Bottles are the perfect items to recycle, not just into new bottles, but into totally new party creations.
With a little imagination, and often a very little amount of money (it's usually free!), you can take this everyday item and transform it into something that will make your event amazing.
1. As cute wine gnomes
Perfect for the Christmas party. Just roll up some felt, glue on some fur, and stick on a nose.
2. As delicately dangling decorations
Tying string around bottles, and hanging them from above, can help you to (very prettily) carve your own space inside a larger venue.
3. As flower poles
Use these to guide your guests around an outdoor venue.
4. As table numbers
Slice the cork and insert a number, or just paint directly on the bottle.
5. As glass lanterns
This example is complicated, but there are all sorts of ways to put tea lights inside bottles.
6. Inside a wheelbarrow
Get your beer bottles and keep them cold with a rustic feel.
7. As candle holders
Watch the candles drip and form a waxy sculpture around your bottles.
8. As table flower vases
Couldn't be simpler.
9. As champagne wedding favours
Go on. Give them a real treat.