Recyled Madness - Project: Atmospheric Lighting

Recycling and the green movement are hot topics. We ship our trash off to China where it is remade into product and sold back to us. This made me start to wonder...if they can do it, why can't we?

Putting the remanufacture of product aside, what about just looking at our discards with new eyes... ultimately turning our trash into treasure?

And so, with that in mind I will be introducing new "How to" ecofriendly discoveries on http://www.lifeonplanetone.blogspot.com/ 

This recycled project is very simple...I wish I could take credit for this fun innvention but the credit goes to my brother's very creative girlfriend Gina. She made these wonderful accent lighting pieces at Christmas for friends but I have found this lighting can be used anytime of the year, indoors or out.

Supplies needed: A great looking empty bottle and a short chord of Christmas lights about 3' max.  I found a long neck wine bottle 1 1/2 ft tall at a garage sale for twenty five cents. 

How to: Slowly drop the lights into the bottle (finished end first) and voila, you have created a great accent light.  Use one on a table in the corner of room, line up a row on a buffet, great for parties, find an elegant bottle and put one in the bedroom or bath (away from water please!), you are only limited by your imagination. 

Use outside...line your walkway with a row of accent light bottles. You can even take a longer line of lights and drop them along into a row of multicolored glass jars along a path, spread randomly on the patio, or throughout the yard (be sure to use exterior lights in that case). 

Beautiful atmospheric lighting that will add a glow to your special space while saving the planet in one more place.