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Posts Tagged ‘vase’
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
 Mini caterpillar style bud vase Sometimes small is beautiful and even the tiniest of accessories can make an impact.
With spring blooms finally opening up in the garden, there are lots of small and dainty flowers around, like crocuses, snowdrops and primroses. If you want to bring a few into your house, then this mini caterpillar design vase is the ideal way of displaying them.
The small round bud vases are joined together to provide a bigger impact – fill all of them, or some of them, with a few fresh blooms and enjoy the arrival of spring.
The caterpillar bud vase is just £9.95 from The Handpicked Collection.
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Tags: The Handpicked Collection, vase
Posted in Glass | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
 Modern vase Updating your home for spring needn’t cost a fortune and, thanks to a competition currently running at The Conran Shop, you could even win some cash to help you do just that!
To celebrate their new season’s accessories, The Conran Shop are giving away a £100 voucher each week for the next three weeks. All you have to do to enter is browse their website, find your favourite accessory costing £100 or less and tweet or blog about why you like it.
To enter on Twitter, just tweet a link to the accessory to @Conran_shop, including the hashtag #conranstyle. For blog entries, simply post the picture of the item on your blog, along with details of why you’ve chosen it, and tweet a link to @Conran_shop. Full terms and conditions can be found here.
Details of the winners will be included on The Conran Shop blog and on their website.
Our choice is this curvy white earthenware glazed Polo mint inspired modern vase. The design is eye-catching, so would draw interest to wherever its placed, and the neutral colour gives it timeless appeal.
The Polo vase is £35 and available exclusively at The Conran Shop.
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Tags: competition, Conran Shop, Home accessories, Polo, Spring, vase
Posted in Miscellaneous | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
   
Would you believe that the green glass bird vase above started off life as a Perrier bottle? It’s true and all of the items shown have been upcycled from discarded glassware.
North Devon-based glass company, Who’s? Glass, specialise in transforming domestic glass waste into contemporary products. All the bottles they use are collected locally and are heated and shaped by hand. They’re a great example of effective homeware upcycling and produce some innovative products.
If you’re fond of retro pieces, then the 1970s milk bottle vases will raise a smile (£24.95). The delightfully quirky Perry Perrier water bird vase is fantastic and a limited edition of only 100, all of which are unique and individual (£19.95 each).
If vodka is your favourite tipple, then the cocktail pitcher or jug made from an old Abolut vodka bottle is a must (£24.95). Gin drinkers are catered for too, with the slimline Gordon’s Gin vase or straw holder (£22.50).
All of these creative glassware creations are made by Who’s? Glass and can be purchased from their online store.
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Tags: bird, bottle, Devon, glassmaker, jug, recycling, vase, Who's? Glass
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
 
Vases come in all shapes, designs and sizes, but one of the trendy shapes we’re currently rather fond of is the handkerchief vase.
The bottom of the handkerchief vase is typical of a standard vase, but from the middle upwards, the changes are very apparent. The design is curved and creased, just like a crumpled hanky would be, which results in the top of the vase being swirly and nicely shaped.
The style of the vase makes it look great simply perched on a shelf, but it’s equally good when filled with flowers too, not least as there are all sorts of fun grooves for stems to lean on, making flower arranging more creative.
A number of shops have handkerchief vases in stock, in a variety of colours, and it’s worth shopping around to get a good price. At John Lewis, a 30cm handkerchief vase in lime green is priced at £25. The same size handkerchief style vase at Bhs, available in a choice of turquoise, pink, clear or black, is £15. We know which we’d go for.
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Tags: Bhs, handkerchief, john lewis, vase
Posted in Bargain buy | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
 
I’ve often kept empty champagne bottles from special occasions and sometimes use them to pop a flower in. However, you can only realistically get one flower stem in, due to the neck of the bottle, so they don’t serve a great purpose as a vase.
That’s where these champagne bottle vases really differ. They’ve been cleverly recycled and properly cut off, to form ample sized vases. The cut-off neck has been smoothed down, so there are no areas where you could cut yourself, and the champagne bottle labels are left on the bottles. All of this is down by hand, by Andy the glassmaker in London – and he personally collects the champagne bottles from bars and restaurants in the West End of London!
The bottle vases look great as a centrepiece on a dining table, or simply to have in any room of your home.
Available as a either a green glass vase or a clear glass vase, the champagne bottle vases are only £11 each from EcoOutlet.
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Tags: bottle, EcoOutlet, recycled, vase
Posted in Decorative accessories | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
 Stylish swirl vase This porcelain swirl vase has been cleverly made by sculptors Lee and Larry Jiazhan, under the guidance of designer Lynne Lange, and reflects the movements of nature. The swirls are so effective that you can almost see them moving.
Each porcelain vase is individually handmade and measures 15cm by 25cm. If you want to give it as a present, then it does come with a gift box.
Find out more, or treat yourself to this stunning vase, on Not On The High Street, where it’s sold by Isabel Ballardie Interiors.
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Tags: Isabel Ballardie Interiors, Not On The High Street, porcelain, vase
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
 Add a splash of colour
If you’re looking to add a splash of colour to your home, then decorative accessories are great to use.
This red swirl bottle from Next, with its slightly orange swirls, would certainly give a good dose of colour and you could use it as a simple vase too, as a single stem would fit in really well.
The red swirl bottle costs £22 from Next.
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Tags: bottle, Next, ornament, vase
Posted in Decorative accessories, Home accessories | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
 Elegant hyacinth vases
Many people grow hyacinth bulbs indoors at this time of year and, if you want to try the traditional method, then you’ll need glass vases to grow them in.
This set of three glass vases, available exclusively from Cox and Cox, are exactly the right size and shape for hyacinth bulbs. The bulb sits in the rounded part at the top and the roots grow down below it.
The three glass vases are in the fresh jewel-like colours of purple, green and clear and they’re all hand engraved. They’d look lovely on a windowsill, planted up with hyacinth bulbs, or simply used for decorative purposes.
The set of three hyacinth bulb vases are available from Cox and Cox.
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Tags: bulb, cox and cox, flower, glass vase, grow your own, hyacinth, hyacinth bulb vase, plant, vase
Posted in Garden, Home accessories | 4 Comments »
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