Upcycle a Vase - Budget Friendly!

<div align="center">Hello and welcome! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Today I made this beautiful gold and twine vase. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Honestly, it started out as a <em>FAIL</em>, but now I'm </div><div align="center">happy</div><div align="center">happy</div><div align="center">happy </div><div align="center">with the result. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnmekvrrN_kuePxi9lNPr4H4ac0ri1ry1Tj1sL6ABXKZ-MZRYkd6OfkrRtmkp81CLQdcD71-DI3do-4_ijltKoJ03lgJCUk85f4VpsxKeveou-9O68FOtdI76oB-awMpWj979DxqzcD0/s1600/vase+with+twine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="twine craft, vase with twine, upcycle project" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnmekvrrN_kuePxi9lNPr4H4ac0ri1ry1Tj1sL6ABXKZ-MZRYkd6OfkrRtmkp81CLQdcD71-DI3do-4_ijltKoJ03lgJCUk85f4VpsxKeveou-9O68FOtdI76oB-awMpWj979DxqzcD0/s320/vase+with+twine.jpg" title="" width="179" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm one of those people whose ears turn bright red when they lie, or who rub their noses incessantly if they're stretching the truth. So, I'd feel guilty if I didn't tell you exactly what went down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Here's the sad truth of how I just <em>HAD TO</em> save a 1$ vase, no matter what.  I hate giving up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a clear hurricane vase from the Dollar Store, which I bought sometime last year.  I decided to tape off the top of the vase, and paint the bottom 2/3rds of it gold. I had to paint 4 coats to get a good cover of paint, without streaks. It took a bit of drying time, but it looked great in the end. Well, it looked great until I pulled off the blue tape, and pulled away chunks of the paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DOH! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even tried to fix the paint by using a small paintbrush. I didn't want to throw the vase away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I know, it's ridiculous - the vase cost me <em>a dollar</em>, a year ago!) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEV898hE7owwjPyUnJKA786Ladg2wjKQw06imh8oaHRqkSQFRA7gGuXLzzg3ouFvWFvVVjZdck6dWNF5KeEkFsdcv9tQK3kp_Kgpt0nxetB47Fc1ilIdrtkicmC3E5e7JCGNXmsEkeTtI/s1600/vase+with+twine+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEV898hE7owwjPyUnJKA786Ladg2wjKQw06imh8oaHRqkSQFRA7gGuXLzzg3ouFvWFvVVjZdck6dWNF5KeEkFsdcv9tQK3kp_Kgpt0nxetB47Fc1ilIdrtkicmC3E5e7JCGNXmsEkeTtI/s320/vase+with+twine+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Determined to save the vase (and my dollar!),  I realized I could use jute. I sat down and wrapped the top with twine, and kept wrapping until the twine covered the messed up paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I had to do was wrap the twine, using thin lines of hot glue, little by little. (If you do this, you will notice the glue leaves little strings - just let them dry and they pull right off when you're done.) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jRHn2M3UEo_C-AtJFPU-F1rhFTcuTdDwNxb4iYvKZj5dG7MxythrHwBl4w7v_847s0ldZIBye8js-0IEUGBZTKLoDZZhg2CzzxXRXgyZDXeludDWCYAhswr_fE4yoW5_vwDhynzHRc0/s1600/vase+with+twine+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jRHn2M3UEo_C-AtJFPU-F1rhFTcuTdDwNxb4iYvKZj5dG7MxythrHwBl4w7v_847s0ldZIBye8js-0IEUGBZTKLoDZZhg2CzzxXRXgyZDXeludDWCYAhswr_fE4yoW5_vwDhynzHRc0/s320/vase+with+twine+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wrapping the twine is fairly time consuming, but look how pretty! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I need to figure out where to put my vase - and what to put in it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For now, it's got sticks - I love sticks! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y7tNNpmdXpohoxBoWtCqZzjmAx-C3_7cS9EmOtuKYYuHlsNiGOhrVdlrDMHqTqS3MiLd7i3sw1nYOh7oFDWi-z3_uRlJH7iPJEOAL37e-hYlfVBoF8TWcrHkog_xVs13w7hDaohuWGE/s1600/vase+with+twine+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Y7tNNpmdXpohoxBoWtCqZzjmAx-C3_7cS9EmOtuKYYuHlsNiGOhrVdlrDMHqTqS3MiLd7i3sw1nYOh7oFDWi-z3_uRlJH7iPJEOAL37e-hYlfVBoF8TWcrHkog_xVs13w7hDaohuWGE/s320/vase+with+twine+008.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the gold with the twine. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1_R1sp4Fh7dyzC-4K6dAivmyr5nS9g_tl4ixmT_fgnYuC3iWtiIusC1abuFx2GQ5kOiwC2qvwwGdQZsQtADlcGfsZcRt5vVLQ3wEVe8zFibPhAhnIC557c83bxeYamZansof_NKmjkY/s1600/vase+with+twine+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1_R1sp4Fh7dyzC-4K6dAivmyr5nS9g_tl4ixmT_fgnYuC3iWtiIusC1abuFx2GQ5kOiwC2qvwwGdQZsQtADlcGfsZcRt5vVLQ3wEVe8zFibPhAhnIC557c83bxeYamZansof_NKmjkY/s320/vase+with+twine+010.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love that the twine covered up the bad paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I love that the paint covered up the boring vase. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What started out as a loss, ended up a win! </div><br /><div align="center">Tell me - do you put time and money into a project just because you refuse to give up?</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5t-zlSBPhKElV8CkW4b3MFjaStafTZbCoy6MmiuW4ER8tNBW2iLHN18CjbVNqBzLmVG7dFeO4_VSjShgA6zB7dc7JiG4ygeVyHVKr_2JSonX47ZTSDPbGTAmpPmIozcLCpEqQDK00Jg/s1600/vase+with+twine+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>

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