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Beach in a bottleby ~snoday

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Minimal

My mom likes lighthouses and miniatures, so I made this as one of her Christmas presents.

(I don't have it anymore, obviously, so this is a rough guess....) The box is about 2 1/2" by 1 1/2" on top, and the bottle is about 3/4" long.

It's a lighthouse and boat with paddles on the beach. The paddles are kind of hard to see. (There are also footprints in the sand from the boat to the lighthouse, but you can't really see it here.) The lights on the lighthouse and on the box both glow in the dark.

I added the beads as an after-thought, thinking it would bring out the color of the water, but I think it did just the opposite. I filled that big blank spot on the box with a nice little golden bow. (I hadn't yet put the final finish on the box when these pics were taken.) I almost scrapped this and started all over. I was short on time and decided to try to fix it instead. I thought about adding a seagull or two, but I didn't want to mess it up again.

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Made with: paper clay, Sculpey (polymer clay), liquid Sculpey or Fimo (maybe both, I don't remember), water colors, acrylic paint, super glue, the thinnest wire I've ever seen, a bottle charm, a small wooden box, cotton stuff, wood finish, clear nail polish

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~sexydawn119 Aug 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

sooo cute

~COVipeanut Jul 30, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

This is awesome!

I'm amazed

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~snoday Aug 7, 2011

Hmm... I should re-do this (after I finish my drawing and the baby's scrapbook). x_x

~COVipeanut Aug 15, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

~Chibi-Pineapple Jul 20, 2010

That is super cute and awesome what did you use for the water.

~snoday Jul 23, 2010

The water is made from TLS (Translucent Liquid Sculpey)...or maybe Liquid Fimo, not sure... tinted w/ watercolor paints and topped w/ clear nail polish.

~Chibi-Pineapple Jul 23, 2010

I love that little bottle it is gorgeous!

!Iruichi Jan 22, 2010

you are so awesome. i luv ur charms

~x-Cocao Apr 23, 2009

How did you get that in there?
And where can you buy that bottle?

~snoday Apr 23, 2009

I used paper clay for the sand, which is air dry, so I sculpted that while it was inside the bottle. The boat and light house were baked and then put in before the paper clay dried. The water was added after all that, using liquid Sculpey/Fimo and clear nail polish.

In the past I have found the bottle charms at our local Hobby Lobby and JoAnn Fabrics. (Our Hobby Lobby stopped carrying them though, and JoAnn just got 'em.) I would say just try different craft stores in the jewelry/charm area. The makers of the bottles won't sell to consumers, even in bulk, so if you still can't find them, you can buy a "lot" of bottle charms on ebay.

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