Upcycled Starbuck's Bottle

Hello and welcome!  I'm so happy you stopped by today.  I will have two posts and two samples to share this morning.  First, a new challenge from Frilly and Funkie and then a monthly blog hop for Artistic Outpost.    Anita Houston is our hostess this fortnight and she wants us to create a project with at least two items that are repurposed or recycled.  For my project, I used a Starbuck's bottle to create a pretty, vintage style bottle.  I also repurposed some gorgeous vintage lace given to me as a RAK by my friend Marcy Kaminski.  I've been saving that precious lace for just the right project.

I used lots of yummy vintage style embellies on this project, starting with Tim Holtz Terminology Tissue Wrap that I wrapped around the main body as a base.  That was followed by two vintage images that I printed and cut out.  I painted the brown cap with gesso and then scraped a little off so it looks worn and then glued the lace around the top edge using Claudine Hellmuth's Multi Medium Matte.  Using some bronze tone chain from my jewelry making supplies, I strung two chains around the neck.

The first one holds a couple of baubles I made from crystal beads and bead caps, plus I strung a couple of charms from one of the charm sets sold at the Funkie Junkie boutique.  On the other chain, I strung a key hole from the Idea-ology Locket Keys set.  It was originally silver but that didn't match so I altered it with a bit of Expresso alcohol ink mixed with gold mixitive. Love the way it looks now!  I used a Trinket Pin to hold a scrap of hand dyed Venise lace and a Wire Pin to hold a gold glass glittered heart.

Around the top I made use of the scrap of Venise lace I used for the dying/painting tutorial I did last week (click here if you didn't already catch it over at Frilly and Funkie).  I used two large filigree metal corner pieces to embellish the sides.  They bend easily and I formed them to the curve of the glass and glued on with Multi Medium Matte.  I held them in place with a rubber band until fully dry.  And lastly, I added a couple of hand dyed rosebuds and some flowers that I made using the Tattered Flowers Decorative Strip die.  They were cut from white CS, colored with Tattered Rose Distress Stain and given a bit of glimmer with Perfect Pearls Biscotti mist - love that stuff!

That about wraps it up for the Frilly and Funkie challenge.  Do't forget our Friday Focus was Venise lace and appliques and they are still 15% off through midnight ET on Thursday.  Hope to have you playing along with us this fortnight with your repurposed/recycled project!

Challenges Entered:
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes


Supplies Used From the Funkie Junkie Boutique

Venise Lace Trim	Tim Holtz idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Terminology	Tattered Flowers Decorative Strip Die	Paper Crafting Embellishments - Filigree Metals
Antiqued Bronze Charms	Tattered Rose Distress Stain	Adirondack Expresso Alcohol Ink	Ranger Gold Alcohol Ink Mixative
Multi Medium Matte	Venise Tribud Appliques	Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist	Idea-ology Trinket Pins
Idea-ology Locket Keys	Idea-ology Wire Pins

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