This year for Mother's Day, I decided to go all DIY; I was looking around my apartment (while I was spring cleaning...which I've been doing A LOT of lately...I mean, I've filled an entire room *literally* with stuff to sell/donate) and I realized I have tons of old glass vases that I've never used. I mean, I'm allergic to flowers so I don't really have a need for vases... So I decided to paint them as part of my Mother's Day gifts this year. The first one was clear and had a very pretty design, but you couldn't really see it much - you had to feel it to notice the design. So I painted the inside black and grabbed some white paint for the outside. Ta-da!
The second vase I painted started as a plain white vase. It took a while to figure out what I was going to do, so I just grabbed some paint and started laying down some abstract lines here and there. Once I got the green on the bottom, I decided to do a spring-y flower-y kinda design. Sooooo..........ta-da!
Next, I wanted to make some cute holders for everyone's stuff. I found this pin (don't look so surprised...you all know I love Pinterest!) and instantly I knew that would be a PERFECT way to package everything up. I do want to say that my little baskets did not turn out nearly as pretty, but they're not as bad as I thought they would be. Of course, they might have turned out mildly better had I not asked my husband to help me (he's not that crafty, but I enjoyed the help). So these are the little baskets:
I have to admit, it took longer to sew the buttons on than it took to glue the baskets together and to glue the ribbon on, but I still like how they turned out.
I have to admit, I think the purple one was my favorite!
This is what they all looked like, packaged up and everything. ENJOY!!!
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