Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Time In A Bottle

I'm no Michelangelo, who saw things in a block of marble, but when my husband finished off a bottle of his favorite adult beverage, I saw this idea in the bottle. No, I hadn't been helping him finish it off when I started seeing things!
I've been intrigued by bottles and this one was both old looking and had a great shape and made a fun backdrop. Keeping with the "time" thing ( which is perfect since Mr. Chocolate loves watches and clocks so "time" is a theme in our house). 
I started out with the bottle, Mod Podged some sheet music and painter's masking tape around it:


You know how you get into a project and then you forget to take pictures? Yep. I went looking in my stash o stickers and found a sheet of time themed ones by Kelly Panacci, one of which I used for the focal and then fought with, I mean super glued, the copper K&CO frame to it. A couple of weeks ago, I bought a jar full of chandelier crystals at an antique shop ( used some of them on my bird cage) and made a "stopper" from one. Wrapped the top of the bottle w/ twine and a muslin scrap ( this is usually the kind of thing Mr. Chocolate asks "What made you do that?" and I answer "No clue, next question").

A couple of months ago I picked up a magical bag of watch parts so I pulled one out and glued it to one of the containers I picked up at the same time, and then glued that to the front of the bottle. I took another piece from the bag, put it in a bottle cap, filled it with "Diamond Glaze"  and once dry, glued that to the bottle. Last but not least, I inked a vellum tag with black and linen ink, used some more of the "time" stickers, and glued some small keys to the tag, attached a bead and tied it to the bottle
Now the funny part. I picked up the most recent copy of "Somerset Studio" and lo and behold, what do they have featured? A "Time In A Bottle" project. So clearly I'm not the only one with visions of time and bottles :)

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19 comments:

  1. cute idea you have great imagination. i wouldn't have thought of this. have a good day.

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  2. Amazing what you can do with a bottle, some sheet music and old watch parts. Great!

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  3. VERY fun! The ephemera feel of the bottle is great. I'm totally in love with the tag. I've recently become facinated with the innerworking of clocks. I bought one over the weekend just because you could see the gears moving around inside. Amazing!!

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  4. Wow, this is REALLY Cool! I love it!

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  5. Nice! I just put a label on an empty "adult beverage" bottle a few weeks ago...hmmm ;) I love the mix of items that you used for it.

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  6. Holy CROW this is so AWESOME! Great job! I don't even know what to say... so cool :)

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  7. I've been collecting neat bottles so I can do just this thing! Love your combo of papers and items, very cool. I don't drink, but everyone I know who does knows that if they drink Patron tequila, the bottle is MINE!!

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  8. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I LOVE the name of your site, because there isn't a question I know that can't be answered that way! I love your stuff and just became your newest follower.

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  9. LOVE IT!!!
    Great job!!!
    Glad you like my new crowns!!
    Chat with you again soon, meanwhile, have a wonderful day!!
    Rosemary

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  10. Very very cool. Well done!

    Lots of yummy love,
    Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner
    www.mawhats4dinner.com

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  11. Love this!! You talented little lady :) So creative!
    ~Terrell @ FrouFrouDecor~

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  12. Can I borrow your imagination for a while? Haha. I love this; looks awesome.

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  13. That is uber cool! I love everything about it, notably the recycled aspect, but especially the timepiece theme. Thanks for sharing! I've posted a link. Come join my link party sometime!

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  14. how very steampunk! what a great idea.

    i am afraid following your blog back will make me very hungry, b/c i see all those posts about desserts, but you are so close to 200! so i will.

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    have a great weekend!

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  16. What great ornaments for the house! So much nicer to display your own beauties! :)

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