When the moon is high and clouds delightfully absent, the skyline of the town of Bullerby shines high on my bedroom wall. Majestic buildings with dome-shaped roofs, butterfly-topped castles, and romantic star-bedecked homes nestled on the countryside.

Some nights the structures move with the late night-winds. Others, the pecan tree outside waves as chimneys beg for fires and windows bask in aromatic candle light. Tomorrow, I might add a princess-like abode. Purple with lavender daisies. Maybe kissed with pure white and touched by sandalwood rose.

Heard of Bullerby? It's mysteriously located within the densely populated city of Austin, Tx. As of today, 7 people reside within its windowsill. In bottles. Some contained milk, others raspberry marmalade, and my most favorite poured Cabernet before I removed the cork, rinsed it out, and applied the first coat.

With a little paint, a few magical bottles, and a hint of imagination, you too can glide off to dream-land with an avocado-based skyline illuminated on your wall. You might use one for flowers--a single tulip is especially divine--, devote one to lucky pennies, and hide story-filled stones in the third. Display them in corners, line them up in the kitchen, and always store one in the bathroom snuggled with a candle-stump for mood-filled bubble baths.

It's deliciously simple. Just head to your nearest hardware store, pick up a few whimsical colors, a paintbrush or two--one for heavy strokes, the other for finer details, select your bottle(s) and off you go.

Ideal for spontaneous gifts, perfect as a counter-relic, and a pleasantly girilie addition to any room. As for me, I'm debating a nap. You never know what those pastel-minded folks of Bullerby are up to....

Found bottles are, of course, free. Add a single bud for a sweet vase.

A set of 4 inexpensive glasses will run you $5 or less at a discount or thrift store. Make a matching set of personalized juice glasses.

Use individual glasses or empty jars to make specialty holders at a cost of only a few dollars a gift, including supplies.

Paint a plain glass into a toothbrush holder with dental accessories or a smiling mouth; fill with a new toothbrush (soft), toothpaste, floss, and a tube of lip gloss.

Make a makeup brush holder from a drinking glass or jar decorated with brushes or eyes and lips; add makeup brushes or Q-tips.

Make a pencil holder by painting an ordinary glass with pencils or a silly drawing of the giftee; add a handful of pencils or gel pens.

Make an old-fashioned doctor's jar by painting a large glass jar with a red cross in a circle; fill it with cotton balls or Q-tips.

Buy a selection of inexpensive, filled glass spice jars. Remove the spices and reserve. Soak the jars in soapy water to remove labels. Scrape off any residue, then dry throughly and paint with the name of the spices. After jars dry, refill with spices.