Calendar Bits & Pieces & Grid Blog Hop - Jellybean bottle

My family is known to have a sweet tooth. Every one of us. Maybe that's why I'm on such a sweets-kick lately. Yesterday it was the cupcakes. Today, it's the jelly beans. This time of year really seems to bring out the sweet tooth in me. I'm also always looking for little hostess gifts, teacher's gifts, etc. I'm also a collector of bottles and tins if I know they can be re-purposed for gifts.

We've been chugging the elderberry syrup lately to boost our immune systems for the winter and when we're done, I take the label off and run the bottle and caps through the dishwasher and I've got the perfect little bottles for filling with little treats. They're great to decorate and give as gifts.

I cut a strip of white cardstock and punched the edge with a scalloped edge punch. I then stamped it with the little trees that come in Tami Mayberry's new set, Calendar Bits & Pieces, and adhered it around the bottle. I love Tami's clean and simple style, so I went with clean and simple decorations for this bottle.

I stamped the frame image (from Tami's set) on white cardstock with Black ink and then stamped some more trees and the words to make my greeting (all from Tami's set - this set is HUGE!). I trimmed around the frame image with my scissors, mounted it on top of Rocket Red textured cardstock and trimmed that, as well. I used a Black Sakura Glaze pen to do the "&" sign (and then realized I did it backwards as I typed that out just now - haha! I bet no one would have noticed if I hadn't said anything). The glaze pen gives some shine and pop.

I punched a hole at the top of the frame with a 1/8 inch hole punch and threaded some hemp twine through it with a slip knot and tied it around the bottle. I also tied some gold edged white organdy ribbon and stitched red grosgrain ribbon (both from GinaK) around the top of the bottle.

I wanted to show that these two new stamp sets by Tami could be used for so much more than just making calendars. These are such versatile sets and the sky is the limit when it comes to the possibilities with them!

In case you're wondering, there were a few extra red jellybeans that just wouldn't fit in the bottle. I didn't want them to be lonely or feel like they weren't good enough to go in the bottle with the rest of the jellybeans, so I gave them a good home in my belly. *wink* It also helps to have "quality control" as well as "quantity control."

For some helpful tips on how to use the Calendar Bits & Pieces and Calendar Grid stamp sets, please be sure to check out Gina's blog and StampTV for a helpful video on just how quick and easy it can be to use! Both of these sets as well as the PDF version of the Calendar Grid image will be available for purchase tonight over on our online store. After that, stop by our Illustrator's blog - Tami Mayberry for some projects with her timely stamp sets. Here are the GinaK Designer Member's links who are joining us in the preview tonight:

Carolyn, Donna, Erika, Jessica, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, Nina Brackett, Cathy and Theresa

You'll also want to check in on these CenterStage Spotlight Designer's blogs for more ideas:

Melissa, Sharri, and Sue

Comments

[melanie]

aww that's so cute!! greta job putting all these ddifferent bits together! :)

[Alita Long]

what a cute project using this new stamp set!
thank you for sharing your work and allowing us to be inpired by it!
alita

[Sharri]

Erika, this is so fun! I love these sweet treats you are creating!

[LuvLee]

Ohhh I totally have to go buy some of that syrup just for those bottles!!! LOL These are truly a sweet gift idea or party favor!!!

[Joy Hadden]

Darling project and I love the little tag!

[Ky]

How cute!!!
~ky

[Carolina Buchting]

What a sweet tag!

[Anita]

Awesome!

[Melissa Cash]

Adorable bottle Erika! This one's going in the gift idea file!

[Mary C. Anderson]

What a great idea Erika. TFS.

Mary

[Sue VanDeVusse]

What a darling tag and bottle. Love the saying on the tag.

[cathy tidwell]

Wow! This is awesome Erika! LOVE this idea! Now I need to start drinking that stuff, lol!

[Deb]

Such a cute little gift idea! I love the way the multi-colors of the tag mimic the contents of the bottle!

[Carla Suto]

What a cute tag and bottle wrapper, Erika! Great idea!

[Laura P.]

Hi Erika,
Your jellybean bottle is adorable! Thanks for sharing. I explored the honeygardens.com website and am intrigued! Do you have any experience with the other products to share? I want one of everything; love the philosphy of the company. E-mail me privately if you have tried the products and can make recommendations!

[Cheryl Sims]

Erika, this is a great project. I am very interested in the elderberry syrup but need more info from you as to how much to take etc. I see there are many of us needing info, could you post a blog post on these products. I really need to boost my immune system. Thanks.
Cheryl

[Theresa]

So cute! What a great gift idea!

[Jessica]

Another really cute use for this stamp set!

[Carolyn King]

what a yummy idea! looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NinaB]

We have elderberry bushes everywhere here and I never heard of them until we moved here 11 years ago. Now I know what they're good for.:-)

Your bottle makes such a cute gift.

[Jessica Fick]

How fun! Great idea to show how perfect the images are for gifts!! TFS, Erika!

[vitamin c]

Hello
I like this site very much as it is all about creative new things.I have learned so many new things from this.This Jellybean Bottle looks very cute and nice.I must say that you are very talented.