Friday, February 15, 2008

Valentine Altered Items

I altered a couple of items for my girls for Valentine's Day. I got these striped little tin buckets from the Target $1 spot. I love the stripes.


I added some fun ribbon to the handles, and I added an office clip that says "be mine" to the rim of each bucket. I used Mr. Big Bite to punch a hole and set the heart eyelet for the Prima Sprite stack. I added some candy to both of these for my girls. They loved them!

Not too long ago, I was at my sister-in-law's house, and she had Frappuccino bottles in her fridge. I got all excited, because I wanted a couple of those bottles! She thought I was crazy! Anyway, I've seen tons of these altered on various sites, and I finally got a chance to do a couple! What a great size bottle!

Here's the top of the bottles. I used my Coluzzle to cut the circles. How cute are these? I filled them with Hershey's Hugs.

I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day! Thanks for stopping by!

27 comments :

Marlou McAlees said...

oh these are adorable Carol!!!! Target $1 spot sounds like a great store!!! those cute little buckets I just love!!! great work!! :) enjoy your weekend :) xx

Ana Baird said...

They're great Carol! Have a lovely weekend!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow Carol...sorry for being a bad blogger...youv` been sooo busy since I last visit....Your creations are beautiful...yours girls are adorable...and I love your door hangers...Have a great weekend:)xxx

Andrea, said...

These are fab, love all the flowers

** Isa ** said...

Your creations are gorgeous Carol! Love those $1 buckets!!!

Have a great week end

Hugs xxx

My Paper World said...

Adorable projects Carol! have a great weekend!xx

Crissy said...

Cute, cute, cute! I have a couple of those buckets and haven't used them yet! And I have wanted to alter the frappuccino bottles too, but haven't done that yet either. You did a great job on both!

Unknown said...

WOW CAROL THE ALTERED BUCKETS LOOK AWESOME,LOVE THE COLOURS & THE BLOOMS! ANY WONDER THE GIRLS LOVED THEM ESP WHEN THEY GOT SO MANY HERSHEYS HUGS!! YUMMY

Dawn said...

absolutely beautiful job with the tins and bottles! Great idea.

.....and you used your Mr. Big Bite - whoo hoo!

Have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

Oh so cute, lady!! I love them all. I have the tin pail too but not altered. Just used by M as is.

Michelle Pearson said...

I'll be your valentine!! ;) Cute!

Alex said...

Adorable projects Carol - I would be your Valentine *wink*! I bet the girls loved them! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

scrappermimi said...

These are the cutest! Bet they just loved them! Love those little flowers on the bottles!

Deborah said...

Love your darling projects! I have a Starbucks bottle in my frig right now! As soon as it is consumed it will be altered! Thanks for the inspiration! Deb

Latisha said...

Marlou's comment made me crack up..."the target $1 spot sounds like a great store" If she only knew how awesome Target or Tar-jey {lol} is. Target is worse than walmart, they get me everytime. My daughter made valentine's day tins, but the ones with hearts instead of stripes. I bet your daughters loved them.

Crystal Ware said...

Wow, these are just adorable! I have never seen the Frap bottles. Those are great altered. Fabulous job!

Becky said...

I picked up some of those buckets too! So cute! I bet your girls just loved them! Your bottles are adorable! I'm going to have to pick up a few of those myself-they are a great size! Hope you're keeping warm out there!

Ana Baird said...

Hi Carol! Thank you for your lovely comments on my Scrapbook display! Hope you're having a great weekend!

kathleenh said...

Fun altered projects! You did a great job making them pretty!

Bonnie said...

All so darn cute!! Love them!!

Deb said...

Gorgeous pails, how cute are they? I love your bottles, what a fabulous idea. I must admit to hankering after glass jars and bottles myself, i am stockpiling them in the hope that i do something fab with them in the future! They make great gifts, I love yours!

Becky G said...

These are adorable, Carol! I bet the girls loved them! Looks like your having fun with your big bite!

Fe-Fe said...

These are just gorgeous. Love them to bits!

Unknown said...

Hiya Carol, oh these are very cute, I need to raid our Starbucks in the UK for some of these, I wonder what they do with the ones they intend to throw out!!!! lol

Maria said...

Wow awesome projects Carol! I love the pretty pink colors and all the cute embellishments that you used! Isn't it fun to alter things! I just love the end results! Yours is definitely awesome!

Maria

Dawn♥ said...

OM Carol your new altered items are sooo beautiful! Your dd's are soooo lucky to have you for a mom! Your the absolutely best!

Risa said...

Your altered pails and bottles are beautiful Carol!
malieta:)