...french flair ~ puttin' on the "spritz"!

...hello dear ones!

well, here it is!!

my vintage seltzer bottle that I shared with you last week:)

only now,

"vintage coutured"!!!

below, we have exhibit A:

the said seltzer bottle.

I loved the lines of this,

the shine from the silver,

the graceful pump,

the little windows...

I just wasn't feelin' the green glass below!

and as I am all about the complete visual,

I challenged myself to find a lovely resolve

so that wherever I place this bottle,

it could be appreciated.

I tried many materials before the "halo appeared"

lol!

I chose wispy gauze, because it is easily shaped.

That,

 and I still wanted to see

that there were windows beneath these new little "dresses" :)

So,

using the complicated technique I learned in kindergarten

(ha!!)

I simply wrapped the end of a pencil eraser with little ovals of gauze

and Elmer's glued them onto each little window

like you did with the little tissue paper squares as a child

for a mother's day flower project!

remember??

twisting and pulling the gauze randomly,

until I was happy with the visual result.

  

I let that dry overnight.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

(glued gauze drying & me sleeping)

I now could live with the gauze covered , green glass windows!!

BUT

 that wasn't enough,

it needed something...

something that evoked a little romance!!

and what better to evoke that, than a strand of vintage pearls??

I just love the patina on them that you simply can NOT get with new ones!!

and these were most especially appealing to my eye

because of the duo tones of matte and shine...

so with my skinny thin wire,

I started twisting them on,

in a chicken wire patterned fashion.

  

 a pretty little pearl for each window!

~ LOVE IT!! ~

next came the neck adornment

as any self respecting,

french dressed bottle would require!!

so naturally,

I tied white sea silk ribbons around it,

and fashioned a focal piece out of a vintage sterling silver filigree buckle,

a vintage french medal, a large silver rhinestone,

a white feather, and a petite vintage rosebud sprig

whew!!

put them all together and you get this:

so what do you think of this "vintage coutured" seltzer bottle now??

perhaps you'd care for a spritz????

oh yes, please!

I'll have what she's having....

and could you make that a double??!!

~

thanks for stopping by today:)

I am joining along with these lovely ladies blog parties!

Common Ground's Vintage Inspiration Friday

The French Cupboard's French Inspired Blog Party

French Country Nest's Feathered Nest Friday

My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday

here's to things I learned in kindergarten!!