Monday, January 23, 2012

Valentine's Day Two-Tier Apothecary Jars

I'm so excited to show you what I crafted up using Dollar Tree glass vases!  Lookie! Lookie!



They were inspired by these Double Tiered Hurricanes I saw in Pottery Barn:

Double Tiered Glass Hurricane
Credit

They were really fun and simple to make, too!  Here's what I did:


First, I picked up these two sizes of glass vases from The Dollar Tree.  (If you're not super-crafty, you could stop right here, fill the bottoms with something decorative & the tops with candles and stack 'em!)


Next, using some painter's tape, I taped-off a rough rectangle on the taller vases and pained inside each one with 3 coats of black craft paint.  On the smaller vases, I painted rough polka-dots within polka-dots using red, pink & white craft paint.


When the black paint dried, I removed the tape and painted these cute pink frames around the rectangles.  I then outlined each frame in red and added white polka-dots.  Finally, I painted the letters L-O-V-E on the "blackboards," and they were done!


I'm trying to decide now what to do with them.  I was thinking of filling the bottoms with sweetheart candies and putting some flame-less candles in the tops.  What would you do?


The Fake-It Yourself Breakdown:

Set of 4 Valentines Two-Tier Apothecary Jars (Vases $8, Paint/Tape - on hand)

Total Fake-It Cost:  $8.00

Compare to these Double Tiered Glass Hurricanes from Pottery Barn ($39.00 each)

Total Fake-It Savings:  $148.00


Linking Up at Michelle Paige's Rockin' Valentine LinkyTip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, The Frugal GirlsFunky Junk Interiors and these other Great Parties!



9 comments:

  1. How wonderful.. I love this idea and using the dollar tree makes sense!!! Fantastic!!

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  2. Saving $150 is something to brag about! Love these!

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  3. What a clever idea! I've never seen these before! Would you be willing to link these up to my Valentine Link Party? I'd love to have you! Thanks, Michelle
    http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2012/01/rockin-valentine-valentine-link-party.html

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  4. Sweet! And by that I mean SaaaWeeeeet! Nicely done! Your blog is full of such great ideas for saving money! I really enjoy visiting you.

    RaShell

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  5. Thank you so much for linking up! I appreciate you taking the time to do that!

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  6. This is adorable!!! I can't wait to make it!!!

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  7. Very cleaver Dollar Store goodies to knock off a PB design :) Bravo!

    Visiting from The Inspiration Board at HOMEWORK
    Nice job!
    Smiles, Suzanne in NW IL at WhyCuzICan

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  8. Your tiered apothecary jars came out amazing!!I LOVE stuff like this.. I hope you don't mind, I just couldn't help but feature your pretty Valentine's jars on my new frugal home decorating blog here:

    http://frugal-home-design.blogspot.com/2012/02/two-tiered-apothecary-jars-for.html

    Thank you so much for sharing... I am your newest follower!

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