Book sculptures-bringing the story to life- by viki

I'm not going to tell the title of this book, you'll have to guess. :) I'm sooo happy with this one but not so happy with the pictures. They just don't do justice to the detail in this piece. There are 8 fully detailed beds in this piece, complete with mussed up blankets and pillows but they just don't seem to show up in picture. In person they are the absolute highlight of the piece. In spite of the pictures..I'm really proud of how this one turned out.
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Today I decided to do something unique and I decoupaged my kitchen table top with vintage labels. I love love love it!!!



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Here is the picture I found of me that I think looks like Kris and Dominic
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Here is a picture of Meg and Anna together:





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My two new bottles. This bottle is done with paper napkins and is a picture of me at 4 or 5 years old.

My next bottle is done with a large mouthed bottle and contains a picture of my Aunt Judy as
a little girl.


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   Here is the picture of my Aunt Judy and some other pictures I was playing with today. I cleaned up the original pictures and played with the clarity and contrast to make them sharper and  more visible.

Ever since my mom passed away in July I can't stop thinking about this beautiful little collection of altered bottles that she had made. I finally decided to set down my other projects and give these little bottles a try. My first bottle is, of course, inspired by my mom and has a picture of her on it.

My next bottle is a little different and contains a picture of my granddaughter, Anna on it.
 Eventually I hope to fill a shelf with my bottles and have each bottle represent a different member of my family.

DeeDee & JJ ;)