I've Got the J O Y...

And I've bottled it! I'm taking part in a
crafts fair next weekend, so when do I start creating? This past week of course! I made two sets of bottles, similar in design. I filled each bottle with pretties-- lace, old trims, old pearls, a sprinkle each of a faux mica flakes and chunky gold glitter. This is a great way to use tulle and not-so-aesthetically-pleasing polyester lace, both of which I seem to have a lot of (garage sale and thrift store finds!)

Labels are made of old hymnal pages, cut with zig-zag scissors and antiqued with gold on the edges. I hand painted the lettering with acrylic paints.

I had to re-do the letter J twice, because I didn't like my first attempts.

I attached the labels with watered down white glue.

The necks of the bottles got collars made from some old vintage metallic trim, while the center bottle got a scarf made from a tarnished sequin trim.

One of the times I am glad I keep stuff for years.

You just never know when you can use something!

Don't have corks? Roll up old paper to the size you need (like rolling long paper beads).

Yesterday I found corks at Lowe's, 2 for 70 cents (a tiny drawer among the nuts and bolts). I think I prefer hand made stoppers for this project. The bottle brush tree is simply hot glued on. The other two bottles I left uncorked, because I wanted to the tree to be the fanciest bottle topper.

Might make a couple more bottles filled with "Christmas Cheer" or "Winter's Bliss".

Labels can be antique postcards or vintage Christmas cards.

Toppers can be old ornaments.

A good reason to go rummaging through my stuff!

If you need a reason, you may borrow mine. :)