Wind Chime, Hand Made from a Recycled Wine Bottle, Pink in color from Cooper's Hawk WInery

First we select the bottle based on the label. If it is colorful or distinct in some way. Then the color and size of the bottle. And of course it must be emptied, so either we receive it empty or we must ask for volunteers to help complete the job.

After that, the bottom is cut off and the cut is sanded. Sometimes during the cutting of the bottle, the label gets wet because we need to use water during the cutting. It might make a ripple or two in the label but that makes it part of the hand made process. Then the whole bottle is washed and ready for us to begin working our magic on it.

For this bottle, I selected a nice pink color to paint on the inside, I think that it brought out the pink in the label and it looks pretty good. Then the chain goes in the bottle to start the chime. a small bell is places at the neck of the bottle so that the chain stays in place. A small wooden disk is placed at the bottom of the bottle and I think it gives the look of the bottle sitting on a tiny table. The chimes are below the wooden disk and the wind sail is lower than the chimes. The wind sail is what makes the chimes do their thing when the wind comes along.