Hello friends and Happy September! I really hope you had a nice summer and as we welcome yet another season, I can bring you fresh new inspiration. Even though I’m sad to see summer go, I’m excited for a routine and a little more structure.
Today I want to share with you yet another vase, this time, a rustic vase using texture paint. I see a trend towards rustic pottery so I wanted to create something similar just in time for fall.
I started by finding a glass vase that mimicked an old vase. You can find so many variations at the thrift store. That’s where I found this one.
This vase had a lot of experimentation because I wasn’t sure what I wanted the end result to look like but this will give you an idea of the steps I took to achieve this rustic look….
I then applied a thick layer of the Americana Decor TEXTURE paint in gray using a palette knife to do so.
I wasn’t too sure about this particular texture…
I added a little bit of brown texture paint and used my hand to smooth it out…
This color really resembled fresh clay …
I then took my fingertips and tapped the paint a different kind of texture. I let that try.
I found the color a little too brown so I decided to add some of the white textured paint.
I spread the paint using my bare hand.
And then wiped some of it prior to it drying.
I then used the white textured paint to paint some wooden hoops and once dried, cray clued them to each side of the vase…
This was a fun project and I love the end result. Like I said, there was a lot of experimentation but that’s what adds to the ‘rustic’ feel of the vase.
I used some fall fillers from The Dollar Tree and tomorrow I’ll show you how I used them to make a five minute wreath.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a great Labour Day xo
Lucy
For some reason several of the photos didn’t upload…was the vase a clear glass vase in the beginning before texture added?
I do have some odd colored vases around and love this idea. This looks like real pottery!
The vase adds such a pop against your navy paint color.
Thank you for this great craft idea Lucy!
Can you use these texture. Painted planters outside v
What a great treatment to turn a bland glass or ceramic vase into a showstopper. I think your switching to applying the texture with your hand in the subsequent layers (over the first palette knife application) and wiping off some of the paint really gave it that rough earthenware texture. (The only change I would make would be to glue the rings on before painting and filling in the void where they don’t touch the vase with hot glue and maybe glue some cording to the rim of the glass vase to thicken it up). The thrift stores are full of all kinds old vases with great shapes and hideous finishes – this treatment really is “making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea. I agree with Jill that I would like the added rings better if they were more connected and perhaps a bit smaller. Thank you for the inspiration to make something out of almost nothing!
Hi Lucy! Now this looks fun! I will have to try this. I didn’t see a before picture so can you tell me what the vase looked like before and what did you use to attach the circles? Do you think Sea Spray or Salt Wash would work like this? thank you so much for sharing your creativeness and ideas. Without creatives like you then us wanna be’s would be lost. I would anyway.
So pretty! Can you please share brands and color names for the paints ?
Keep scrolling pics are twds bottom of post it was a clear glass vase
This is gorgeous! I’ve been wanting to try out texture paint for a while. I can never find it in stores. I guess it’s time to just finally order it 🙂 Thanks for sharing this project!
What a beautiful idea how to make an old vase!
Thanks for sharing your ideas in your blog.
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