The Art Doll Hat for the swap hosted by http://craftingbycandlelight.blogspot.com/ was fun to work on today. It is very different than the one I made for Sis in our private swap.
But both have the same base- a party hat in holographic paper, gold for Sissy and silver for my swap partner http://jenniferconway.blogspot.com/.
Jennifer has a wonderful site and makes the coolest crows. I don’t do crows, but I added a bird to her doll, hoping she’d like it.
I can’t send it to her until I get an exacto knife and clean up those messy arms. My scissors were too bulky.
I have a lot of these party hats left, I might make some angels to use for Christmas tree toppers.
I also made a purse fairy from one of the tiny perfume bottles Beth http://bethleintz.typepad.com/ gave to me in our supplies swap. 
My first step was to pour glue into the bottom of the bottle, then shake glitter inside it.
Next, I glued a 1" high picture down onto some background paper, and cut her out. That way, her back is attractive too, and she is more sturdy, with the 2 layers of paper.
I left a strip of paper at her feet as a base. 
I found a crystal bead that was small enough to fit through the opening of the bottle, and wrapped the paper base around the bead, glued it to the bead, then wrapped the base in silver ribbon and glued that down.
Now she can stand up and has a weighted bottom.
I cut butterfly shaped wings out of the same paper I had used on the back of the lady, and glittered them, bent them into a V shape and glued them to her back.
I carefully, without creasing her, folded her over and poked her through the opening to the bottle after adding glue to the bottom of the bead so it would stick to the inside of the bottle. I used a paint brush handle to adjust the fairy once she was inside, and used the brush to poke in some teeny little vintage flowers that had a drop of glue on each. 
To foof up the plastic lid, I wrapped and glued a strip of the same paper I used on the fairy’s back onto the side of the lid.
A vintage button topped with a pearl bead was glued to the top.
And now I have a fairy that will always be with me wherever I go. I think I glopped enough glue into that bottle, that it will be secure, that is, if it ever dries! I’ll leave the lid off a while, maybe a week or two??
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Gorgeous!
wow – so clever!
Hi,
I love your blog and pictures!!! Got your info from Silver Bella digest. I’m entering your giveaway, please put my name in. Thanks for sharing your blog, Stephanie
That little fairy is adorable!
Karla – the fairy in the bottle is so magical.
I love it! One of those would be perfect as one of your “give aways”.
~elaine~
Is it just the way the picture looks, or is the newest art doll hat topless?? Love the purse fairy.
Oh Karla, The art hat dolls are so neat and I love the little purse fairy in the perfume bottle.
Karen
Bluemuf
hMMMMM…..a purse fairy. I LIKE it! You come up with the cutest ideas! Glittery fantastic ideas.
Smiles, Karen
I hope the fairy doesn’t fly out while the glue is drying!
Everything looks pretty 🙂
Karla—Your hats are absolutely wonderful!!!
What a fun idea! And you give the best instructions! Mine would look sooo goopy tho! I can just see you poking that paper down into the little opening!!!
Hugs,
Stephanie
Angelic Accents