TADD with Rain 12/15/22

 Hi Everyone!

It's Wednesday night and when I finish this post I still have laundry to fold. Yes, I do mundane things just like all of you. LOL

TADD with Rain's theme this week is Gift Wrapped. As I don't do Christmas I am off in my own little world creating for my show next year. So no gift wrapping for me. Instead I will show you some bottles I have. Now, creating with bottles is NOT a new thing for me. I will try to find some photos of older bottle art. 

For 20 plus years Mr. M. and I lived in N. Idaho, right on the Montana border. A very small town that at one time was thriving due to silver mining. Exploring the lands around the town we found where an old restaurant was. We dug up hundreds of old bottles, dishware and real silverware. The other day I asked Mr. M. where all the bottles were. He brought in 1 small box and 1 apple box full of bottles. I had so much fun unwrapping them all. There are 5 more huge boxes left to go through. Here are just a few of the bottles I will be altering for my show.

These need to be rewashed. T	I really like the pint and 1/2 pint whiskey bottles in the back row.
Most of these are old condiment bottles except the vases in back.	This I am going to keep. It is a very small perfume bottle with a glass dropper. How cool.
Here are 2 bottle that I textured with old garden netting. This one has copper leaf in the edges. It is really pretty in real life.	This also has the garden netting and then painted with metallic paints. Both of these bottles have beveled glass toppers that are drying.
This apothecary bottle painted black and then I applied patina to make it look old. I really like how it turn out. I forgot to order corks today I will get some for the bottles.	This is what I have on my table for next year. I really love having a mission. LOL
Now for food. I really love meat balls with my spaghetti.	Toast, egg, and avocado for breakfast.
Hmmmm carrot pumpkin cake.	This cake is huge. We shared it with our neighbors.
Now these are the weirdest cookies. These are meringue with a little surprise inside. I made them too large for one thing.	The surprise inside is a chocolate kiss. I tried cutting one in half to show you but they are too fragile. Also if I make these again I will use half the sugar. WAY TOO SWEET
There wasn't a small bag of kisses at the store so I will have to freeze most of them.	If you are a regular to my blog you know I don't make many things with chocolate. Not high on my list of treats. However, lately, chocolate is on my mind. LOL I found these on sale and couldn't pass it up.

To end this post here is something nice.

A sparrow hawk in my tree. The Ravens were attacking the hawk every time she tried to fly off. Finally, after a very long time, she got away. Flying on the wind, free.

Nicole