, the challenge is to upcycle cans, glass or plastic. And all of us can relate to repurposing anyone of these items from time to time!

I love recycling wine bottles and have been known to rescue them out of other people's trash! Lol!

My easy to follow tutorial shows you how to upcycle a wine bottle by creating the look of melted candle wax over a wintry scene using hot glue, mod podge, and a paper napkin. I think the end results are quite lovely! The warm, decorative design adds a whole lot of charm to anyone's décor during the winter months!

For this project, I used:

Wine bottle

Multi-surface acrylic craft paint

Sponge brush/paint brush

Mod podge

Paper napkin

Plastic wrap

Hot glue/ glue sticks

LED Votive Candle - 1 3/4" tall

Let's begin by wiping the wine bottle with alcohol to remove any oils and dirt that may still be there after removing the labels and washing with soap and water.  Next, using a sponge, paint multi-surface white acrylic  craft paint over the bottle and let dry.

Next, separate the top printed layer of the napkin paper from the rest.  Then arrange how you want the design of the napkin over the lower portion of the wine bottle.

 Then, paint a layer of mod podge over that area.

Carefully lay the napkin down on top of the mod podge, using plastic wrap to smooth and remove any wrinkles. Fill in with more mod podge and napkins to cover bottom of bottle and use the plastic wrap to smooth everything out. Let dry.

Once dry, add another coat of mod podge over the napkin to seal.

Let dry completely.

Then dab on multi-surface acrylic paint with a sponge brush

over the napkin edges to help hide the line edges. Let dry.

Next, apply vertical rows of hot glue beginning around the top of the bottle and let the hot glue drippings run down slightly past the top edge of the napkin. 

 Allow the hot glue drips to dry before filling in more over and between the first  row drips. Be sure to stagger the lengths of the hot glue drips.

Add an LED votive candle on top of the bottle opening and run drips of hot glue around the sides to attach.

Once the glue has completely dried and is no longer warm, pry open the LED votive candle with your hands, moving it side ways to be able to turn on the light underneath. Do not remove completely and replace the votive candle back intact to bottle.

And finally, add dabs of white acrylic paint over the dried hot glue drips to add texture and dimension to the look.

 Topped with a simple white LED votive candle and drips of faux hot wax, this upcycle wine bottle not only looks elegant, it provides mood lighting with the LED candle's soft glow. 

Don't you just love this look!

Please visit my co-hosts to check out their creative upcycle projects.

Beverly @ Across the Boulevard

Laurie @ My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies

Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventure

Gail @Purple Hues and Me

And don't forget to come back next month on February 12th when we share our Family Recipes!

Thanks for stopping by

and take a little time to enjoy,

Happy Crafting!