I applied my skinny to an altered bottle for this week’s challenge on Skinny Saturday.
The theme is based on this old verse:
Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for his living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day,
is bonny and blithe and good and gay.
Naturally the first question we all have is:
“What day am I?”
Woe is me… I end up being Wednesday! LOL! But, that gave me an idea. I altered an old bottle, labeled it with my skinny, embellished it, and filled it with strips of black paper on which I wrote my woes in white. My bottle is full of woe, so I don’t have to be!
Some details: It has a broken “seal” made of paper ribbon. The top of the cork is decorated with a replica of a French coin. The bottle neck is embellished with grosgrain ribbon, metal trim and a vintage rose button. I like that the child is emotionally distressed and the image is physically distressed. It’s from an old soap trade card and the frame is from a Dover image book. Fabric trims and glass rocks complete this art piece.
On what day you were born?
Enter your birthday to find out! (then click the “Calculate” button):
Oh I really like this……great idea!
Oh Wow just gorgeous!!!! Im Thursday Child…..figures
Its gorgeous.
I love the bottle concept and your attention to detail is amazing… absolutely great. Thanks for the calculator, it now makes sense to me – DH & I have far to go and DD’s fair of face, doh!! *G*
Wow this is absolutely stunning piece of Art.
I´m speachless, when i see your creations. Its Awesome.
Ooh Laura, This is absolutely a great bottle!! what a good idea, the skinny is beautiful, so full of woe!!! I am a mondays child…
hugs femmy
Laura, what a great idea! Your skinny is so beautiful!
What a great idea! its so beautiful!!!!
How creative you are love the idea of putting your skinny on the bottle. So cute love the image. Wonderful artwork.
Woawwwwww ! It’s absolutely wonderful, great idea, I love, I love…Bravo
Wonderful artwork, love everything about it!!!!!
I’m missing words, your Altered Bottle looks fantastic.
Great job sweet one. I know that this was cathartic for you! Sometimes we need the tangible to register things that aren’t- like feelings! I love this idea. BTY, I’m a Saturday child. Love you Heather
Gorgeous altered bottle and I love your idea of putting your woes in it. And thank you for the birth day calculator…I feel as if I should have been born on a Wednesday but as it turns out, I’m a Sunday baby. Whodathunk it?
Wonderful idea! Love your skinny, so cool you used it on this bottle. Thanks for the calculator, I’m a wednesday child too
What an amazing idea. The bottle looks fab.
what is this idea brilliant!!! gorgeous!!!
I am glad to share your woe. We are both Wednesdays’ children. This is a special piece. As a matter of fact I have a picture much like it. I don’t know where you get these things, you’re amazing.
Hi Laura, I am in love with how you women are encouraging each other to be creative every day……keep up the wonderful threads of creativity.