Tiny intention bottles
April 20, 2008 at 7:33 pm (Art, Paper)
I met with some local ladies last night to create these little intention bottles. The project was left open as far as what type of medium we wanted to use. The only necessity was the bottle, of course. When I was in Seattle, I found these really cool bottles full of heart-shaped confetti. I didn’t really need four bottles of hearts (though I’m sure I’ll find a use for it someday) but I wanted the bottles because I really liked the shape and size of them and the wooden lids. Plus they were pretty inexpensive. I decided to dig into my huge stash of paper napkins because that way I wouldn’t have to work too hard to create a pretty collage on the bottles. I used gel medium to apply the paper. After that dried, covered the bottles with double-sided sticky tape-stuff that comes in a sheet. Then I stuck micro-beads all over them. There is one odd one that I stuck seed beads on. It’s a much different look but I think it’s cool. I added some ribbon on some and little charms on the others. I really love the way they turned out. I think I’m going to make some more… maybe for trades at Hampton.
snazyink said,
April 20, 2008 at 9:15 pm
very creative, i like it…. http://snazyink.com/
Stéphanie said,
April 23, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I found you on my bloglog
and I discovered your blog today ! Your artwork is so beautiful ! And this little bottles are gorgeous ! I love them !
Dawn said,
April 23, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Your bottles turned out beautiful. I still need to finish mine.
By the way - I’ve tagged you - check out my blog for details:
http://dawnsellers.typepad.com/windows_to_me/2008/04/tag-youre-it.html
Laurel said,
April 24, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Teeny tiny bottles of wonderfulness! I really like the one with the seed beads - ocean colors! It’s a By The Sea kind of year, don’tcha know.
Janet Wilson said,
April 29, 2008 at 6:16 am
Very cool tiny bottles. Curious why you called them Intention Bottles….but I like the images that the name evokes in my head.
thanks for sharing!