Mothers Day Flower Vases DIY {Home}

What do you do when you have an abundance of roses in your garden?  You make flower vases so you can share them of course!  Yesterday I shared some pictures of my Rose Garden and when I was out trimming my roses this morning, I decided to come up with creative ways for anyone to be able to make pretty flower vases for Mothers Day and for no cost at all! {These would also be great for Teacher Appreciation, Friendship, or Birthday Gifts.}

Sneak peek is over - so now lets begin!  I have Six different vases to share with you today.

First, all you need is a few containers to recycle, such as soup cans, water bottles, and glass jars of all sizes!

Then throw in scraps of trims {this was free in a grab bag at the fabric store}!

Or simply use that last scrap of ribbon, or the piece you saved from the last holiday, that came on a gift!  If you don't have any you can always get ribbon cheap at a clearance section of a craft/fabric store or at a thrift store.

For an extra special treat you can use buttons!  Vintage from your collection would be free, but if you don't have any they can be purchased in bulk at most craft stores {or thrift stores}!

For my FIRST Vase  I took an empty soup can and simply wrapped plaid ribbon around it.  You see I do things quick and don't spend time matching or lining anything up on the ribbon.  To me this looks natural and spunky!  I only used one dot of hot glue, at each end of the ribbon, to hold into place.  Easy and can be done with ANY size can!

What a simple but beautiful way to compliment  these Spectacular Roses!

For my SECOND Vase I simply wrapped this crochet style trim around the plastic water bottle!  I didn't even glue.  I simply tucked the ends underneath a row and wrapped it tight!  I did cut the top of the bottle off a bit to make the opening larger.

I loved this trim because of its nubby texture and because it's PINK, and because I got it for free in a grab bag at the quilt shop!  So how easy was that?

I love the simple but fun way that this turned out!  These would be so easy to do for teachers at school, secretaries at the office, spontaneous friend gifts, etc.

My THIRD vase was inspired by my collection of miniature crystal vases.  They are so fun to use at each place setting on the table or in a group!  I love them and keep my eye out for them when thrifting or bargain hunting!

I simply recycled a spice jar by taking the lid off and cleaning the label off!

I really love the thin small shape of this and think it is a favorite!  Just think of all the jars you have thrown away over the years!  You could also tie a ribbon around the neck of the bottle but I kept it clean so you could see it easily, since it is a small jar.

For my FOURTH vase I once again simply cleaned off a jar.  A jam jar that is!  I love the quilted pattern on the glass that many of them have and they come in different sizes too.  Jam never looked so good!

 For my FIFTH vase I simply recycled a glass jar from spaghetti sauce.  It is a large one that is the same size and resembles a Mason canning jar.  I didn't take a before pic but these are cool and even have the 3 dimensional words in glass on the side.  I wrapped tule ribbon {that I am famous for using on everything!} around the jar once and then tied a VERY FULL ribbon of tule around the jar.  I stuck two rose hips into the ribbon because I found them while trimming and I just love them {they add a great dimension to an arrangement of roses}!

I will surprise Mr. C and put it on his piano!

For my SIXTH vase, which is my last {but certainly not least}, I took a vase and wanted to fill it but not get the items wet.  This  vase was one I had laying around from sometime when I was given flowers.  Doesn't everyone have a cupboard of these?  If not you can pick them up for starting at 25 cents at the thrift store!  Anyways...an empty water bottle fit into this one just perfectly!

This is when I dump out my white button collection and get to play!

I must tell you that I ended up cutting the little top off of the water bottle so the flowers would spread out a bit more.

I simply poured the buttons into the vase, in the space between the water bottle and vase!  This keeps my vintage white button collection clean but from the outside it looks like the vase is full of buttons! This could be done with anything!  Sand, jelly beans, marbles, paperclips,{OK mind mind is bogged down with all the ideas now}!

Who wouldn't want a bit of fun like this...

complimenting their roses and gracing their table? I know I would!

So there you have it!  Simple and FREE Mothers Day or ANY day DIY flower vases for your every gift giving whim! 

 These vases would also be great with daisies or wild flowers or anything you have, or can get a hold of!  Hey they are so cute I even think they would be great full of weeds!  Tell me...which one is your favorite?  I really want to know!

Thanks to Tauni and the great ladies over at  SNAPS   for featuring me in their Great Mothers Day Projects!  Come over and check out the other fun projects!

I've linked this project to The Girls at Eighteen25 and Under the Table and Dreaming so come over and join the fun!

You can also see me on Whipperberry  and Thrifty Decorating and Skip to my Lou!