Vase Envy: Guest Party Highlight
I want to make one of these pretty vases from old books from Sweet Paul. There is a great tutorial here. I was especially impressed with the price tag of this little gem. The book cost me $.49 cents at the thrift store and the little knife was $1 from the Dollar Store. Cute, Thrifty, Easy — My kind of project!
My version didn’t turn out as pretty. I started out with my template, but widened it. Turns out the skinner version would have been better. (The Dilbert book makes me laugh inside. I used to work at a large corporation and swore that Scott Adams sat next to me because my office was so much like what he wrote about.)
I completed two more to keep the original one company. Remember the rule, decorate in odd numbers! They aren’t perfect and I can’t keep the tall one glued together in back (I’ll just put that side facing the wall), but I think they turned out like, well, contemporary sculptural pieces of art! Yes, I’m calling my craft project Art.
Cassity Kmetzsch started Remodelaholic after graduating from Utah State University with a degree in Interior Design. Remodelaholic is the place to share her love for knocking out walls, and building everything back up again to not only add function but beauty to her home. Together with her husband Justin, they have remodeled 6 homes and are working on a seventh. She is a mother of four amazing girls. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.
>Cute! I love Dilbert and don't know if I could bring myself to chop up a book! Very cute vase though!
>I have seen those around and wanted to make one. I think your turned out great. What a fun project. It's on my to-do list.
XOXO
Jen
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