Letter {A} - Altered Bottle

{A} is for Altered Bottle - really easy and makes a wonderful present. Use to store crafty bits for yourself or fill with something scrummy to give as a gift. Looks great on your desk too!

I used an empty Prima Flowers bottle. These bottles are just too nice to throw away when empty, so re-use them and make them look nice at the same time. Take off the labels that are on the bottle and top.

Cover with glue. I used a good old glue stick. Cover with Mulberry paper. This is great - it is fine enough to mould easily and also strong enough to withstand you messing around with it. I had a 12x12 piece of white mulberry paper which I tore in half and then used one half to tear into smaller pieces. The torn effect is nice and with smaller pieces you can get around the bottle without too many creases.

When you glue it all on and ensure the edges are glued properly, you can't really tell where each piece start and ends - kinda merges together. Fab paper to use!

Stamp on your design. Just roll the bottle over the stamp to get the full design. Or stamp onto the torn pieces of paper and then apply to the bottle for a more abstract look! If you prefer not to stamp you can use rub-ons, stickers, draw, paint, etc.

I then did the bottle top. Make a hole in the top - I used my eyelet setter. For the red design I used a silver button to place on the top, which had a shank on it. This shank sits through the hole in the bottle top and then if you attach a flat button the other side, threaded through with wire then the silver button will stay in-situ. For the pink bottle I used a pink Bazzill Bosher and a Bazzill Polka Dot brad, poked through the hole.

Get some ribbon or fibres, tie around the neck and attach charms, beads, embellishments of your choice.

Fill the bottle with little crafty bits to keep on your desk, fill with something nice to give as a gift. Create a message to someone special - how about Valentines Day. Write a mesage on a piece of paper, roll it up, put into bottle and then give it to your sweetheart! Something a little different. So easy to do and yet looks fab! I am keeping mine on my desk........I might fill it with sweeties to nibble on when I feeling a bit peckish...........hehe.....

If you fancy giving this a go, let us have pics and we can put onto this Blog or onto the Bubbly Funk Gallery - share your ideas..........and have fun!


Kaz
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