15 Minute DIY Fall Floral Vases

I. am. so. excited. the last few mornings when I’ve taken Ivie to school have actually been fall-ish!! Cut the fall leaves emoji! Living in Southern Utah, it takes a bit for the crisp air to kick in and I get madly jealous of the crunchy leaves and sweaters that all you lucky folks get to rock.

I am always in the mood for a little light DIY, you know the kind right? Projects that take just a few minutes and don’t require a sawdust exorcism of your house?! I’ve teamed up with my friends at The Bouqs Company. to show you 2 quick DIY floral vases that you can master in under 15 minutes. And while they do create a little bit of sawdust, I promise its not enough to worry about calling a priest.

 

The first vase I dug out from under my kitchen sink, I’m pretty sure that we all have one or two lying around our house.

 

I gave it a quick coat of white matte spray paint and while it was drying got started on the wood corners.

I thought it would be awesome to modernize it with wood corners. I used a piece of 1×1 walnut (yes, the obsession continues!!) and cut a groove just under 1/2” in from the edge.

 

Then I flipped it and ran it through again and cut another groove. It left me with a perfect little corner piece notched out. (When you are doing this make sure that your saw blade height is exactly the same as the distance that your guard is from the blade!)

 

I measured the height of the vase and cut the wood to fit. Also, watch for rain while your vase is drying on the lawn….

 

I gave the wood a quick wipe down with Danish oil. I will never get sick of seeing how intensely it brings out the natural color of the wood, its like magic!

 

Once everything was dry I glued the pieces to the edges of the vase. and filled it with the coolest flowers that I’ve ever seen.

 

They have Bouqs like this filled with fresh protea and other seasonal greenery. Doesn’t it look other worldly?! They are so cool!

 

My second vase comes from a Target impulse purchase that needed a little oomph.

 

I bought it a few months ago and haven’t done a thing with it. The problem that I kept running into when I tried to plant in it is that the opening is wayyyy to little.

Nothing of substance can fit inside and so it wasn’t super functional as a vase. I decided to remedy the situation by chopping the opening off and widening it.

 

Muuuuuch better!

 

I taped off a few of the sections and painted them white.

 

Then, to make it actually capable of holding water (cause that’s a little bit important) I put a bag inside and trimmed off the excess.

 

This guy is filled with orange and white ranunculus. When they arrived they were closed up pretty tight, but with a little soak in warm water they opened right up!

So here’s the skinny on The Bouqs Company. They’re an online florist that grows their sustainable flowers on (wait for it) the side of a volcano in Ecuador!! They are cut and shipped (for free!) the same day, this ensures that the flowers arrive super fresh because there is no waiting in warehouses until they’re ordered. Always good quality and beautiful!

The thing that I love most is the exotic variety that they have. When I’ve ordered flowers online before it seems like the options are so meh. Take a peek at their site and see for yourself!

From today until Nov. 3rd (1 week)  Bouqs.com is offering a 20% off discount for Vintage Revivals readers when you use the code FARMBLOOMS so get on it!

Massive thanks to Bouqs.com for teaming up with me on this project!