[Bunnysmith]

Hi everyone,

This is my first time on this site so I hope my question is appropriate. I have acquired two large glass vases and want to put something in them other than flowers! They are very big, any suggestions? I have bought 200 multicoloured glass pebbles, but they don't even fill one of them half way, so want ideas on what I could put in the rest of the vase/ what I can put in the other? Thanks
P.s (the glass vases are to go in the living room as decoration)

[Heatheranne]

If you put a layer of stones on the bottom and up the edge a bit, then fill the centre with styrofoam, or crumpled paper as you go - keeping a thing stone layer on the outside, then on the top - that should work and it'll be lighter. You can also decopage them, but I'd do it from the inside - much nicer look with glass. They can be stained with a glass paint. You could make lamps out of them - nothing is needed to fill them that way and they'll likely make beautiful lamps. I can't think of anything else right now, but I'm sure that others will come up with ideas. HTHs :-)

[Belle]

This is going to be interesting to see the end result. Looking forward to it. What about colored water or dried twigs and branches or dried seed pods?

[Sara Arell]

Maybe you could change what you put in them with the seasons? Fall - the dried twigs and some things as Belle has suggested, Christmas - lots of colored ball ornaments and some glitz? I've even put a string of white Christmas lights in mine and if you get the ones with the clear or white cords on them, it doesn't really show - actually I keep the lights in mine year round sometimes......

[AggieB]

As Belle says, it may be seasonal - long stems of flowers in the summer,; in the fall, fragmites (those tall puffy things you see on the highways) & cattails always look good; or you could try some peacock feathers from a place that sells home decor stuff; spring there are all kinds of flowering branches - forsythia, pussy willows, flowering trees. Of course, most of this stuff is available from stores in artificial, non-shedding versions. I will try to think of something besides greenery. They look pretty - you will have fun finding things to put in them.

[MLLatscrapgirls]

You can also get photo stems - I am not sure what they are really called - but they are like frames on flower like stems. Instead of flowers you could have photos.

[klingon_princess]

Welcome, welcome. I really love ornament balls, I change the colors with the season or holiday in a large vase (also use those small strings of lights with batteries). I have a huge collection of fall colored balls in various sizes - don't know how that happened! I love the photo stem idea. Also use shells in June. It does help to add filler as suggested. Have fun! Gina

[Becster]

Welcome!

I once traveled to the Midwest for a seminar, in the fall. The vases in the hotel were filled with candy corn to hold the dried flowers in place! Using filler would save you from having to buy a hundred pounds of candy corn.

[SodScrap]

Great ideas ladies! I like the Christmas balls with lights. You can also get decorative balls (not hanging ornaments) at places like Pier 1 that are light weight. They come in different sizes and patterns.

[Ed Ellis]

I have the same tall glasses that a friend gave me. I put a colored sand at the bottom and colorful pebbles bon the half way up.

[KayMitch]

Lots of great idea here. I have Gum nuts and seed pods in mine but shells would also be nice. Wrapped chocolates maybe. I have a friend who puts all her costume jewellery in hers. There are endless possibilities. Hope you fund something that suits you. Kay

[Jenna]

hard candies would be fun at Christmas too - they are so colorful & you wouldn't have to store them in the off season - you'd be lucky if they remained in there till New Year!

[LindaT]

I recently used different kinds of dried beans for one of my interior design clients...vary the layer depth & angle some layers. Don't fill all the way - you need some "white space" at the top. Finish by tying a raffia bow around the neck of the vase.
Lots of great ideas posted here - would be interested to see what you come up with!