Sunday 17 June 2012

My Creative Saturday

This weekend, whilst the children were at their dads for the weekend, I was determined to make something for the sake of making.  I have so many things I want to try out at the moment that it was hard to decide what to do.  So as I drank my third cup of coffee on Saturday morning (honestly, I'm not really a caffeine addict!) and scribbled down my thoughts I came up with the idea of working to a theme and getting as many projects done as I could around that theme.  I had 6 hours to kill and here's what happened.

I decided on the theme of Dance Envy.  I won't go into why but it's close to my heart and my first project was to come up with a collage.  A paint and fabric and paper and stuff on a board collage.  I really dislike collage in this form, I just can't get with it and so this was the most difficult part of the process.  Despite the theme being envy I wanted to stay away from the obvious colour choice of green so I opted for blue (blue is also  mood right?).  Here's the collage I came up with:


Ok, that's that bit out of the way.  The next two items were kind of made at the same time - whilst a bit of one was drying I worked on a section of the other etc....

I added a layer of matte Mod Podge to a sheet of scrap-booking paper to make some folds a little more durable and whilst that was drying took it upon myself to decorate a bottle to make it into a Dance Potion bottle...here's what I started with....

The bottle was a Rose Lemonade bottle I bought whilst visiting Avebury stone circle with a friend earlier this year.  The shape was lovely so I kept it and now it has served its purpose.  I covered it with  tissue paper I printed with a vintage scrip from a letter I found online.

The blue liquid is a patina fluid - I stuck a big old sparkle stone on top of the bottle and the wrapped it in copper tape (the same stuff that does not keep slugs off the pots in my garden).  Wash all finger-print oils off of the copper tape and then apply as per the instructions.  Except, applying it as per the instructions did not work so I added some neat to the copper tape and then yes, the copper turned from bright and shiny to brown before my eyes.  I rinsed it off once I was happy and quickly dried it off.  I then added more embellishments, making sure to add the same photo that was on the collage for a sense of connection between the items.

I swiped the bottom of the bottle with a distress ink and some copper from an ink pad, added a label I made from a font I found online, and a dance quote I liked plus a couple of other vintage prints plus the other stuff you can see here.  I could detail it all but at the end of the day you just have to play with what you've got....





And to finish the set I made another little ephemera wallet, with the words Dance Diary on the front and the words Dance Envy in the centre.....


All three together look fabulous.....art for arts sake......

There will be more themes.....

In the meantime head on over to Handmade Harbour to see what other craft folk have been up to.  And don't forget, to create is awesome.....





17 comments:

  1. Your bottle is brilliant, what a good way to jazz up an old bottle. And why not make things...just because! I do it all the time!!

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    1. Yes, to be honest I've been so caught up in making things for a purpose that I've forgotten how to make things for the pleasure of the process, it's that that I want to get back x

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  2. The bottle is fabulous and such a great idea - it would make a lovely pressie too. Hope you have a good week.

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  3. They're fabulous - especially the bottle. You printed onto tissue paper? Was that easy? I can't imagine it - or rather, I can imagine it tearing if I did it!

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  4. To print onto tissue I had to stick a length of tissue paper onto an A4 sheet and then very carefully feed it through my printer. It worked a treat so I shall be doing it again.

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  5. what a fabulous collection! you must have had a wonderful time getting lost in the creative process of producing them all. I agree that the bottle really stands out as a magnificent creation but all are wonderful and the trio looks great together :)

    i can't wait to see where your imagination and ingenuity will take you next! x

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  6. What lovely items, they look so well together. I love 'playing' around with things and wondering where the process will take me and I often follow instructions only to find they don't work and I have to 'make it up' as I go along.

    Have a great week

    Jan x

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  7. I love these!They'd be a great gift or display,especially the bottle.

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  8. How amazing! They look really good together.I would have not known where to start! Your knowledge of different techniques is amazing!

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    1. Thank you - I guess like a lot of people I have just accumulated a lot of random knowledge :)

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  9. Sometimes it's good to create something just for the sake of it, and what you have made is lovely. I love the idea of choosing a theme and then making several different bits based on it.

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  10. Lovely items and very surprised you managed all in one sitting!

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    1. Sometimes when the Muse strikes me I can be quite determined x

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  11. Absolutely gorgeous bottle! Your other things are lovely too but that bottle is very striking indeed.

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  12. Wow, looks like a find from a forgotten ship - very nostalgic - love it !

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  13. Wow, Deborah, you are on a creative roll. The 3 set piece just works together beautifully...You have a great ability to let one piece of work inspire another and not get side tracked. Maybe it was all the coffee! I'm a totally dependent caffeine addict! Coffee first, iced tea follows! I adore the art set, adore,adore,adore! Did I say Adore....xxPam

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  14. I love decorated bottles and this one is so pretty

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