More Altered Bottles

I made a few more altered bottles and am so enjoying it again.

This one has a genuine piece of an antique ledger inside the envelope dated Jan 3, 1894.
I don't have very much of this ledger paper left, but I love to use it in special projects.

I love to leave the lace in the shape that I found it in. I feel it adds so much character to the piece.

I added a tiny collar to this bottle along with a vintage clip on earring.

I have listed these bottles in my Etsy store along with my previous ones.

I hope you enjoy your Wednesday! I will be staying in because Sandi did what she does best last night.

"FALL DOWN...GO BOOM!!"

It was dark outside and was in a place where the lighting wasn't so great and I totally missed the last step
 coming down off a porch. My body gyrated this way and that way and I finally ended up on my butt...
after twisting my ankle/foot.  It is a little swollen and sore ,but thankfully it wasn't worse.

Linking up today with Becky over at Timewashed for Blissful White Wednesday.
Thank you Becky!!

Daydreaming again...and paper heart chain

Do you ever sit and daydream? Truthfully I usually don't , but lately I have been daydreaming of Paris.  {just once in awhile. I am still actually getting my laundry done, dishes washed, floors moped etc. We wouldn't want any daydreaming to get in the way of everyday chores now would we?} It must be amazing to visit that city, but truthfully it is probably something I will never do.


 Did I ever tell you that I have a fear of flying? Not a huge fear, but nevertheless a fear. I truly think I could get over it fast
if we suddenly came into boatloads of money. lol. Not expecting that to happen either, so I will continue to dream away!!

While dreaming of Paris I decided to finish an altered bottle that I started creating some time ago.
Do you do that too? Start something and then not sure what direction you want to go so you just set it
aside for a week ,month year?  Happens a lot around here and then I have several unfinished projects
laying around. There comes a point when they have to be finished or they would run me out of
 house and home. lol.

I also got carried away this week making paper heart chains out of old music sheets! I saw the idea on Pinterest and just had to try it. {although it was made out of purple paper. I decided this would be much prettier!} SO easy so I just kept on adding hearts, hearts and more hearts until it is about long enough to circle the house six times!! Well , okay maybe not quite that long.  :)

Can you tell I like this bottle and the paper chain? hee hee

She is dressed in her Sunday best. This is a vintage ruffled lace cuff that I had laying around and it
fit the bottle perfectly. I think it was meant for her. I just put it on and snapped it shut with the snaps
that were already on it. Then I added a graphic from the graphic fairy and some other embellishments.
Simple, but lovely.

Speaking of Paris...the city of love...I also painted and embellished this simple heart a day or two ago.

Don't look too close. I didn't get the rubber stamp to *rock* for me on the curved surface so had to fill in some of the letters by hand with a marker. I still think it is sweet though.


How is your week going? Have you been creative? Please do tell me...


Linking up with Faded Charm again this week for White Wednesday.

Time for a SALE ~

It is time for a

sale!

20% off any altered bottles from now through

Sunday , September 20th.

Just click here to go to my altered bottle shoppe,

{or click the Altered Bottle Shoppe photo on the sidebar},

pick out what you want and email me and let me know.

I will send you an invoice through paypal for payment.

That's all there is to it~

Easy peasy!!

Thank you!

Blessings~

Altered Bottle Fever ~

{update: this bottle is SOLD}

I have been working on altered bottles again and I think I will be making these for awhile as long as I can find the bottles.

I have been selling them as fast as I can make them and I thought I would put this one on here before adding it to my Etsy shop. I am also thinking about

starting a blog just to sell the bottles. This one has a tiny hint of glitter on the cheesecloth. I have also used antique ledger paper dated Jan. 11, 1894 along with other embellishments.

If anyone is interested in this one just email me.

(it stands approx. 5 and 3/4 inches high)

It is 24.99 plus $5.00 shipping.

I love how this one turned out ~ Blessings~

Using Our Talents~

"When I stand before God at the end of my life,

I would hope that I would not have a single

bit of talent left, and could say,

"I used everything you gave me".

~Erma Bombeck

Blessings~

More Altered Bottles ~

I just can't seem to stop making altered bottles! I love them and I never know

what they will end up looking like. I do love how these turned out~

I used genuine antique ledger paper that has

beautiful script on it for the background on the

CHERISH bottle. It is dated Friday, March 30, 1894 ~

I used an old music page from a songbook for the background on this

DREAM bottle~

Beautiful vintage buttons on top of the corks~ And I am loving cheesecloth embellishments as well. I have listed both of these in my Etsy shop if anyone is interested.

Please share YOUR new creations with me ~ Blessings~

One More Bottle ~

I wanted to share one more bottle with you that I finished up today. It is the one on the left and now I think I like this one best so far. Oh who knows! LOL I will probably say that with every bottle I make...

I used very old ledger paper as the base for this one. In fact in very beautiful script is written, "Wednesday April 4 1894". Next I added lots of vintage bling, antique trim and swarovski crystals and I love it. I will be listing it in my Etsy store if anyone is interested.

It is very windy here today and I have not gotten much done, but I did get a chance to run to town and pick up a few things. The wind was tugging at my car a lot on the way home...it had a mind of it's own and kept wanting to drift to the middle of the road. That HAS to mean that *SPRING* is here. I sure hope warm weather comes to stay very soon! Blessings ~