Chalkboard vase with Starburst Flowers

"There are certain things in life where you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake because the only way to know that it really is a mistake is to make that mistake and go, "Yup, that was a mistake." So really, the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake because then you'll go about your whole life not knowing whether it was a mistake or not." -Lily Aldrin, How I Met Your Mother

If you haven't noticed by now, I love quotes.  From movies, books, interviews, speeches, or any conversations. I also love a pretty fake flower (because I always feel bad about buying real ones).  Trying to figure out what to do with Starburst wrappers, turned into these pretty flowers which I attached to toothpicks and put in a homemade wine bottle vase.  The flowers I found at Folding Trees which have tons of ideas for making creative paper items. The vase idea is all over, but it is easy to make and fun to write on.

Materials:

• Wine bottle (with label removed)
• Spray paint (of your color of choice)
• Glue (E6000 works well)
• Jute
• Chalkboard paint
• Brush
• Chalk

Directions:

1. Spray paint bottle and let dry.

2. Glue jute to the neck and the bottom of the bottle.  Let dry.

3. Paint a rectangle on one side of the bottle using the chalkboard paint. Let dry.

4. Write your message on the bottle and add flowers.

My message was one form The Beatles: "And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."  I also added Ender's ship to the the flowers just for something different.

 

This is a sweet (pun intended) craft.  It would go great with a romantic tale.  Anyone have a favorite romance that they are reading/have read?