BackPorchCrafting

RECYCLED WINE BOTTLE CANDLES: To say that my husband and I like to drink wine is an understatement!  We love to visit the wineries around the area of our cabin and in Western North Carolina.  One of the places that we love more than anything is a little boutique winery about 12 minutes from our cabin called Silver Fork Winery. The views are amazing from this little winery.  So with all of the wine we are drinking, and our friends are drinking as well, we have been saving the bottles and have started making crafts with them. Dave has learned to cut the glass bottles and we are making several different kinds of crafts with them. The first item that we are making is the recycled wine bottle candle.  We have three difference scents at this time:  Christmas Cottage, White Zinfandel, and Tuscan Wine.  We will be adding Lemon Verbena and Gardenia this Spring.  If there are other scents that you would love to have, we can add those as well. ...

Back Porch Crafting : Back Porch Crafting is a place where you can come see the items that I have made, and will be selling, on my Backporchcrafting Etsy shop, and where I will talk a little bit about my back porch, the crafting that I do, the items and how they were made, and about myself and my family.  So, Welcome to my Back Porch! Two years ago my husband and I purchased a little cabin in the Western part of North Carolina, in a little town near Morganton.  It has become out sanctuary away from the big, bad city life!  LOL!  We go there to unwind, do projects together, and explore the area that we love.  There are many wineries and breweries around the area, and we have been checking those out.  We love to take family and friends to these places as well.  We realized, while we were at one of the local wineries, that they re-used their corks and wine bottles to make things.  Well, if I can turn something that could be considered ...