Ok, I love, love, LOVE West Elm! They have the best ideas in the backgrounds of their photos. Their furniture is a little too modern sometimes for my taste, but I really love the overall “look” of their items.
Here is my latest West Elm crush:
Yep, Mercury Glass! LOVE it!
So I began thinking about how I could create the “look” without the price!
Then I scoured the Internet for ways to create that Mercury Glass and found this awesome tutorial by Maryann over at Domestically Speaking!
Of course, I went to the trusty old Dollar Store (I really should buy stock in that store!) and found this glass vase. Then I gathered all of my materials:
After a few minutes, I ended up with this:
And here it is in use:
Another awesomely cheap knockoff that looks very similar to the “real thing!”
You have been nominated for the Stylish Blogger Award: http://mmbcreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/stylish-blogger-award.html
I love the little tree, did you make that as well?