Three long-time Seattle companies find success creating beauty out of trash.
Building on the success of last summer’s inaugural offering, Glass Eye Studio, Tom Douglas’s Palace Kitchen and Made In Washington Stores are partnering again to offer a limited edition hand-blown collectible glass ornament, sold exclusively at Made in Washington Stores, created by using glass from recycled Washington wine bottles.
Tom Douglas restaurants provided over 1,000 lbs of empty Washington state wine bottles to make the ornaments. Glass Eye Studio used a special process to melt the bottles and create the one-of-a-kind ornament, which features the natural hue of the green bottles, with streaks of burgundy color.
This year’s design is created using a double-stuff seam in the glass.â€, said Dale Lehman, president of Glass Eye Studio, “This is the first time we’ve ever used that in one our ornaments, and we’re very excited about how it came out.â€
“Last summer’s Limited Edition Recycled Wine Bottle Ornament exceeded all expectations, selling out quite quickly as it appealed to both locals and tourists alike†said Mike Mondello, president of Made In Washington. “On our web site, it was the most successful event we’ve ever had outside the holiday season.â€
“There is a great passion in our organization to make sustainable practices a part of what we do everyday†said Tom Douglas, “Usually that results in recycling paper products or saving food scraps for compost. It’s fun that with this project we’re making art.â€
The ornaments were unveiled Wednesday April 22nd — Earth Day — exclusively at Made In Washington stores and online at MadeInWashington.com. The price is $24.99, and each ornament comes with a card indicating its number in the limited edition.
Article and image used with permission from MadeInWashington.com
Tags: Christmas ornaments, glass Ornaments, handblown ornaments, wine ornaments
Old glass incandescent light bulbs can’t be recycled, but they do make great tree ornaments. Turn one upside down and hand paint a Christmas scene on it. Not very artistic? Paint a striking peppermint stripe pattern or spray paint with a metallic paint. Hot glue a ribbon with a bow to the top and hang on the tree. Burned out exterior Christmas light bulbs can be used the same way and are great ornaments for mini trees.
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