Sharing a Make Do, Tip!

 

All went well with the Melanoma and Volcano Removal. NO blood during the night and no pain for either of us.

I have a tip to share. I found the roll you see above, in the Dollar General store for just over a dollar. It is meant to use under glassware by placing it on the shelves, to keep them from sliding around and protect the glass. Having just struggled to get the lids off these bottles, I thought, cut these into squares and use them as bottle/jar openers. 

Shocked to the core at how easy it is to open the lids with help from the square, I wanted to share it with YOU, my dear blogger friends. I opened a jar of olives without asking for help from hubby. One thing led to another, like the light of the sun shining through the bottle and here we are

6 years ago I purchased 2 round bottle openers made of rubber and they are worn out and I could not find replacements. cut two squares or circles, one for the bottom, one for the lid. Bob had to open each 1/2 gallon of my Vanilla Soy milk. I can do it myself now.

 Make Do is my middle name.

I love Bottles (POO)

 

The shelf above is in our bedroom. It hold my favorites. As I wiped dust from them this week, I just happen to SNAP!  ha ha 

I have always loved glass bottles, the shapes, the sizes and the special ones are the very old ones. these were dug up from the old Savannah Georgia Dump. My friends husband would go out in the woods and dig up bottles, he gave me my first 4, the round bottom green in the middle and the two on either side and the oldest one was 1776,  but now resides with my son David. These are old medicine bottles. I got them in the mid 60's and moved them here in 1984. 

Over the years I have taken many photos of them. here are a few photos. 

I sat them in candle light and in the kitchen window

And also in the sunlight on the kitchen table. these photos were taken in 2013 but I started the bottle photos in 2002 when I got my first digital camera. Back then I did not know to label posts. 

I also HAD a collection of new bottles. I love bottles with handles, and tiny bottles. like these.

I fell in love with the tiny bottle. It came with ketchup in it, and was only 50 cents. The green top had jam, the other had maple syrup. I had about 10 of the non collectibles and in 2020 during the PURGE I tossed them in the recycle. Later I tired of what sits on my glass shelves and thought if only I had those cheap bottles I could put them in the NOOK..

just for fun, I typed in How to reuse old bottles. Wow. who knew. I have 12 of these old bottles and will keep them on the three shelves they live in.. Yet another post about POO, (perfectly ordinary objects)

MadSnapper Bottle Mania...

This whole post started when I opened the cabinet to get my pills out, glanced up and saw my collection of good for nothing at all bottles/jars. I love odd shapes and the smaller the bottle the better.

 I also LOVE glass handles on jars/bottles.


 My Deep Dark Secret is... . I bought and paid FIFTY CENTS for this bottle... It was full of ketchup/catsup, which I did not need and we don't do picnics, but I WANTED THE BOTTLE because it was Tiny.

MadSnapper Mania kicked in when I took the bottle outside for better light, the object was to show you how small the bottle is.

I stepped back in the kitchen, and MadSnapper Mania continued when I flipped the camera to Monochrome.

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