About 11am most mornings I’m at home, I hear a pile of bottles poured into a wheelie bin.
Firstly, no, these are not mine, our bin only allows one at a time, so it can be a long and painstaking task. These are from one of my favourite bars – The Sip Club. Beer bottles, spirit bottles, wine bottles. It made me wonder… Is there anything else you can do with these bottles – especially as some of them are so pretty – that doesn’t involve just sending them off to be recycled?
Toes Adore obviously had the same idea. As well as lots of quirky little cushions, bags and ceramics, there’s a whole range of products made from recycled booze bottles.
Whether your tipple is wine, champagne, beer, whisky or gin, you’ll find something that suits. Obviously my own selection was easy.
Does the bottle look familiar?
I have a gorgeous little chopping board made from a flattened gin bottle, that comes with it’s own serrated knife. Perfect for slicing lemons for your gin, or as I discovered, for chopping the herbs to go with your guacamole.
You may also have spotted the rather handsome bottle in the background. Shall we have a closer look? Perhaps it will give away it’s former life.
The original neckline has been compressed, so you get a gorgeous little physics effect going on – there’s a gap of air inside the bottle at the shoulder, yet the oil is in the neck of the bottle. I’m so enamoured I’m looking at the others on the site. I think a Bombay Sapphire drunken drizzle bottle with some balsamic vinegar in it would look rather handsome.
Or maybe the Beefeater bottle with another spirit in it. Or the Hendricks Gin clock. All perfect gifts for the gin lover in your life.
So, can you guess? What gin did these two bottles hold originally?
No?
This one:
The lovely thick glass of a Masons Gin bottle was heated and bent into shape. Genius.
Now I’m going to drink this gin and bitter lemon, and buy the rest of the shop. Slainte.
The items in this post were received free of charge for reviewing purposes. They’re pretty darned awesome and my chopping board especially is getting a regular work out. Thank you Totes Adore.