Logo Inspired Recycle Newspaper Vase - A Hometalk Challenge

4 Materials
$5.00
Easy
I love Hometalk! As a craft blogger, it's my favorite DIY home and garden community site on the internet! I enjoy the interactions and the responses I receive from my postings, and as one HT staffer stated, "it's a certain friendliness, willing to help . . . and of course, a cozy-homey-ness!" You just can't get any better than that! So I guess you can imagine how excited I was when the email came from Hometalk asking us to help with decorating their offices with our diy creations. We were asked, if possible, to incorporate some element of Hometalk , like the color teal, the word, Hometalk or the logo into our decorative piece. I was inspired by the logo and color. The five sided design reminded me of a popular weave pattern for a handcrafted newspaper vase. And I kept thinking about using different shades of teal - the gradual blending of different colors into another. That would be perfect for the many tubes involved in making this kind of vase. A light bulb had gone off, and I knew I had an item I wanted to make.
Begin by making newspaper tubes: 1. Fold and cut newspaper sections into four parts. 2. Open the paper section and place a thin wood skewer stick on the bottom left corner at an acute angle. Wrap paper edge over stick and begin rolling paper with your fingers. 3. Brush on glue just before reaching the end and then roll end close to secure. 4. Make 75 tubes and divide into five groups of 15 tubes for painting. 5. Place plastic cover over work area and paint tube groups in gradation colors. 6. Let tubes dry completely.
For the vase: Cut out a four inch Hometalk logo and trace two on cardboard and cut out.
PLEASE REFER TO GROUP PHOTO BELOW FOR ILLUSTRATION 1. Place one cardboard logo on working surface.. 2. Take five tubes and place on each corner of logo. Place an additional tube on top of one tube. 3. Glue tubes in place and let dry. 4. Glue second cardboard logo on top and let dry. Take a sheet of paper and outline the logo 1/2 inch larger, cut out and glue on bottom. 5. Cut out corners of paper at each tube. 6. Apply glue to edges and fold over, gluing in place. 7. Glue Hometalk logo on opposite side. 8. Paint plain side with color of tubes. Let dry.
To Weave Vase: On painted side of logo, bend the extra tube along edge of shape and over next tube. Take that tube and bend over next tube, and so on.
Continue bending tubes over the next tube along edge, moving around the design.
When tubes become short, simply add glue to tube tip and insert new tube into end. Continue weaving tube over the next tube using one color group at a time until all of the colors have been woven into an ombre effect and you are left with short tube ends.
To finish, apply glue to end of last short tubes and insert inside of weave to hide ends. Cut off excess ends.
Can you see the logo in the weave? How cool is this!
The vase can be sprayed with a sealant to protect the finish.
This is how the bottom looks - after adding the sealant.
I really love how the vase looks and hope the folks at Hometalk love it, too!
Suggested materials:
  • Newspaper
  • Skewer stick
  • Cardboard/scissors/tacky glue
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Gail@Purple Hues and Me
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  • Gig69451122 Gig69451122 on Mar 15, 2024

    Obviously, you think artistically & creatively! I've seen your various ideas before. Each, as lovely as can be.

    Two questions. 1. I'm thinking thick plastic straws? How long are the skewers?

    2. To use for cut flowers? A glass inserted vase? Thanks again ❤️🙋‍♀️

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