Painted Vases

One of the craft projects that I was eager to try for my sister's bridal shower was DIY Painted Vases. It seemed like a really easy concept--cover some vases with painter's tape (in whatever pattern you want), spray the vases with any color paint, peel off the tape, and bam! Done.

And you know what? It was pretty much exactly that easy! Granted, I can't really take much credit for these particular vases because my brother's fiance Macy did all the work on them... But I'm confident I could mimic her efforts and create them myself.

Before...

After!

A few pointers. For one, be careful with curved vases. Macy found that it was difficult to get the tape to lay flat along the concave part of the vase, which left some of the lines not quite as crisp and straight once the tape was removed. Nothing terribly noticeable, but a consideration nonetheless. You may also want to consider doing multiple coats of spray paint, depending on how opaque you want the paint to be. We opted to finish the vases with a coat of waterproof clear acrylic spray just to give them some extra protection, but that step probably isn't necessary if you are going to use the vases strictly for decor and not actually put cut flowers in them. Oh, and the easiest way to spray them so that you don't get paint inside the vase? Turn them upside down. You're probably laughing because that seems like such an easy and obvious solution, but Macy and I both struggled trying to figure out how we would keep paint from getting inside the vase. Thankfully my mom was there to solve our problem.

Best part about this craft (besides how awesome they look)? Dollar store vases, $3 spray paint, and painter's tape that we already had on hand. Boom! Nice and cheap.