65 Little Miss Pinky Vase

 
ink is my favorite color.
I have pink clothing and accessories and have even owned a pink bike, but I've never incorporated it into my décor.


After seeing an adorable red, pink, lacy lamp creation by Chas at A Woman's Haven, HERE, I was inspired to create a frilly pink vase. Since a vase is a non-committal, seasonal decorative piece, I thought it would be a good place to try pink décor.

A thrift store glass vase was coated with punchy bubble gum pink paint and adorned with fabric rosettes and buttons.

Rosettes have been literally everywhere over the past year, but I hadn't yet attempted to make them. I took Mel at The Crafty Scientist's lead, HERE, and followed a simple tutorial by Vanessa at V and Co., HERE.

Plain Old Vase Gone Pink

Lace & Flower Detail

Little Miss Pinky Vase
Ingredients

1. Glass vase (Cornerstone Thrift, 59¢)
2. Acrylic paint, Magenta (Michael's, 33¢)
3. Foam brush (4-pack, Michael's, 57¢ per brush)
4. Lace (JoAnn Fabrics)
5. PJ shirt (Victoria's Secret PINK)
6. Hot glue gun (Michael's)
7. Pack of buttons (Michael's)
8. Mod Podge (Michael's)
9. Butcher's String (Healthy Home & Garden via Amazon Prime) or any kind of thread
10. Ruler
11. Scissors

Note: items without price were not purchased for this project.
Total cost: $1.50

Price Is Right

Protocol 
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Step 1. Painting
- Preparation: clean vase with soap & water, air dry.

Plain Old Vase

- Use sponge brush to paint inside of vase.
- Allow to dry completely.

1st Paint Coat

- Don't worry if it looks strange at this point.
- Use sponge brush add another coat of paint to inside of vase.
- Allow to dry completely (this is very important for acrylic paint, as it's not made to stick to glass).

Pinky Paint

Paint Brushes

Recycled Soda Can Palette

- Repeat until you have added 4 coats of paint.

Bubble Gum Pink

- Use brush to add a coat of Mod Podge to inside edge of vase.
(I Mod Podge'd only the top portion of the vase)

Step 2. Lacey Love

Lace Spool
(will post on
coat hanger ribbon organizer
another day!)

- Use scissors to cut a 2 pieces of lace, each long enough to wrap around the neck of vase.
- Use hot glue to attach both pieces of lace to vase, with ruffled edges facing away from each other.

Lacey Vase

Step 3. Recycled Fabric Rosettes
- Take any old piece of clothing or scrap fabric of your desired color. I chose an old VS PJ shirt with sparkles that ended up in the bed & all over my guy's face (very work inappropriate).

Perfect Red & White Stripes

- Cut out desired part of garment.

Sleeve with stripes & solids

- Use hot glue to create Rosettes, according to V and Co's tutorial, found HERE.

Step 4. Button Up
- Use string or thread to create faux stitches on buttons.

Faux Button Stitching

- Use hot glue to attach buttons to center of fabric Rosettes.

Step 6. Adorn the Vase
- Use hot glue to attach Rosettes and buttons to vase.

Pink Accent Décor

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Visit them for great inspiration!

"P" dropcap courtesy of Jessica Hische @ Daily Dropcap