Pinterest Craft Creations #4- DIY Beer Glass

I'm so proud, I have finished creating 20 pins I have seen on Pinterest! Ok 20 isn't that much, but I bet there are some of you who have done 0.. Right? Yeah, that's what I thought :-)

Ok, 15 things were food related (I like to eat). One was a hair treatment and the other 4 were crafts.. 2 bracelets, a jewelry holder, and last night's creation:

Glasses from Beer Bottles! 

http://366daysofpinterest.com/2012/04/03/day-63-diy-corona-glasses/

This kind of crafting is way more up my alley than flowers and bedazzled things.. Beer, caustic materials, and fire? Bring it on!

First things first, you need beer bottles.

 I'm not one to let good beer go to waste, and crafting works better on a full belly.
Links to the recipes for dinner:
http://www.food.com/recipe/caramelized-baked-chicken-legs-wings-145038 (didn't caramelize, but quite yummy)
http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.html (delicious, didn't need add more oil after cooking)

Here are all the materials needed to make the glasses:

Beer bottles
Yarn (we used string)
Nail Polish remover (or "varnish remover" to those in the UK)
Container for nail polish remover
Container for water and ice
Sandpaper
Lighter (not shown)

1. Braid 3 pieces of string, wrap around bottle where you want to break, and tightly knot.

 2. Drop string in nail polish remover. It only needs to be in there for a few moments, to saturate the whole way through.

 3. Put it back on the bottle *Important- cut the string as close to the knot as you can, without cutting the knot.

4. Light on fire! Hold the bottle sideways, and rotate the bottle in a circle SLOWLY.

5. When you start to see the flame getting smaller, put the bottle in the ice water. It seemed to work better when we put it in slowly, and held it under. (Sorry, didn't get a picture of this step, so you will have to settle with just the ice water)

 6. The bottle breaks, all by itself! Sometimes, we had to pull the broken part off, because the sticker was holding it on. This is what our first try looked like:

 We noticed somethings while doing this. One, the bottle didn't break exactly where the string was, it broke under it, at the edge of the area the flame touched. Also, wherever the knot was there was a dip in the cut.

 7. The final step is to sandpaper the edges. We worked on this for awhile, but our paper was not rough enough. Guess a trip to the store is in order!

Here are are our *almost* completed beer glasses! Some worked better than others, as you can see. The glass in the front left was the last one we did, and is almost perfect.

Sadly, we only had four beers to work with..  guess we will have to go get some more and try again!!