Rustic Wood Vase

  Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy craft supplies, and that's pretty close!

I've been meaning to do this project for a long time. I've had these twig like branches from Ikea for about 3 years, that's a long time of them sitting around collecting dust. So I finally decided to just start making a vase type holder for them, and it is surprisingly very fast and easy to make. It's just the motivation part that's sometimes lacking. 

For this project I chose 
very beat up wood from our scrap pile, and I very lightly sanded it. I decided to make two wood vases. One 18 in. and the other 10in. tall. So I cut four boards for each vase.

 Using some nails, hammer the boards together.

In this picture you can really see how beat up and warped my boards are, I personally didn't care because I wanted the vase to look very rustic. Next I used white acrylic paint and diluted it with water. I did one coat, but some areas where you cut the boards might need some additional paint.

And there you have it, Rustic Vases. I didn't put a bottom on mine, but you can adjust it to whatever floats your boat.