Bottle cap wind chime

I’ve been working on this project for longer than I care to admit. I found that I couldn’t work on it in the morning because I was too shaky from numerous cups of coffee to bead and bend jumprings. By afternoon, I just wasn’t interested in working on it.

As you can see I put my own spin on it. I used an old CD for the top of the wind chime. I also included beads with the bottle caps for interest. I’m so happy to have actually used a bunch of the caps I’ve collected over the years as well as all the ones friends save for me.

Now I just need to find the perfect spot for it. Mr. G and I were talking this morning about making a tiki bar on the deck or the patio. I think it would fit in quite nicely!

Here’s the original “pin” that
inspired my above creation:

Source: flickr.com via Halle on Pinterest

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beading, bottle caps, ephemera, glass beads, Pinterest, recycling, upcycling

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201205/10

Journal pages

Over the weekend I was inspired to do a bit of art journaling.

Not sure that it will actually become a “project” but it was nice to play.

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altered art, collage, ephemera, journal, mixed-media

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201108/13

Sweet package and more flowers

Quite a while ago, after posting my Travels handmade book, Margaret asked me if I had an postcards from Switzerland for my collection.

Since I didn’t, we decided to do a little trade of items from our areas.

Just look at all the fun items she sent!

I’m really looking forward to using the pretty napkins.

And this postcard is an awesome addition to my collection!

It’s very Scandinavian looking…love that!

Have I mentioned that I’m 100% Norwegian!?!

Thank you so much Margaret!

I also wanted to share a couple more bottle cap flowers I made the other day.

They are a fun addition to my garden.

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bottle caps, ephemera, postcard, recycling, swap

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201107/20

UFO’s–finished

Since we’ve been pretty much stuck in the house lately I’ve been exercising my creative side by attempting to finish some UFO’s…unfinished objects.

I have a stack of these type of projects. Some just have a background finished. Others are a train wreck and are in need of a do-over.

This small canvas board was one of those. Whoa! You can’t even imagine how ugly the background on this baby was. I didn’t take a before picture…it was too awful. Now I happen to like it.

This puzzle piece was another that had been abandoned sometime last fall when I ran out of steam after gluing papers to the backs of a dozen or so pieces. I used my scrap bucket for most of this one.

I’m also working on a mixed-media painting. So far I’m just layering and layering…no photos yet.

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collage, ephemera, fabric, mail art, mixed-media, puzzle, scraps

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201103/31

Patty’s Tip-ins

Quite a while ago Elizabeth facilitated a swap between Patty and I. I was in need of a few more pages for my Quotes AB and Patty was thinking about possibly doing a chunky book.

Just look at the wonderful tip-ins that Patty created!
**I have been so neglectful in actually posting these.**
Sorry Patty!!!

This is a gorgeous piece. I’ve never been good with “white” but here it is done so well.
Such wonderful quotes were chosen.
“The universe sings to those who listen”
Love that…

And just take a gander at this one!! The colors are amazing together. The texture in the photo pales in comparison to the real deal.

The quote:
“Happiness belongs to those who are easily contented.”
~Aristotle

Patty has included one of her little nests that I admire so much.

Patty gave me free reign to do whatever came to me at the moment for the chunky pages.
Sweet!
I’m pretty random most of the time so that suits me just fine.
Since I forgot to actually take photos before sending them off to her…she was kind enough to photograph them for me.

And if that wasn’t enough…she sent a wonderful package of “goodies” to play with. Although it wasn’t planned…when I looked through the lens of my camera…look what I saw.

A Heart!

It was a gift from the heart from Patty!
Thank you my dear.

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chunky book, ephemera, gift, swap, tip-in

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201103/06

Quote pages

After a little nudge…I thought I’d show some of my pages. Some of these have been shown on the blog before quite a while ago. The rest were made in my pre-blogging days.