This weekend we got a totally unique housewarming gift – tumblers made from salvaged beer bottles. The glasses come from Etsy sellers ReusefulObjects who salvages used bottles such as wine, beer & juice to make drinking glasses. Each bottle is cut, and then the rim is ground, sanded, and polished for a very smooth edge.
Some of glasses the duo produces has a permanent design printed by the manufacturer, which is a fun detail. But they all have an original design that they have hand-drawn and permanently etched into the glass. They also do custom work depending on how complicated the design is. Each set is made to order, 4 tumblers for $25-60 depending on intricacy of etching.
We’ve seen reused bottles before, but ReusefulObjects has done a beautiful etching job. The glasses will be perfect way to enjoy some agua fresca on these final summer days.
These are awesome! For my wedding we found out the town we were getting married in was having a recycling issue when their main truck broke down for a while. A friend of mine living locally rescued a bunch of green wine bottles and cut them for drinking at our reception dinner. They since got gifted to a bunch of locals and luckily their recycling program is up and running again.
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Lovely! It's amazing what a little reusing can do!
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So how exactly does one cut them? i think that is very cool!
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I am also interested in how-to information.
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labchick & georgianss - check out this post about how to cut glass bottles.
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