Shabby Chic Bottle Tree

September 21st, 2008 in member junk

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Shabby Chic Bottle Tree as is currently displayed in our backyard

Shabby Chic Bottle Tree as is currently displayed in our backyard

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A few years ago, while we were visting my sister in the south, while driving in North Carolina we came across a bottle tree. I was completely taken with the folklore and fell in love. Once we got home my hubby welding together rebar in the shape of a tree, and after much practice perfected where the tree limbs should go. After a few years of trying the the wine bottle display, it finally it me that I could paint the tree white and display my favorite collection of clear bottles...and the Shabby Chic Tree was born!

Pattern or design used: My own design

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shabbychick writes: Cute bottle tree - so many possibilities - with color, embellishments...nice job updating to shabby chic!

I looked for info on the folklore - here's a website I found: http://www.bottletree.net/Trees.htm (some pics and a little history).

Kathy

P.S. Sue, I think you need a little bottle tree in your Falloween entryway!

Posted: 10:01 am on September 24th

MIsunshine writes: Me TOO!
please.... share the folk lore of the tree!
i've never seen a bottle tree only up north michigan in amish country... they started a shoe tree was so hilerious! everyone tied their shoes together & thru them over the branchs..it was loaded w/every kind of shoes & in the winter it looked even cooler "pun pun" Posted: 11:41 pm on September 22nd

georgiamoon writes: Very cool and what a conversation piece for your guests...I'll bet they don't see one of those everyday! Good job and I love the chair too! Nice to be able to chat with you, Georgia Posted: 4:10 pm on September 22nd

KimberlyMelamed writes: Thanks italianpeasant for the low down. Sounds beautiful with crystals and votives in the bottles. Too bad the tree had to go. Posted: 4:02 pm on September 22nd

italianpeasant writes: KIMBERLY, i'm not sure if the folk lore is the same as with a bottle tree, but the one i know is that if you hang bottles or canning jars from trees it keeps away evil spirits :)now the folk arty way of doing this is to wrap wire around the neck of the bottle or jar & embellish with crystals & beads & hang it, i used to do this but i put a votive in the jar; looked great at night, but we cut the tree down due to disease, not because it burned down!!!!!!! Posted: 2:58 pm on September 22nd

KimberlyMelamed writes: I am not familiar with the lore of the bottle tree. Care to enlighten me? Would love to know more. I think the history or story behind the piece always adds to it.

Thanks,
Kimberly Posted: 2:43 pm on September 22nd