Feb 21 2008
Quick & Easy Table Decor: Covered Vase
This is filed under “Why didn’t I think of that?”. Here’s a quick way to add instant impact to your centerpiece vases: cover them with placemats.
Home by Sunset has the step-by-steps on how to do this super-easy, super-inexpensive project to take your centerpieces from nice to WOW. (Found via Heavy Petal – a really cool gardening blog.)
I can picture using some really neat beaded or capiz shell mats or how about a gorgeous shantung? Brocade? Start searching at home & bath stores for interesting finds (especially in the clearance bins).
So, I’m thinking how awesome the placemats are and … hmmm, wouldn’t vases be cool wrapped with:
- Vellum (printed and solids available from Martha Stewart Crafts, Paper Source)
- Grasscloth
- Sheets of moss (available at craft stores and floral supply houses)
- Rich, textured fabrics
- Hot wrapping papers (think Whimsy Press, eieio, Midori)
- Vintage wallpapers (eBay!)
- Modern/contemporary wallpapers (Nama Rococo, Design Public)
- Sheets of punched tin
- Tree bark or wood laminate sheets
- Rows of ribbon in coordinating colors and different sizes. (I love this one! This was actually a candidate for the 1st DIY book but didn’t quite fit.)
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Ooooo purty – I’m loving how it looks finished yet organic! Beaut!
Or what about giant bubble wrap for an Andy Warhol Pop Art kind of look? I’m LOVING the simple DIY!
Lovely. Would also be great with no flowers and a candle inside, glowing through.
You are right. This is one of those “why didn’t I think of that” moments. How cool!
Good one. I have placemats like that too. Thanks!
Don’t use tree bark though because stripping the bark can kill the tree and weddings kill enough trees.