Altered Bottle

I'm happy to post another finished project from my collection of "things I started but didn't finish".

Take an empty bottle from the trash and start the transformation. I started by soldering bands on the bottle to add a little interest. Added an old crocheted heart and an old tool handle for the stopper.

I attached beads, charms, lockets, a key and a small bell to jump rings that were soldered at the neck of the bottle.

On the back of the bottle I adhered an old postcard using beeswax as a sealer.

I like being able to see the writing on the postcard through the bottle. I placed a few beads and shredded book pages in the bottle as well as a filigree dohickey suspended by beads from the wooden stopper.

No bottle is safe from me now. I had put this one aside to make about 20 or so bottles for a witches' apothecary that I had displayed in my kitchen for Halloween. You don't get to see those until next October!!