Keep your old love letters under "lock and key" by recycling small plastic or glass bottles! Cleaning out old documents with Mom recently, we came across these letters written to me by high school beaus (remember those days?) that we had kept through various moves, floods from hurricanes and other events that had my parents moving from Savannah to Florida and now to South Georgia (Jesup).
I used those mini "airplane" sized wine bottles to make an embellished letter keeper that I can display. I attached a cord to the inside lid so that when the lid is removed, the letter comes out. Sort of a message in a bottle type thing.
I used Sizzix's Tim Holtz Hardware Findings die to cut the key hole from National Nonwovens brown felt. Vintage dictionary pages provide a fitting background and embossed metal sheets from Walnut Hollow provide a small border. My favorite part of making these was searching through old book pages to come up with fitting phrases that describe the theme of each love letter. I used Aleenes Collage Pauge to apply these to painted Patera Findings.
My second favorite part was embellishing the lids with paint, beads and pearls. The keys are a scrapbook embellishment find from K and Company. They ensure that my old love letters are safe, under lock and key....
Do you craft with recycled items? I would love to hear about it- leave me a comment. I love to hear from my bloggy friends.
Live Life Creatively,
Melony
What a "pretty" project and a terrific way to recycle. And the birdies from scraps from your previous post are so sweet.
Posted by: Becky Shander | January 18, 2012 at 09:34 AM
I just love what you did and I will definitely try this one. It is so creative!
Micki
Posted by: Micki Butler | September 23, 2010 at 03:29 AM
Oh my...these are SO creative and gorgeous!!
It is DH and my 7th Anniversary this month, this would be a wonderful way to cherish some memories!
Thanks for the chance and good luck everyone!
Posted by: Rabecca Forbes | September 22, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Absolutely beautiful! A much more fun way to hold on to these sorts of keepsakes rather than just having them all chucked in a box. :-)
Posted by: Melissa | September 21, 2010 at 09:45 PM
This is such a cute idea!!
I'm a new follower and I blogged about this Green Crafting Love letter!
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Posted by: Cindy Dowdle-Schoen | September 21, 2010 at 10:05 AM
This so cute! I love how you made them look so authentic!
Posted by: Keri Lee Sereika | September 17, 2010 at 08:54 AM
Love this idea!! Very cool antique bottles!
Posted by: Steph B | September 16, 2010 at 08:49 AM