“Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.”
-Ann Morrow Lindbergh
DIY SEA GLASS VASE
If ever there is a trash to treasure story, it’s sea glass. The once discarded and battered about in the depths of the ocean is transformed into little tiny jewels. An item that is now refined, pretty, and collectible.
Not only are these beautiful pieces of glass now an item to use, but they are full of symbolism.
Unfortunately, we don’t live anywhere sea glass is usually found. To recreate that gorgeous look, we took to making a little DIY sea glass vase with scraps of discarded tissue paper. See what we did here? 😉
Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Everyone is allowed a $10 allowance for necessities to complete their project (i.e. paint brushes, glue, etc), but the bulk of it must be created from their own stash of goodies.
Let’s meet this month’s bloggers!!
C’mon Get Crafty | Purple Hues and Me | Home Crafts By Ali
Eye Love Knots | Stone Cottage Adventures | Across the Blvd
Domestic Deadline | Shoppe No 5 | Modern on Monticello
My Pinterventures | This Autoimmune Life | Salvage Sister and Mister | Sew Craft Crochet
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- Mason Jar, an old spaghetti jar should work too
- Tissue Paper
- Mod Podge, good value – here is a kit with 2 different mod podges and foam brushes
- Foam Brush
- Battery Tea Light, if desired
|DID YOU SEE THIS FARMHOUSE TIN VASE MADE FROM T-SHIRT SCRAPS?|
INSTRUCTIONS
Yes, I am THAT person!! The person that saves all the tissue paper after the celebration!
- Tear the tissue paper into sea glass sized pieces. Really, don’t overthink it. I just torn small random pieces.
I had this glitter tissue paper and thought it would be fun to use on this project. The other colors were not glitter. Remember, use what you got!
- Taking your clear mason jar, apply Mod Podge to the glass and set tissue on top.
- Repeat this process until you have completed the vase as you like. I only added the tissue 3/4 of the way up. You can do less or more, as you desire.
- Once you have applied the tissue, blot the Mod Podge lightly, on top of tissue, so it all would stay in place.
- Let the vase dry. Note, it will dry fairly fast as you really don’t need a lot of Mod Podge.
- Once it is dry, add flowers or a battery tea light for your beach house vibe.
Super simple right? Oh, I love an easy project. This took like 15 minutes at best.
|ANOTHER USE FOR TISSUE PAPER- DIY FLOWER PINATA|
So, here’s what I want to know……
Have you found sea glass before? Tell us where you found some and how you display yours.
Finally, be sure to check out all the other Craft De-Stash projects here…….
This DIY Sea Glass Vase
Oh my I didn’t expect it to be that easy and look so striking. We live inland but have a little holiday home down at the coast which we try visit at least once a year and we have picked up quite a few bits of sea glass. It’s always a treat when we do find some, although I’ve noticed that we’re finding them less often that we used to. It’s sad on the one hand but it probably means that less people are throwing glass bottles in the ocean which is a good thing
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I have never found sea glass so I love this idea. I bet it looks so lovely at night with the candle flickering.
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What a lovely mix of colors! It turned out so pretty!
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These would be so beautiful out on the porch twinkling away! Such a great easy idea!!
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Yes, they would Sam. I love that idea!
This is very pretty and really does look like sea glass. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Donna! It was a fun project.
How pretty! I love the colors you chose. -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
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So, so pretty and I just love how you styled it! Looks like it’s underwater! 🙂
Carrie
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Thank you Carrie! It was a fun craft.
What a fun idea to replicate sea glass. I love quick and easy projects like this. I have been fortunate enough to have found some sea glass. We don’t see it frequently here in Charleston, but now then, we get lucky.
Thank you Beverly! Quick and easy is the name of the game. I would love to find some “real” sea glass.
Such an easy craft but so pretty in the final product! This would be perfect for a beachy or summer decor accessory!
Thanks so much. I love how simple it was for the look it gives.
I thought it was real sea glass in the inlinkz image. I’m changing things over to a coastal vibe, so I’m loving this idea.
Oh fun. A coastal vibe would be awesome.
I remember making these in school. I have been thinking about this technique a lot lately. Love how you themed your colors to sea glass – so pretty! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you and you are welcome. I love inspiring others. If you make some, pop over to Facebook and share them with me..I’d love to see a photo.
I love this project, its perfect for any part of the house.
Maria
Yes. I agree. It could go anywhere.
What a fun craft! So pretty! Now I want to find some sea glass.
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Actual sea glass would be awesome, but until then, you can make some with the tutorial 🙂
You can buy “sea” glass these days in craft stores, sometimes even dollar stores. Sure, its not as cheap as tissue paper, but… I would sometimes find sea glass on the Jersey shore, but I haven’t been back to New Jersey since 2007.
I agree you can probably find it many places (it would so fun to find on the beach though). The tissue paper is great in a pinch for time or money.
Looks beautiful with the candle! I have a few of these my kids have made me in school over the years. Pinned
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