In one of my bottles (see my gallery), I filled it with altered popsicle sticks. Each stick has an inspirational quote. I had a few people ask what the popsicle sticks were for. Well, when I made these bottles, I had a scrapbooker, in mind, as the recipient. You could take the popsicle sticks and add them to a layout, giving the layout added dimension and interest. You could, also, remove the ribbon, add a jump ring, and string more chain and charms to it. Or, you could just leave them in the bottle and pull them out, if you needed inspiration, once in a while. Thanks for looking! ~Ethel~
**********QUICK INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW I MADE THESE ***********
Basically, I used the *large* size popsicle sticks which I bought from WalMart.
1) Open MSPowerPoint or Word (or Publisher). Use the text box option (for Word, you just start typing), and create / type your quotes. Make sure there is at least a 3/4 inch space between the quotes (above and below). Print your quotes on patterned paper.
2) Take your popsicle stick. Center it over the quote and trace around it.
3) Distress the edges of the sticks with chalk ink (I used Colorbox Chestnut Brown.... the cat eye ink pad).
4) After the ink dries, lay down mod podge on the stick, and then stick your cut-out quotes over the glue.
5) After it dries, you can use your Crop-A-Dile or a drill, and punch a hole on one side of the stick. Thread your ribbon, fibers, chains and charms to finish off your project.
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006 GMT Views: 4045
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Clever, clever, clever. Now I have to see your bottles! My DH is a huge Starbucks fan, so this would be a neat gift for his desk at work. Thanks for sharing.
Registered: December 8, 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 72952
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 @ 8:36 AM
This is genius! They are absolutely adorable!
------------------------------ Paula "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things, or make them unimportant. - The Eleventh Doctor
Registered: March 12, 2006 Location: Big Pool, MD. Posts: 5140
Sat, Jun 17, 2006 @ 9:00 AM
i'm sitting here shaking my head and thinking 'who would have thunk it'. lol. it never ceases to amaze me what people think of to stamp. and the thing is...these look great! how about sharing a little explanation on an upload on what you did to them? it would be greatly appreciated by many, i'm sure. tfs a creative, neat idea!
Registered: March 12, 2006 Location: Big Pool, MD. Posts: 5140
Mon, Jun 19, 2006 @ 8:54 AM
thank you ethel, for taking the time to add the good instructions!! i have a feeling we'll be seeing more of these on scrapbook pages and cards. tfs your great idea!