Jute Vase from an Old Unused Carafe





I'm on a roll! I keep finding junk lightly used items and turning them into things I can use. I've been salvaging dollar store vases, ripping up old dresses, and digging through the garbage for jars.

No, this is not an episode of "Hoarders: Buried Alive". I'm thrifty.

Yesterday I continued my foraging, and found an old wine carafe. SCORE! I think. I've never used it. I mean, my wine always comes in a bottle, all of its own.

I thought maybe I could use the carafe to serve water, or iced tea... Nah. I have pretty pitchers for that, not to mention, my fridge has an ice and water dispenser.

Hmmmm, what's a girl to do with an old wine carafe?

With an obvious inability to let some things go, throwing the carafe out wasn't an option. But gluing jute rope to it was. It is a score! See?

Would you like a tutorial? Okay!

1. Plug in your glue gun, and grab a ball of jute or twine.

 

 

2. Wrap and glue. Wrap and glue. Wrap and glue. (Or maybe it's glue and wrap. Glue and wrap.)

3. Do that, until the carafe looks like this:

 

4. Stick it next to some of your other junk treasures, and decide it needs something. 



 

 

5. Play dress up.

 

 

See my pretty necklace?

 

6. Step back and be happy!

 



C'mon by tomorrow! I'm making (yet another) sunburst mirror, with (yet more) sticks! Ya know you can't miss that!