Don't try this at home!

Oh my...During another one of those crazy "I can't sleep so I'll hang out at Pinterest" nights,

 

I saw a few photos of candles under glass: 

 

 

 

 You simply cut the bottom of a bottle (or jug)

 

and place it over a burning candle...the wind won't blow it out...

perfect for those nights at the river...right?

 

I was so psyched!  I saved a few jugs like this one...

 

 

I knew it would be soooo cool!

 

 

Now, Since I have a nasty scar on my right hand from a broken glass cutting ME...

 

And another scar on my left hand from me cutting GLASS...

 

So I needed to find a safe way to cut a bottle...

 

I You Tubed it!

 

There were all kinds of ways, from $45 bottle cutters, to $3 glass cutters to

 

~my favorite~

 

Wrapping a string soaked in something that will burn,

 around the bottle, setting it on fire and then plunging it into water.

 

Check it out on You Tube, there are lots of videos...

 

I just happened to mention it to my partner in many crimes:  Tony.

and he said to get out the bottles while he watched the videos,

so off to the kitchen he went.

 

I should have had Mr. K follow him, since the first thing I had to find was...

 

 

Which, incidentally, was a very cool shade of

 

 

 

Green!

 

No, he didn't get cut on broken glass...he picked up this knife...

 

 

Okay...bleeding staunched...

 

Let's try it!

We listened to a man who sounded much like

Arnold Swartzzen  Schwarrz  Schwarzenegger

 

Yes, I had to Google it to find out how to spell it. 

 No wonder Maria Shriver used her maiden name!

 

He said it was easy...

 

We practiced on smaller bottles...

 

 

Finally!

 

 

 

We got a beer bottle to break!

 

We got cocky...

We tried a jug.

 

(Now, you might ask where Mr. K was while we were burning heating things in our kitchen...

 

I didn't get a photo of it, but he was on the other side of the kitchen, holding a fire extinguisher!

He's so cute!)

 

So, on to the jug...

 

 

I know you're wondering, so I'll just make it brief...

 

Failure!

 

Apparently we didn't take the thickness of the glass into consideration...

 

In the meantime, Ashley sent me these...

 

 

Doesn't it make you smile back?

 

Well, got things to do...

Later!

Love, Jan