I just finished styling my entryway table and you aren’t going to believe what I made my new super cute, super stylish DIY Fall vase out of…
An empty juice container!!
Really, if I didn’t tell you would have never known!!
Let me show you how I made it.
American Farmhouse Style
This project was featured in the Oct/Nov 2021 issue of American Farmhouse Style magazine!
How to make a vase (out of a juice bottle)
Preparing the Juice Bottle
I started with an empty apple juice bottle from the Simply brand.
Side note, they make the yummiest juices and lemonades!
Remove The Label
Did you know that you can use a hairdryer to easily remove labels from things?
Just don’t hold the hairdryer too close to the plastic bottle or it will warp (don’t ask me how I know!!)
The label easily peeled off.
cut off the top
Next, I took my blade and cut the top part of the bottle off, I don’t want my DIY Fall vase looking like a juice bottle!
Decorating the Bottle
paint
I painted the vase with Waverly chalk paint in the “Plaster” shade; a creamy white color.
I did a heavy, even first coat and when that was dried went over it lightly with a second coat.
wax
Once the chalk paint was completely dry, I used dark wax on a chipping brush and lightly (very lightly) ran the brush down the sides of the DIY vase.
You could totally use a dark brown chalk paint and lightly brush it on to create a similar effect.
add detail
To add a little detail to the DIY Fall vase I added a wood maple leaf (from the Dollar Tree)
I gave the leaf a few quick brush strokes with dark wax.
I attached the leaf to the Fall vase with a piece of twine.
It was too thick to fit through the hole so I unraveled the twine to make it a little thinner.
Finished DIY Vase
I went out to my garden and cut some fresh ornamental grass stems. They are starting to bloom; a sure sign that Fall is here in New England.
If you don’t have pampas grass growing in your garden you can always buy it online.
Next up, I’ll show you how to make a beautiful Fall tray vignette on a teeny budget!
Gosh, sometimes I forget how much I love Fall until it rolls around again!
If you love Fall too check out the rest of my Fall projects & decor!!
Get ready for the holidays…
Jennifer Howard
cottage on bunker hill
Thanks for stopping by today! Being able to share my projects, DIYs, and decorating ideas with you is amazing. Leave a comment below; I love hearing from you!
get to know me
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- I’ve lived in New England my entire life! This is good because the beach is my favorite place to be…even in the winter I love to go breathe in the salt air.
- I am an EARLY BIRD!!! I rarely sleep past 4…it’s my favorite time of day and those wee hours are my most productive. (plus, I LOVE coffee!!)
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Jennifer,
This is just so clever. I don’t remember seeing this in the past but would love to share a link on my Sunday Dirt Road adventures! I love how great it turned out.
Of course!! You have to make one…there are so many cool looking juice and iced coffee bottles now
I saved a couple of these bottles because I just knew I could make something out of them. I just didn’t know what but now I do. I also love the lemonade! Thanks!
Yes! I’m the same way…oh I can probably make something out of this!! Yes, the raspberry lemonade is perfect in the summer!!Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comment so much!!
I love how you took a juice bottle and totally created an awesome piece of art! I will have to dig out a juice bottle and get to work! Oh and I’ll be trying the juice since you say it’s so 😋 yummy!
Thanks Shirley!! We are Simply juice addicts…my son just drank almost an entire bottle of their apple juice (so nice to be a skinny teenager!!)
You are so smart! And I love the hair dryer trick. Tucking that one away…. 🙂