Vase Decor and Crafts

Old vases, after flowers die, are shoved in a cabinet or simply thrown away but they can be made into some beautiful home decor pieces. Clear vases, in particular, make for beautiful pieces with a little embellishing. Take a large, clear vase and cover the bottom with aquarium rocks or marbles. Fill with water and place a beta or goldfish into the vase. To add even more beauty to the arrangement place a leafy plant into the water and let it float on top. Many plants will live for a long time in just water. Purchase a plant and remove it from the dirt. Rinse the roots well and place in water. Change the water, for the fish, when water becomes cloudy. Really large vases, particularly ones with a fluted top, are best for this craft.

Vases with large openings are great for holding all sorts of implements. Take an ordinary vase of any color and cut a piece of lace to wrap around it. Netting or fabric works well too. Tie a pretty ribbon around it and set it in the kitchen for holding cooking utensils. Make a shorter one for your desk to hold pencils and pencils. You can do different themes for different rooms, too. Cover the vase in tiny wooden or ceramic apples for a kitchen or bitty dolphins for a bathroom.

A short vase, with a large opening, is perfect for holding bathroom items. Cover the outside with seashells, netting, lace or even a hand towel. Place hairbrushes and combs in the vase or use it for holding toothpaste and toothbrushes. Or, cover the vase in beads to match your bathroom by simply hot gluing the beads to the outside of the vase.

Take a large, clear glass vase to a glass shop and have them cut off the bottom. Purchase a light assembly kit at a hardware store and make a lamp from the vase. Or, just have them drill a hole at the bottom of one side and fill the vase with a strand of small clear Christmas lights. Feed the lights through the opening until all the lights are inside of the vase. Cover the top with a lace circle, tied with ribbon and you have a very unique lamp.