DIY Love Potion: Medicine Vials as Wall Vases - Gardenista
Valentine’s Day comes at the moment I need it most. Even if warmer days are weeks away... Photographs by Erin Boyle. ...I appreciate the promise that Valentine’s Day brings (and whether I have a special Valentine or not, I use the holiday as an excuse to indulge in a little flower-shaped pick-me-up). I love how the scale of the tiny spirea blossoms matches the miniature size of the vials. Last weekend, I headed to my favorite neighborhood flower shop, GRDN, and came home with an armload of goodies that say springtime: quince branches and spirea, freesia, and ranunculus. I have a set of vintage medicine vials that I’ve been using lately as miniature hanging flower vessels and I... ...recently discovered that the Container Store carries modern-day versions in three different sizes at prices ranging from 99 cents to $1.49 apiece. The threads in the top of the glass where the cap usually goes are the perfect place to secure your thread–and because the vials are so lightweight, there’s no need to search for studs before you hang them up. After adding loops of string to the vials, I put them on the floor and filled them with my booty from the flower shop. Adding flowers can make the small vials top heavy, so you might prefer to fill them after they’re hung on the wall. On the wall above our kitchen table, I interspersed my vials with a favorite Czech postcard and with old family photos. I strung larger vials in our sunny window frame and alongside our curtain. In some cases, I hung two or three vials together on the same nail to create a slightly larger arrangement. I don’t know about you, but I’d take subtle additions of peaches and pinks over a dozen red roses any day of the week, and on Valentine’s Day, especially.