What a Difference a Label Makes!

I need to start this posting out giving "props" to Kathy from Creative Home Expressions.  She was featured on the Graphics Fairy Brag Monday showing some beautiful bottles that she decorated with graphics, ribbon, and charms.  I absolutely fell in love with what she did and knew that I wanted to do something similar.  Here is a picture of her bottles... aren't they gorgeous???!!!

I left a comment on her blog to which she replied.  I then sent a message back to her and said, "You'll never guess where I am... Going around to our GW stores. What am I looking for??? Well bottles of course!!!"  LOL!!"

Well, I didn't find the type of bottles that she used, but I did find two matching bottles that I thought would work nicely.  Sooooooo, today I wanted to come up with some lables to go on these...

It was a little difficult to design a label because of the odd shape of the bottles.  After some trial and error I decided that the best route to go was with round labels.  Next I needed to decide on the graphics to use.  I don't know about you, but The Graphic Fairy has so many fantastic graphics that the hardest part of creating a project is deciding WHICH of her fabulous graphics to use!!!  These were the ones I decided on.  The first one was perfect except for the color.  I went into my graphics program and swapped out some colors, then it was just a mater of making it the right size.

This is the original....

This is after is changed the colors...

The next one was a little more difficult.  I really liked this label, but I had to do a bit of work to be able to use it as a round label. 

After I messed with it a bit I decided it needed a little something more, so I added this lovely crown.

This is what the final label looked like.

I printed the pictures directly onto label paper, so it was just a matter of cutting them out and placing them on the bottles.  I had actually designed several different versions, but decided these worked best for my decor.

In keeping with the lovely bottles that Kathy made, the next step was to find some ribbon and charms to use on the neck of the bottles.  This is how they turned out...

I decided they needed just one more thing, and that was something IN the bottles.  I went to my "craft stash" and found some mini shells to put in one bottle, and some beans to put in the other.  PERFECT'O!!

Here's some final picts.

So, a big thank you to Kathy for her great idea, and thanks to Karen for the wonderful graphics.  I'm so excited - I now have a sweeeeeet new decoration.  Since I'm in the process of redoing my entire downstairs, I'm sure I'll find the perfect place to display these!!!!  Thanks ladies!!!

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