Since spring began, there are flowers everywhere (outside AND in blogland). It’s so beautiful! I’ve gathered up some thrifty ways to bring the beauty of flowers indoors. Done any good flower projects lately? What’s your favorite way to bring the outdoors into your home?
Recycled Jar Vases
Kellie at Ada and Darcy shared this tip for making colorful vases out of recycled glass containers. Don’t you love her color palette? Her blog is full of pretty flowers and pretty colors. [visit it to find out how she made these vases from jars and paint.]
Rolled Paper Flowers
This is a fun and happy project made from recycled catalog pages! Find out how to make rolled paper flowers over at Frugal Life Project. [make rolled paper flowers from catalogs]
Altered Dollar Store Flowers
So the dollar store sells a LOT of faux flowers, but I never buy any because I just don’t know how to make them look decent. I have basically zero experience with faux flowers to begin with, and *ahem* less-expensive faux flowers can look kinda cheesy if you pick the wrong ones and arrange them the wrong way. Well, Nikki from Salty Pineapple has a tutorial on how to make dollar store flowers look pretty and romantic. [find out how to make over dollar store flowers]
Additional Resources:
- Spring Soda Bottle Flower Arrangement at A Little Tipsy
- Candy and Lucky Bamboo Arrangement at Birkat Chaverim
- Wrap branches with yarn (so cheerful!) at Leethal

6 Comments
Bromeliad
All great looking projects that I am going to check out.
I made a flower necklace from pieces of a thrift store skirt.
http://www.examiner.com/x-43798-DIY-Fashion-Examiner~y2010m5d19-Anthropologie-inspired–Make-a-fabric-flower-choker-or-bib-necklace
And I made Chanel – ish poppies from a ripped dress shirt.
http://www.examiner.com/x-43798-DIY-Fashion-Examiner~y2010m6d4-Chanel-inspired–Make-a-white-poppy-flower-from-an-old-dress-shirt
jenjen
So fun! I love flowers and summer! We are excited to have you guest judge on The CSI Project next week! Thanks for doing it!
XOXO
jen
pam
OK – you had me at the colored jars! And then I linked to Lee’s brilliant yarn wrapped branches post! OMG I love this idea! Last year I collected a bunch of branches thinking that it would be fun to weave colorful God’s Eyes among the branches. Well – after trying my great idea out on my Halloween tree, I decided the idea wasn’t quite a great as I thought! But THIS – perfect! I can not wait to get started on this one!
Michelle
Wanted to say thanks for the shout out! Those rolled paper flowers are sooo cute! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Abigail
So fun! I love flowers and summer! We are excited to have you guest judge on The CSI Project next week! Thanks for doing it!
XOXO
jen
Mei
Thanks for including the candy/bamboo flower arrangement! I like the catalog flower idea.
Thanks!