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Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Friday, September 1, 2023

Creative Artiste - September - Altered Pasta Bottles

 Time for another challenge at Creative Artiste for September.  

This is our 97th Challenge!

Our theme is as always"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please.

This is my project for this month, altered pasta jars.






I was looking for an idea for a vase to hold my beautiful  pottery flowers that  a very special friend brought back from Polland for me. 

This is what I started with. It came to me even with pasta in the jars. I do  remember a lot of years ago they would be displayed on the counter in the kitchens.  I sprayed the frame with a high gloss black paint so give the holder some life.


I decided to use these paste bottle because of the 2 different heights and their triangle shape. The pottery flowers I was given were in a selection of colours and their stems were not of the same consistance of metal or wood. 

 I decided to paint the bottles with white gesso and sprayed the bottles with Kilz primer so that my alcohol inks would have something to stick too and just not aborb into the gesso.

I played with many different colours of Alochol Ink trying to see what colours would go with my pottery flowers. 

Here are a few pictures of the vases of the sides of the vases.














I did add some butterflies and a title to the project when I was finished. I used a glaze over the vases to also protect the vases and give them some shine.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. I hope you will join us this month over at Creative Artiste. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design tea. 





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3 comments:

  1. Tracey@HotchpotchcreationsSeptember 1, 2023 at 2:54 PM

    Judy you must be so pleased with this beauty of a creation. I do not think you could have found anything better to display those wonderful pottery flowers gifted to you from a friend, what a lovely gift. Your decorated bottles look amazing, both transformed to look like high end vases, the metal basket will keep this stunning display safely together. Another creation i would love to see up close.
    Thanks for another inspirational make Creative Hugs Tracey xx

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  2. AnitaSeptember 1, 2023 at 10:50 PM

    These are beautiful, Judy, and they showcase the flowers amazingly well! I'd tried something like this on a smaller scale using acrylics, and it hadn't worked well at all. I love your process with alcohol inks! They create such a chic look, and those beaded embellishments are perfect! I like how the little butterflies complete The Garden. Well done!

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  3. Ina GSeptember 6, 2023 at 10:51 PM

    I looooooooooove the result you got with the alcohol inks and colours you used. Spectacular finishes on the vases and what beautiful flowers to add to your amazing vases.

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