Glasses Fit For A...Redneck???

The title of my post grabbed your attention, didn't it?  Well, some of you may have seen these before, but I'm sure there are those of you who haven't, so I thought I'd share this cute idea.  When Chris and I went to a Christmas party last month, one of the couples who attended gave our friends, the hosts, a pair of  these "redneck wine glasses". They were a huge hit with everybody there!  Don't you just love them?    

Now, being that I was born and raised in the South, I can appreciate that they're made from Mason jars.  My granny used them for all of her canning needs when I was growing up and I've sipped a lot of sweet iced tea from them.  When I had the chance, I pulled aside the couple who brought them and asked where they got them.  They told me they know a woman who makes and sells them.  She simply takes a Mason jar and uses some sort of strong epoxy to glue it onto a candlestick.  He said she finds her supplies either at Wal-Mart or the Dollar General Store. To give the glasses extra pizazz, she fills the candlesticks with small colored beads and ties coordinating ribbons around the lips of the jars. She even ties a strand of beads around the stems of them with wire. He said the total cost for each glass is about $4 and they're sold for $12.

Chris and I liked them so much that we ordered a pair of them for my mother-in-law.  Since she's a big Univ. of South Carolina fan, we had the lady use the team colors of burgundy and black for her glasses.  I wouldn't mind trying my hand at making a few of them to see how they turn out...though I'm the craftiest person in town.  There are just so many different things you could do with them.  They'd be cute for weddings, milestone birthdays, etc.

Jeff Foxworthy would have such a time, don't you think?  "You might be a redneck if you drink from a Mason jar that's been glued onto a candlestick."  'Nuff said!