{Getting Crafty} Chalkboard Vases

It almost seems silly to do a tutorial on these vases, they are so easy!

I saw this idea and thought it would be cute to make wine bottle vases,

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 but when I discovered that chalkboard paint came in a spray paint, I decided to cover the entire bottle with it.  It seemed much quicker and easier to accomplish.

Some how I consumed happened upon a half dozen wine bottles.  Being the lazy type, I spray painted the whole bottle, label and all. 

I did two coats of paint.

I let them dry and followed the instructions on the can to cover the whole area with chalk and clean off before using them as chalk vases.  I bought one stem of sunflowers from Michael's to fill the vases so this whole project was tres cheap and packed a lot of punch on the food table.

 We were able to spell out her name for her birthday party.

I reused them on my spooky Halloween mantel like this.

The trick will be to work them into every holiday's decor...

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