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| "The Blue Bottle" - Tiny Book Art Charm, by Kia Dallons |
This was a really neat swap! - A coming together of a wonderful bunch of artists to raise money for Beads of Courage, a support program for children with cancer. We each contributed an Art Charm on the theme of laughter. ( The exact book featured in this post is the one in the auction, FYI. )
Goes live Nov 12, 2012 - 3:00 pm, EST!
We are also doing a "blog hop", so I will list the other artist's blogs at the end of this post, for those who would like to see what everyone else did as well. There are some seriously talented people in this group!
The inspiration for my charm is a favorite camp song about a magical blue bottle which holds the ingredients for a summer day. Do you want to read it?!
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| The Blue Bottle / I have a little present here for you, inside this tiny bottle so very small and blue. / But don't you dare uncork it, or everything will get away. / Thought you might like your own summer's day. / Now she who is a-reading me, and is looking at my side, might be kind of interested at what lies inside...? / Holds one breath of a butterfly, one ray from the sun... / ...and lots and lots of laughter from little children's fun! / But don't you dare uncork it, or everything will get away. Thought you might like your own / summer's day! / Put it on away. |
The text was done in Business Card Composer, and ported over to Photoshop for the page layout. Printed, and then free-hand illustrated with Crayola pencils. Don't laugh! I was lucky to have found the few I did. ( Where are my good colored pencils? ) I had to raid my son's art box. Thankfully, he had the colors I needed.
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| Pages, before separating. Printed text, freehand illustrated with colored pencils. |
Book Construction
Each of the glueing stages was allowed to completely dry before going on to the next stage. I use tons of clothespins to hold things in place while they dry. The pages are glued back to back, using a glue stick.
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| Fold |
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| Glue the pages back to back, and trim the end flaps. |
Jacket: I used Aileen's Brush On Tacky Glue, both to hold it together, and to coat the exterior to give it a nice, slick, protective veneer.
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| Jacket: cardboard, paper, ribbon, glue. |
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| Interior: Glue page flaps to jacket, cover with lovely heavy-weight paper. |
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| Ribbon: Glue it on, leaving a long tail. |
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| Ribbon: Fold it back and glue it to itself. Trim the tail if it's too long. |
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| Ribbon: Tuck tail under and glue. Add clasp! |
The clasp, and all the findings are my copper wirework.
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"The Blue Bottle" - Tiny Book Art Charm, by Kia Dallons
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All the tiny bottles. Each one is different. I had fun making them, and experimenting.
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| Tiny Bottles - Lampwork glass, copper wirework and cherrywood "corks", by Kia Dallons. |
Auction Site
Contributing Artist's Blogs
Babette Cox http://babettecox.com/blog.htm
Carol Watson http://www.carolwatsonartglass.blogspot.com
Charlene Jacka http://clay-space.com/2012/11/early-christmas/
Cheri Reed http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/2012/11/to-participate-in-charm-swap-you-must.html
Cheryl McCloud http://cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-blog-hop-and-beads-of.html
Deb Kauzlarich http://debkauzlarich.blogspot.com
Denielle Hagerman http://somebeadsandotherthings.com
Inge vonRoos http://ingetraud.wordpress.com
Jean Peter http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/ http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-charm-swap.html
Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/2012/11/12/beads-of-courage/
Jennifer Cameron http://wp.me/p1xIa0-wn
Kimberly Roberts http://bahamadawn.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap.html
Leslie Schenkel http://twistedchicken.wordpress.com/?p=171
Linda Florian http://www.lilysofthevalleyjewelry.blogspot.com/
Lori Greenberg http://lorigreenberg.com/blog
Lynnea Bennett http://designsbylynnea.blogspot.com
Mallory Hoffman http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-time-has-come-art-charm-blog-reveal.html
Marsha Neal Studio http://marshanealstudio.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-exchange-and-beads-of-courage.html
Maureen Connolly http://mrsbeadsley.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-reveal.html
Monique Urquhart http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/2012/11/charmed-im-sure.html
Natalie McKenna http://www.grubbi.co.uk/
Renetha Stanziano http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchange-auction-and-reveal.html
Robin Koza http://www.robinkoza.com
Shaiha Williams http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-hop.html
Shannon Hicks http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/
Shelley Graham Turner http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/2012/11/reveal-2012-charm-swap.html
Stephanie Haussler http://pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/laughter-art-bead-charm-swap-auction.html
Vanessa Gilkes http://culturezine.com/blog/
That is just a very brilliant and heartfelt charm. What a lot of work went into them! I love the sweet thought of a bottle holding the ingredients for a summer's day. That just makes my heart smile. Thanks for sharing your talents with this swap! I didn't get yours but will watch the auction for a chance! Enjoy the day. Erin
ReplyDeleteThey did take a long time to make, but it was a labor of love. : ) I have to admit, it's not the first time this song has inspired a project. Enjoy your day too! What could be nicer than perusing a whole bunch of art blogs? : D
DeleteThat book is the most beautiful, intricate charm I've ever seen. What an incredible design, and the finished product is so perfect!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comments! I enjoyed making them. : )
DeleteKia, I had to read your post over several times; now you've got me wanting to make little books. One would be fun; eleven? a pile of work! And the little bottle is too sweet for words!
ReplyDeleteDoooo It! Warning tho, it's addictive! I've made a number of tiny books for other swaps. ( Check back in blog here to see ) I've even hosted two tiny book charm swaps ( Tiny Pop-ups, and Children's Lit ) . I figure if I'm making one, I might as well make a bunch, just because I've already got all the stuff out, and there is a lot of glue drying time between stages. : )
DeleteOMG, Kia, I can't even imagine the patience you need to create those exquisite little books! They are gorgeous, they are perfect and any child will love them!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Would you be so kind and take the 'word verification' off? I am sure you would get way more comments :)
Aw shoot.. Thank you. I really do enjoy making them.
ReplyDeleteWord verification gone! Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention! I had no idea. : )
Wow! I love the books!!! Great work!!1
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWow -- what a fabulous interpretation of laugh! and the amount of work you put into it.
ReplyDeleteThank you. : ) I enjoy making them.
DeleteWhat a great charm!
ReplyDeleteGenius. Sheer genius. I love it, I'm searching for words here - I'll stick with genius! I love your post too, you did a marvelous job showing the process
ReplyDelete*blushes* Thank you so much. I plan to do more tutorials in the future, too.
DeleteWow Kia that is a great art piece...so much work and you did ELEVEN. Wow. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Actually, I did 16. : D There are 8 books worth of pages on every regular size paper I printed, so I figured why not? The rest will go up in my ArtFire studio after the auction.
DeleteKia, I can't get over how much work you put into that little tiny book charm! It's amazing!!! And you make it sound so easy. Just adorable!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It really is pretty easy... just time consuming. : )
DeleteOk, maybe easy for you, not so much for me! I love seeing the entire process, and this is such a beautiful charm! Next year I'm gonna make more charms so I can be in two groups! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. : ) Be careful! Making Art Charms is addictive! The group I usually trade with has several swaps a month, and I learned the hard way to pick and choose, LOL!
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you, Peggy! : )
DeleteKia, thanks so much for sharing this opportunity to browse through so many fabulous works of tiny art!! I LOVE your book. The little blue bottle is amazing. xo Lorie
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lorie.. You are very kind. : )
DeleteHow wonderful for you to share your process as well as your incredible charms - thanks so much, Kia!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked it! Thank you!
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