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Flower Vase Made of Tiny Bottles

April 11, 2016 By Jill Flory 12 Comments

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Good Morning!  I hope your weekend was amazing and that your week will be awesome.  It’s springtime folks, even if the weather hasn’t quite figured that out yet around here.  My pansies that I planted inside for my Spring Living Room Tour are now outside on the porch and have been covered overnight a time or two.  I’m more than ready to see Winter retreat to the North and stay put.

Today for A Dose of DIY I’m sharing my flower vase made of Tiny Bottles.  This months category is glass bottles/vases/mason jars.

Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles an old embroidery hoop and a vintage frame for springtime decor

I got these tiny, vintage bottles for Christmas from my Mother-in-law.  I immediately tried to hide them from my girls because they have a bit of a fascination with old bottles, especially tiny bottles, and I knew they would try to take them.  I informed they were ‘MINE’ and they could not have them.  Then I hoarded them, knowing I would come up with something cute and fun to do with them. Flower Vases from vintage finds

My Mom used to have some tiny bottles like this – I’m not sure what they were originally – perfume bottles?  Avon?  Toilette water?  My Mom’s bottles were all in shades of blue – maybe all dark blue.  They used to sit on her window sill in her bedroom – I remember moving them to dust.Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles in blue green and yellow

The is project, like most of my projects lately, is so simple it’s almost not a real ‘project’.  But I’ve found that simple is a lot of times the best, and they end up being my favs.flower vase how-to

I ended up using just 3 of the six bottles.  The two purple bottles still have tiny corks in them so they wouldn’t work for what I wanted.  I ended up handing those two off to my 10 and 12 year olds – they were thrilled.  So in the end we all were happy – they each got a tiny bottle and I have a few to use myself. 🙂

I also used part of an old, oval embroidery hoop, some thin burlap twine, and a vintage picture frame.

Lengths of twine were cut and tied to each of the three bottles I chose to use.

Each piece of twine was then tied to the embroidery hoop so that the bottles fell at heights that varied just a bit.

Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles and an embroidery hoop and hung from a vintage frame

The embroidery hoop got tied to the picture frame.Flower Vases from Tiny Colored Bottles

A few tiny flowers that have been hardy enough to survive the freezing temps that descended on us were tucked into each bottle.flower vase with and without flowers

Propped against a wall the tiny, hanging bottles create a fun, whimsical bit of art.  Add the flowers and you have instant springtime cheer.Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles for springtime

I’m loving this bit of art, in the form of a flower vase made of tiny bottles, in this vignette with my concrete pears.Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles for tiny flowers

Another thing that makes this project great and fun is the fact that it’s all just tied together with twine.  It will be simple to disassemble if/when I want to do something different with the bottles.

Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles for spring decor

Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles an old embroidery hoop and twine

Flower Vases from Tiny Bottles

I’m not-so-patiently counting the days till we can plant flowers for real outside and not have them freeze.  My urns are looking so forlorn and lonely, especially now that the grass is green, flowering trees are in bloom, and there is a hint of green showing on the trees if you look closely.  My favorite place to buy flowers opens in just a couple weeks  and I can’t wait!  I want to have fresh blooms to cut and tuck into my glass bottles all summer long!flower vase made from tiny glass bottles and an embroidery hoop

My hydrangea bushes have started putting out green shoots too – Spring is here!  Now if we can just convince Winter to skedaddle on out 🙂

Make sure to head over to see what my friends did with bottles/vases/mason jars!  They never cease to amaze me with their ideas and projects!

Jill

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About Jill Flory

I am the blogger behind this blog, a small business owner, both retail and wholesale. I'm a designer and design consultant, I blog about DIY projects, sewing tips and tutorials I've picked up along the way in the more than 25 years I've been using needle, thread, and machine, home decor, homeschooling, and life.

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Comments

  1. Tammy says

    April 11, 2016 at 10:05 am

    What a cute idea Jill! I love tiny bottles and you have created such a cute way to use them!

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:59 am

      Thank you Tammy!

      Reply
  2. Colleen says

    April 11, 2016 at 10:57 am

    This is such a cute idea! I love the colors of the bottles you chose. BTW, I can totally relate to your kids stealing them because my daughter would have done the same thing. She likes to mix “potions” in them. 🙂

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:58 am

      Colleen that is EXACTLY what my girls do! They mix up ‘potions’ and have all kinds of imaginary ideas!

      Reply
  3. Michele says

    April 11, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    Cute!!! I love this. My girls would steal my bottles too, so I would have to use them right away or hide them until I could! 😉

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:59 am

      Thanks Michele – it is fun that my kids think my stuff is cool – but it’s MINE! LOL! I buy them cheap little bottles at garage sales to keep them from taking all of mine!

      Reply
  4. Tamara LeFevre says

    April 12, 2016 at 9:38 am

    This is such a sweet project.. Those tiny, brightly colored bottles are adorable and they look so pretty with the delicate flowers you put in them. I know what you mean about simple;sometimes it’s refreshing to be able to start and finish in a short time. I’ve been looking forward to that spring plant too! Have a wonderful day and thank you for sharing!

    Tamara<3

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:57 am

      Thanks so much Tamara – you have a wonderful day!

      Reply
  5. Robin @ Redo It Yourself Inspirations says

    April 13, 2016 at 9:35 am

    Adorable bottles and such a clever way to display them! I especially love the flowers inserted. My mom has a thing for miniature bottles and I’ll pass this on to her. I can see her hanging them in her window. Thank you for the great idea! Pinned! =D

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:57 am

      These would be really sweet hanging in a window!

      Reply
  6. Deborah says

    April 18, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    This is so much fun! I love glass bottles, too.

    The tiny bottles with flowers tucked in are so pretty!

    Reply
    • Jill Flory says

      May 2, 2016 at 8:56 am

      🙂 What is it about ‘little’ stuff that is so fun?

      Reply

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