Repurposing My Wine Labels ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a little non-descript project I thought I'd share.  When I opened our wine cooler the other day, I found that two identical wine labels had fallen off of their bottles due to being in there for so long (admittedly, we're not *big* wine drinkers).  As I was about to throw them away, I glanced over at a plain glass hurricane that I have on the kitchen island ... that's when the lightbulb went off ....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I grabbed my glue stick and applied the matching wine labels to the front and back of the hurricane.  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzt3fyHmKK6Es_gzvuj2mTV5vVhovk4QnGlqS3ZrjKVlljMORzbgYJ4ZoHxrGqfxQ77gX-K09kq4IYcOc4WbOgWeXGBVAwwODoNkudvLZKqUndM3hVlhv3mh5r_SHWK42voDQrhmMc1Ao/s1600/islandwine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzt3fyHmKK6Es_gzvuj2mTV5vVhovk4QnGlqS3ZrjKVlljMORzbgYJ4ZoHxrGqfxQ77gX-K09kq4IYcOc4WbOgWeXGBVAwwODoNkudvLZKqUndM3hVlhv3mh5r_SHWK42voDQrhmMc1Ao/s640/islandwine.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Realizing I needed a couple more labels, I pulled out two more matching bottles of wine that still had their labels attached.  I soaked the bottles in hot water and the labels floated right off!  I then applied them to the hurricane while they were still wet ... they stuck right to the glass, without the need for the glue stick.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2elCF-RTJXpUw7GWzyj8zRfLFDY8-GsyNgBsXD3BVOmtFBdDvnZYnUKOUtfRs_9g2Ti7Wk-bdXWy5ahPvhNTkwnslB7eeSd81HqQTjS7_zhaU0_8KeVwfrA264Vg_z4y7QkinebEj9Cs/s1600/islandwine2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2elCF-RTJXpUw7GWzyj8zRfLFDY8-GsyNgBsXD3BVOmtFBdDvnZYnUKOUtfRs_9g2Ti7Wk-bdXWy5ahPvhNTkwnslB7eeSd81HqQTjS7_zhaU0_8KeVwfrA264Vg_z4y7QkinebEj9Cs/s400/islandwine2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I also tucked mini bunches of colored faux grapes around the base of my battery operated candle.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVtVbkaEAPUKuXqKmLOYSPP2NQPKEwe4RjVmwyTU_2tVnYLtFcMSfZRfwH9aSQtx9wIfR4VT66dJQwBzoOK7qfEyP22K8aTZCPHgW5cwIogflBht92Q0kJcjnT7rHMQPuTTMS4qScjCM/s1600/islandlittlegrapes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVtVbkaEAPUKuXqKmLOYSPP2NQPKEwe4RjVmwyTU_2tVnYLtFcMSfZRfwH9aSQtx9wIfR4VT66dJQwBzoOK7qfEyP22K8aTZCPHgW5cwIogflBht92Q0kJcjnT7rHMQPuTTMS4qScjCM/s640/islandlittlegrapes.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now, it helps to complete the wine theme vignette I created (which sits on top of an oversized placemat from Pottery Barn), consisting of a glass apothecary jar filled with wine corks (with faux grapes nestled beside it), along with the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">scattered wine corks on the other side.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Repurposing My Wine Labels ...

Just a little non-descript project I thought I'd share.  When I opened our wine cooler the other day, I found that two identical wine la...

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