A Pink Book... with a BLUE flower

This week on the Shabby Tea Room challenge it is all about BOOKS... and so I thought that since I really don't have a stamp that is a book... and I wasnt' really into books that way, I would MAKE a book... a small little book...  a cute small little book... that can be mailed easily to a special friend...  (I have a lot of special friends ... they are the ones that love pretty things and are special to ME) 

There is a picture on the challenge also... it is light blue, soft pinks and white... so I made this project with that in mind... 

This is a tiny little book... but it has a lot in it.. .lots of pages to put special little things, like pictures, words, thoughts and fun little things...  perfect for a gift... 

 

I so love making flowers... and so I made this one BLUE for the blue in this project... 

 

This picture really doesn't show the lightness of the pink properly. .but it does show the size... only 3 inches tall... and only 2 inches wide... a small little book... 

 

And it opens into a lot of little pages... just perfect to share with... what fun is this...  all in pinks... her favorite color...  she is have shoulder surgery in a week... and her birthday is also coming up... so I need to pamper her a little bit... and she is always sending me such pretty tags, and banners of love etc... so I have to create a special box to put all these things in, that she can open with one hand... and play with these things...  a special gift for a special friend... I can write about this... as she doesn't have a  computer... so she will still be surprised... the best part of it all.. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit ... and thanks also to all the Design Team for Shabby Tea Room, for their inspirational devotion every week to produce a wonderful site and these fun challenges... thanks a million to you all.. 

 

Hope you will stop in and take a peek and leave some love there too.. 

 

thanks for all that you leave here too.. I really love all your comments and cherish each and every one of them... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

Craft Hoarders ANONYMOUS!!!!

This week in the challenge at CRAFT HOARDERS ANONYMOUS they ask that we UP CYCLE...  Not a problem with that here... as I have been a recycler for years... we use to have a recycling company called the Crystal Unicorn... loved doing that business... 

Anyway... I had to go back to my favorite thing to Recycle... or up Cycle...  and that was bottles... oh I love bottles... all colors, all shapes, tall, short, tiny etc etc...  so I have a few here to show you what I did with these... I have been waiting for a challenge that I could do this project... so I was sort of ready...  just had to gather up a few things... (which actually took longer than anything...) 

 

I had bought some organic rice vinegar and it came in this great bottle... and so I bought two...  LOL.. for this project... and also a 24 hour pickle jar.. .LOL... but that is another subject matter...

 

So this is what I did..  She is so sweet... I just might have to keep these myself??? not really sure though... 

 

On the bottom, I glued some smooth glass pebbles...  to give this bottle a little more height... 

 

This is not a good picture... not really sure how it got on here... but you can sort of see the front... 

Above that I have a beautiful vintage face... and I added some golden wings...  I glue her onto sheet music... 

 

The caps are the hardest for me... but this one I glued seam binding that I had dyed blue onto the cap... it does come off... as I am going to use these bottles, if I keep them for some of my paper beads.. .I have to have a good reason to keep them... LOL.. 

 

Under the cap, I glue rows and rows of beaded ribbons... and then put a little butterfly there too... 

I used some old Cluny lace and then put some seam binding ribbon and some jute over it... and then added a few bows and some of my favorite little flowers... I have to make some more of those... I think I made 100 and I am down to almost 20... need to make more...  A friend of mine... Marie Berquist gave me a little package of these little net butterflies a long long time ago... do you remember Marie??? Well I am finally using a few of them on here...  they are so pretty... with a rhinestone in the center for the body... 

 

I took a picture of the back, so you could see the rows of beads I put on there...

 

The other side of the bottle... 

 

I really love this one... and then I started to play with another one... I really was on a roll... so why stop...  LOL.. having fun is why I do this... and I was waist deep in stuff and couldn't move... so I better make a few more, prior to cleaning up...  (so I could move) 

 

I love pinks... so I had to make a pink one too...

I really got a little bit better at doing this also... you have to make a few prior to really knowing what you are doing... LOL..

 

down at the bottom, I attached some vintage lace...  I bought this over 50 years ago... and it was antique then... so I think it is really vintage... LOL..  I put pearls in the center of each flower... and then moved on to attaching the picture.. 

 

How elegant is this picture?? I love it... so very pretty... been wanting to use it for a long time... FINALLY...

 

The lid on this bottle took me the longest ever time...  I first off drilled a tiny hole in the top, so I could put a fancy knob on the top of the cap... then I covered the cap with copper tape... it worked perfectly... 

 

I added some touches of lace, pearls, bows... and just was having a grand old time...

I loved putting the pearls onto the bottle... 

 

And cutting out dragonflies and adding more bows.. 

and a little chic a dee or tiny blue bird... just so cute... 

 

I love this bottle...  and I think maybe I will put them into the back bathroom... they will look really pretty there..  but I will keep them in my studio for a while... I love them.. 

 

Okay.. these were some fun ones...

 

 



 

That is a picture of my best friend and Me...  I am on the right... as you are looking at it...  Betsy and I lived nest door to each other and I am presently looking for her...  her name growing up was Betsy Sluyter... cant' seem to find her...  miss her a whole lot.. 

 

This is the cap.. I put glue all over it and then put fiber all down in circles...  and the tag that says ... DREAM BIG...  we did..

the little butterfly is that I am hoping that she finds her way back to me... 

 

This jar is about 2.5 inches...  and I wanted to make it a SNOW jar... you know the kind I mean... but I didn't have the right equipment... but I DID...

I punched snowflakes out... and put them into the bottom of this jar... and then worked at putting some pictures of me and my Dad ... we use to love to play in the snow...  when you turn it upside down... it snows... LOL.. what fun.. 

 

Dad and Me... those are his shirt buttons... in the day you use to save buttons... as they cost a lot... have to priced them today.. .I am starting to save them again...(actually I have always saved them... just thought it sounded better that I was going to START to save them.. .)   Thread is up to $3.50 a spool... outrageous... 

 

Oh well..  enough of that...

Hope you have enjoyed my bottle display...

Please go by Craft Hoarders Anonymous and see what the other crafters have created also... usually there are some really GREAT creations going on there...  and the design team is really GREAT too...  check it out...   

 

The top two are about 8 inches tall.. and the other one with my friend and I inside is about 3 inches tall.. .so I did use small bottles and jars... I have a few octagon ones too... a huge stash of them... trying to think of what to do with them.. something really special.. 

 

Hope you have had a really nice day... and thanks again for all of you who leave such wonderful comments...  I really appreciate it greatly...

 

Thanks also for stopping by for a visit... 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie