Altered Bottles and Notebooks

Been busy creating more altered bottles and other things. I've done a couple of craft shows so I have some experience in that now and will try some others in the future.

  

 Here's a Christmas bottle made with a tag I had from last year which I cut to decorate this bottle. The other has an air dry clay piece I stamped and painted.

  

This one has metal buttons and a piece of an old doily and the composition book below was covered in paper, ribbon and silk flower.

 Are you more than ever more inspired to create since Pinterest came on the scene? I sure am. I wish I had more time to devote to my crafts. I'm still trying to learn to draw, sew more, and want to start making soldered jewelry too and my darn full time job is in the way, arghhh!

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope you find the time to create,

Books for Trade, Altered Notebook and Giveaways

Interested in trading for books you might have that you no longer want?  Here are a few that I have to offer up for trade. I've linked available titles to Amazon so you can take a look.

Books for trade

1. Making Scrapbooks: Complete Guide to Preserving Your Treasured Memories - Vanessa-Ann
2. Scrapbooking with Memory Makers - Gerbrandt and Arquette (mine is a hardback)
3. Treasured Memories: Over 35 Inspirational Ideas for Creating Heirloom-quality Memory Books - Mary Maguire
4. A Year of Scrapbooking - Debbie Janasak & Anna Swinney
5. Type Cast: Creative Page Design Using Words, Type and Letters - From The Editors of Memory Makers Books
6. Scrapbooking Projects - Bay Books
7. Out of Bounds: Scrapbooking without boundaries - Jodi Amieci and Torrey Scott 
8. Making Memories: Scrapbook Ideas for your Treasured Photographs and Keepsakes - Penny Boylan

I'd be interested in Mixed Media, Collage, Altered Art books. Also for Somerset Magazines: Life, Studio, Home, Apprentice or possibly others from Somerset.  Make me an offer and I might be interested in what you want to part with.

I found this notebook at the Dollar Tree.  I liked the cover as it was, so I just added the chipboard label holder thingie after glittering with this awesome blue color, a piece of vintage doily and the Spanish word for pages, paginas.  I thought it turned out pretty adorable.

Here are some beautiful giveaways from those generous bloggers we all love.  Let's celebrate with them!

Celebrating 300th Post

Life is a Beautiful Place to Be

 Celebrating a Blog Anniversary

Blue Creek Home

Another Blog Anniversary

Kandeland

Have a fun rest of the week and good luck on those giveaways.  I was lucky to win 2 awesome giveaways recently. I'll show you the goodies on a future post once I receive them.