Eclectic Elements: Parisienne Influences

- by Brenda Brown

Paris  -   to me this evokes the wonderful smell of my favourite perfume, the sights of this beautiful city and a visit there last March, the roadside cafes, beautiful jewellery, lots of lace and booths full of vintage items beside the River Seine.

My altered bottle project has been influenced by a number of these things.

It started life as a modern Calvin Klein Eternity perfume bottle, one that I have been using and has just a small amount left to use.

I experimented using the Vintaj Patina Victorian Gold metal ink, which changed the look completely.

Over the Vintaj, I stippled some snowflake fresco finish acrylic paint. It had a few problems taking out some of the gold, but perseverance won in the end and I got it completely covered.

 

To seal it, I sprayed it with gold spray and sparkle. To get this lovely effect.

I downloaded a free French perfume label, changed the size in PSE, cut it out and distressed it with walnut stain and vintage photo. The label can be found at VintageFeedSacks.

I played with lots of lace, ribbons and flowers as embellishments, but it didn't look right with the shape of this bottle so I used some old jewelry to add these trinkets that remind me of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, pearls, baubles, a cherub and a metal corner that I cut down to fit on the back, making sure I didn't prevent the spray from working.







I hope the theme of Paris has inspired you this month.

Thanks for reading.

hugs {brenda} xox