I found this thing at a thrift store. My best guess would be that it might be used for carrying wine bottles. But since I don’t drink wine, I decided it would make a pretty cute wicker vase.
The first step was to cut off the lid.(My 13 year old, who doesn’t play with Barbie’s anymore, decided that the little latch part would make a perfect Barbie sized noose. So I tossed it before we got some disturbing Barbie things going on!)
Looks better already!!! Then I took that bottle of Almond spray paint and went to work – in a well ventilated place of course! That stuff stinks.
I did two coats and then flipped it over and did my third coat to cover the bottom and catch the rest of it at a different angle.
And there it is – an adorable and cheap wicker vase! (love spray paint!) Warning: Do not use with flowers that will require water unless you put a narrow vase inside first.
Add some dollar store berry twigs and there you have it!!!Now I just have to find a cuter spot for it, but that will come as I unpack those mounds of boxes! Still tons of things to find homes for.
I have found that since I discovered the joys of spray paint, I shop differently now – especially at thrift stores and garage sales. Colour doesn’t matter anymore – it’s the bones that count!!!
