Make your own Sunset Ombre Vase

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Upcycle all those leftover clear glass vases you have in storage with this super cute Sunset Ombre Vase. Using a little acrylic paint and your DIY abilities, hand paint those neglected vases into new centerpieces for all your summer bouquets. An easy craft that takes very little time.

I came across this super cute vase in the HGTV Magazine a couple of months ago and fell absolutely in love with it. The original can be found here, but with this tutorial, you can make your own for a fraction of the cost. A little DIY is all that it will take to create your own Sunset Ombre Vase.

Are you like me and have hoards of clear glass vases laying around? If you looked in the cupboard above my fridge (this is where they live), you’d swear I was stockpiling clear vases to start my own floral shop, which would be awesome. I assure you, though, I am not in the flower business, at least not this week. But regardless of my status in the flower industry, I still have a dilemma with an abundance of clear vases, what do I do?

Obviously, you can’t toss them out, that’s just wasteful, I’m envious of those cutthroats who can throw out anything, no sentiment, no remorse. If it’s been gifted to me, it’s near impossible for me to pitch. So now, with an ever-growing collection of vases, I was inspired, after opening my recent HGTV magazine, I have a whole new bunch of ideas, on options for these neglected vases. I bet you have some vases just laying around that could use a facelift as well. What better option than a quick and easy paint job? Let’s get to it.

If I’m being totally honest, I bought my vase at the Dollar Tree and when I got home, I totally kicked myself. Considering I had a cupboard full of vases I could’ve used, but it happens. I’m the girl with nine cans of diced tomatoes because I can never remember what’s in the pantry when I go grocery shopping. Maybe my next post should be on organizing my pantry. Marie Kondo, help me!

How to make your own Sunset Ombre Vase

SUPPLIES

a clear vase (I bought mine at the Dollar Tree, but use one you already have on hand)
primer spray paint (I used this one)
acrylic paints (I used an orange, deep yellow, a deep coral, peach, pink and white
flat, wide paintbrush
flowers

INSTRUCTIONS

Firstly, you’ll want to wash your vase thoroughly and let it dry completely. Otherwise, you may end up with some of your paint not sticking even with the primer.
Spray paint the vase with primer and let this dry.
Mix a small amount of the orange and yellow paint together until you get a sunset orange colour, paint a strip along the bottom inch or two of the vase (depending on how tall your vase is) in long strokes. Try to paint around the whole vase and gently lift the brush to move or you’ll end up with marks.
In the middle of the vase, paint a strip of the coral paint. You may want to add a bit of white here if the coral is too bright. Again in long strokes brush around the vase just an inch-wide strip in the middle.
After you’ve painted the two strips, mix the sunset orange paint and the coral paint together to form a mix of the two colours. Now paint a strip of the newly mixed paint in the middle between the original two strips. During this step, I got carried away painting and forgot to stop to take a photo. But, here’s a video that will help make sense of how to achieve the ombre (gradient) effect.
Continue brushing left to right, but slowly glide your paintbrush up from the top of this new strip into the bottom paint of the coral paint in the middle strip. Wash and dry your brush. Start in the middle and glide your brush down (still going left to right, NOT up and down) towards the bottom of the vase (the sunset orange) and mix those together. You’ll have the bottom half of the vase done now. You can continue to blend to get a really good ombre or gradient effect.
Using the same method, paint the very top of the vase pink mixed with a bit of the peach colour, or you could just go all pink here. I just preferred the hint of peach. Paint the top inch or two the pink/peach colour. Now mix the coral and the new pink/peach colour together to get your gradient paint.
Paint a strip in between the top and middle strip using the coral/pink paint mixture. Then from the top of the new strip blend upwards into the pink/peach paint until you’ve blended the two colours together. Now repeat this on the bottom portion blending into the coral colour in the middle.
Let this dry and touch up any areas that need a bit more blending.
Lastly, fill with flowers of your choice. My suggestion here is orange flowers.

This craft took all of about 30 minutes, minus the drying time. Besides, being a fun way to upcycle a clear vase that’s just been lying around, it’s a great way to display your flowers. This Sunset Ombre Vase is a perfect hostess gift, mother’s day gift or you can use it just to add an extra pop of colour to your own summer bouquets.

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