Unusual Vases, Sequined Hawaiian Juice Cans

Sparkling juice can vases.  A perfectly normal thing to add to my Etsy store, right?  I absolutely love them and it is time that I shared.

Lately my art has been exploring the intersection in life where flowers, packaging and color meet. I have been giving friends and colleagues pop cans full of flowers for years. 

When I lived in Hawaii for a month, I was thrilled to find specialty juice cans more beautiful than any I had seen on the mainland. I mailed a huge box of empty cans back to Michigan (I know, try explaining that to my husband) and have enhanced them with unusual colors of sequins. 

You can see them all at  my Etsy (online marketplace for artists) store here. I know that they are a little crazy...but crazy beautiful, right?

 

 

 

 

CB2 boasts Modern Flower Arranging

It may well be the best $2.95 I ever spent.  A simple glass beaker vase from CB2, a modern off shoot of the Crate and Barrel store, transforms my china cabinet into a magazine-worthy piece.

The thin glass vase comes complete with a hole in it for threading a bit of ribbon through.  I tied my bit of aqua ribbon into a loop and have it hanging here on the key to the china cabinet.  Who would guess that such a modern vase (it's a test tube!) could look so romantic and sweet?

This bouquet is two hydrangea blossoms from my yard paired with one of my Royal Amethyst roses.  When you have a garden, your best design touches can cost less than a latte.