My hubby sweetly brings me flowers more often than I deserve and they are gorgeous. The bouquets are always beautiful and they always present me with the same conundrum: Where the heck am I supposed to put all these beautiful flowers? I don't particularly want to go out and spend big bucks on vases, so I get creative. I put them in a no longer used French press or anything else I can find in the kitchen. With Valentine's Day coming up, I'm anticipating some flowers and I think it might be time to go to my local thrift store and pick up some vases on the cheap and beautify them myself.
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I've rounded up five beautiful DIY vase ideas that will be perfect for all those Valentine's Day flowers you'll be getting. Oh, and it is totally awesome if you buy yourself those flowers, too.
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Textured Beauties
This beautiful set of vases look so good together and were created from random containers, puffy paint, and matte spray paint. Get the full DIY directions from Jenna Sue.
All Glittered Up
A little glitter never hurt a vase. It's easy to make a glittered vase of your own and a sparkle to your home.
Fabricated with Fabric
Do you have fabric just waiting to be used. This is a clever way to use even just small bits of fabric to make custom vases.
Mini Milk Bottles
If you have a bottled frappucino habit, then this project is for you. Make your own mini milk bottle vases by upcycling your caffeine boost containers.
Rope 'em In
If your coffee comes out of a can, save them cans 'cause you can make these awesome rope vases out of them.
Beer bottle vases
For just a couple of buds you can do this beautiful transformation of a regular beer bottle. Or do a few and split up the blooms, it's pretty easy. Check out how here.
Metallic vases
These metallic vases are super chic–and they don't look DIY at all (we'd say you probably paid big bucks at Anthropologie!). You can gild or silverize any old container, even mason jars, and it will go from shabby to luxe. Check out how to do it here.
