Anthropologie-Inspired Flower Vase How-to
I’ve been loving Anthropologie’s Curvy Chrysanthemum Vase for a while now, but haven’t gotten around to buying one the past few times I’ve been able to visit one of their stores. (The great news is, they’re opening a store near me very soon, so I’m just a little excited.)
I kept thinking one of these vases would have been great to have when I was styling my cafe shelves for Spring recently, but since I didn’t have one, I decided to use the inspiration to try making one myself.
Once I had the pieces, I decided to paint mine before assembling. I found out later it works best to touch up with paint afterward anyway, so it’s really up to you whether to paint before or after. Since I wanted a bright coral color, I mixed up a little orange and hot pink craft paint to the hue I wanted.
Then, I just painted and let it dry.
To assemble, I used a little hot glue and layered the petals first, then glued the stamens in the center standing up.
Then I did that paint touch-up, and when it was all dry, I used a little more hot glue to attach it to my vase.
And since I was on a roll, I decided to paint another little vase I had bought at the dollar store, too!
Couldn’t have been any easier.
I love how it brings just the pop of color needed to my shelves. I’ll give you the details on the Hoop Art Silhouettes later this week. Click here to see the finished Spring Shelves.
Hope you like them!
I’ll be sharing this with a few of these friends!
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March 12, 2013 @ 11:40 pm
Wow- That is an amazing take on the original. I LOVE it. Whodathought to use plastic spoons? Well…besides you!!! GREAT idea~xo Diana
March 13, 2013 @ 12:15 am
Love this!!
March 13, 2013 @ 12:23 am
Thanks fantastic! I will have to try that.
March 13, 2013 @ 12:26 am
You are genius. Cold not have been cuter.
March 13, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
This is so smart! I love this project. Thanks for linking up đŸ™‚
March 13, 2013 @ 1:56 pm
I saw this on Emily's blog, you are very clever! I miiggghhtt have to copy you! (:
March 13, 2013 @ 8:56 pm
Totally thought your spoon flower was made of pieces of a pine cone!
March 14, 2013 @ 12:50 am
That's awesome! It looks great!
March 14, 2013 @ 3:48 pm
Now I have to add plastic spoons to my shopping list! Can't wait to try it out!
March 15, 2013 @ 11:15 pm
oh wow. So love this. I can't wait to try it too. So glad I stopped by. Have a great weekend.
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March 16, 2013 @ 1:46 am
Love the vases! I've seen the smaller vase at a dollar store, and I never would've thought to paint the flower on it. Man, it added a lot- makes me wish I would've bought one:)
March 16, 2013 @ 5:25 pm
This is so cute! I love those Anthro vases but yours looks so easy and very similar, I just might have to give it a try!
March 20, 2013 @ 1:50 am
Wow – so cool! This has been pinned!
Katie
SomethingToBeFound.com
March 23, 2013 @ 6:33 pm
Looks fabulous! What kind of paint did you use? …and it adhered to the thrifted ceramic vase well? Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy your blog!
March 23, 2013 @ 10:07 pm
I just used basic craft paint (in the small bottles). I can't remember which brand these were, but they're sold at all craft stores. It works fine, especially since these won't be handled all that much. Hope that helps!