by . ▁In ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁place ▁to ▁put ▁them , ▁she ▁decided ▁she ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁house ▁for ▁her ▁p enc ils ▁to ▁stay . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 0 , ▁she ▁began ▁looking ▁around ▁to ▁buy ▁c inder - block s ▁to ▁build ▁with ▁but ▁came ▁to ▁discover ▁the ▁prices ▁were ▁way ▁out ▁of ▁her ▁range . ▁They ▁had ▁spent ▁all ▁their ▁money ▁pay ing ▁for ▁the ▁property ▁so ▁she ▁res orted ▁to ▁visit ing ▁a ▁local ▁dump ▁where ▁she ▁found ▁thousands ▁of ▁colored ▁bott les . ▁She ▁began ▁going ▁to ▁her ▁sister , ▁H att ie ' s ▁house ▁and ▁made ▁c ement ▁by ▁hand ▁and ▁built ▁her ▁first ▁bott le ▁house . ▁Pr is bre y ▁mentioned ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁this ▁project ▁to ▁gain ▁attention ▁but ▁as ▁an ▁out post ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁place ▁to ▁keep ▁all ▁of ▁her ▁things . ▁She ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁everything ▁has ▁a ▁purpose ▁and ▁is ▁special ▁and ▁unique ▁and ▁that ▁is ▁exactly ▁what ▁she ▁brings ▁to ▁bott le ▁village . ▁Not ▁just ▁in ▁the ▁visual s ▁but ▁the ▁overall ▁feeling ▁you ▁receive ▁from ▁being ▁present . ▁ ▁The ▁Village ▁was ▁very ▁much ▁established ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁but ▁Pr is bre y ▁kept ▁adding ▁structures ▁and ▁twe aking ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁She ▁moved ▁away ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁but ▁later ▁came ▁back ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁tra iler ▁alongside ▁the ▁village ▁where