The first few are all from one of our favorite Etsy vintage mavens, Ethanollie:
• 1 Vintage decanters, especially those with imperfections like peeling gold leaf, are so elegant. These are $30 each.
• 2 Tarnished hotel silver provides such a nice moody contrast with a fresh spring bloom. This little pitcher is $22.
• 3 We love the idea of making tiny little arrangements in vintage egg cups. If you're growing succulents, you can even take cuttings from them and plant them in these little vessels to give away as favors at a spring dinner party! $8 apiece.
And some more fun vases/not-vases:
• 4 Vintage pyrex has such a sweet and nostalgic look. Etsy's got tons of it. These little cups are from RedPopShop, $8 for the set of four. They're look adorable marching down a windowsill loaded up with some lavender or azaleas.
• 5 An old test tube rack gets a glamorous makeover as an edgy, modern set of bud vases. $30 from TwoArtDirectors.
• 6 A vintage soda crate makes a great centerpiece with little jars of flowers nested inside. You can even use small plastic cups to hold the water and flowers; just fill with enough stems to disguise the cups. $25 from ShaneLilyRain.
• 7 The same principle works with a lovely old tea tin, since it won't be water-tight: just nestle another container inside (like a plastic yogurt or sour cream container), with some wadded newspaper to hold it in place. This floral tin would look lovely with some moss mounded on top. $20 from ModishVintage.
• 8 Milk bottles, with their narrow necks, make particularly nice vases, and topography lovers will dig the graphics. This set of 3 from AGoodVintage is in especially nice condition, and the writing is so pretty. $29.
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I love those Indian and Moroccan tea glasses for a loose small arrangement of roses or other colorful flowers. I put them all over the house for parties.
Love the pictures here.
Wonderful post....
It's true...take fresh look at miss-matched china cups, pretty glass soda bottles, you might just find the perfect little "something" for your flowers...
{if you need more inspiration or just one more source...please feel free to take a look at my little shop ...I know, I'm plugging, but hey - when I saw this post, I just had to say Hello!}
Now, go pick some lilacs.... :)
p.s. One of my favorite little items to use when I make petite arrangements are little glass votives. They are small, and you can find them in mulitiples...and they really make a statement w/out taking up a lot of space.
I use a line of toiletries that comes in little brown glass bottles of various sizes. When they run out, I peel off the labels and remove the spray tops and pumps and they are perfect for keeping succulent sprigs, little flowers, etc.
I just bought a set of 16 test tubes on etsy from one vintage seller & a vintage metal rubber stamp carousel to display them in. all i need to do now is collect little plant clippings and flowers from our back yard!