Hello, gorgeous humans and welcome to one of my favourite discoveries of my two weeks offline. (Well, hardly offline – two weeks off laptop, should I say. Pinterest still had its grips tight.) What are we making today?
These babies! Aren’t they simply darling? (And, yes, apparently I’ve turned into a middle class white woman from the 1950s. Send help.)
The idea behind these crafts is simple: I have steadily racked up a few VOSS water bottles over the last seven months. Most of the time, I remember to bring my reusable bottle to work – but if I forget, I’ll buy a VOSS bottle rather than a normal plastic one. Is it actually any better for the environment, considering that its just made out of thicker plastic? Well, they’re easier to clean and re-use – so I like to think so!
In the spirit of keeping reduce, reuse, recycle going outside of a catchy slogan, I decided to spruce up some of the spare bottles I had . . . And, guys, let me tell you – I love the finished outcomes! Today, I’ve got 2 super easy and incredibly gorgeous DIYs you can make – using things you’ve probably got at home!
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If you like your tutorials in video format, make sure you watch the video below!
Project 1: Pressed Flower Water Bottle
Our first craft is as easy as it is quick. All you need? Mod podge and dried flowers. If you’ve got a garden that’s currently blooming, you could even press the flowers yourself.
I use this bottle to hold the letters for my memo board – but you could use it for any number of things. (Although you can’t wash it, so maybe don’t use it as a water bottle. The irony.)
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Modge Podge
- Dried Flowers
HOW TO MAKE:
1. Wash your water bottle and leave to dry
2. Gather your pressed flowers and, using modge podge, stick to your water bottle
3. Leave to dry. And that’s it!
I honestly don’t think I can tell you how much I adore how this one turned out! It’s so bright and beautiful – and it’s given me major inspo for some more crafts in the future.
Project 2: A VOSS Herbarium
If you haven’t heard of herbariums yet, prepare to fall in love. Seriously. Kiss your boyfriend goodbye – you don’t need him anymore.
Herbariums are pretty much terrariums in liquid. They’re really popular in Japan, but the Western world hasn’t quite caught on. For the life of me, I cannot fathom how Pinterest hasn’t blown these way the fuck up – but that’s fine, I guess they’ll be our secret.
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Baby oil (Japan sells special herbarium oil, but it’s not available anywhere else. The internet’s consensus is that mineral oil/baby oil has the same key ingredients and works just as well!)
- Dried flowers (or artificial flowers if you like)
HOW TO MAKE:
- Position the dried or artificial plants in the bottle.
- Pour the baby oil into the bottle.
- Seal tightly!
How damn cute did this one turn out? I’m utterly in love. When researching how to make herbariums, the common theme that came up was how well the oil preserves the colour of the flowers. I wanted to put this to the test and chose some red rose buds to put in.
I’d definitely recommend having this one by the window; sunlight really makes this baby pop.
And that’s it! I know, both of these crafts are so affordable and easy. Go buy you a VOSS water bottle, get hydrated and make some cute shit!
I hope you lovely humans enjoyed this summery DIY! It’s dead winter over here in Australia – so this was a fun way for me to lie to myself. Which was your favourite bottle upcycle? Would you recreate this yourself? Let me know your thoughts down below!
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This is so cute omg 😍 I have never seen these bottles anywhere but I guess I could use any other type of water bottle 😀 Thanks for sharing this super cute DIY!!
Thank you, Juliette 🙂 They’re MASSIVE over here – maybe it’s just an australia thing? But you’re totally right, these would work with any type of bottles. Thanks for reading 🙂 xx
These turned out beautiful! I love them so much!!
Thank you, Emily! 🙂 x
The Herbarium looks amazing! I love how much effort you put into these DIY tutorials. The videos must have taken you so long to create.
I love dried flowers too, I have so many vases of them at home. My friends say that I live in a forest! I’ve never thought of using baby oil to preserve them in a bottle though. Do update us in the future on how well the colors stay!
Thank you, Ming! They take a little longer, but I find people that find my content via Pitnerest seem to prefer videos so figure it’s worth it 🙂
Ugh, I’m so jealous! That sounds absolutely lovely – do you do anything with them or are they kept for display purposes? & Will do!
This is such a good way to up-cycle the Voss bottles. I personally do not buy water bottles as I always carry my re-usable one but for people that do, this is such a good way to re-use them rather than throwing them away. It looks pretty and is pretty unique. xx
Thank you, Hannah! 🙂 I wish I was that consistent – I’m definitely better than I was, but as the always in a rush person I am, there have been a few times I’ve forgotten xx
The Herbariums are so pretty and perfect for the adult who never got over kaleidoscopes. I laughed at you “kiss your boyfriend goodbye comment” 🤣. Thanks for starting my Monday with a laugh Mia.
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Thank you, Keri – I totally agree! I’m working from home and am definitely guilty of spinning the bottle around aimlessly when I’m bored xx
I love the awesome creativity! This is just darling. So cute and earthy.
Aw thank you Maryam 🙂
They are so pretty! Love the herbarium. Most of all, it is great that these bottles are getting another life in a super fab way.
Aw thank you for reading!
The herbarium bottle is gorgeous I’ve gotta try it! Absoloutley love this ideas! X
Thank you, Nicola, I’m so glad you enjoyed 🙂 x
Your DIYs are always so cool! I really like both of the ideas, and I definitely want to try the herbarium bottle, seems like a great way to add a little greenery to my room 🙂
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Thank you, Anika 🙂 It’s such an easy craft and turns out so lovely – I highly recommend trying it out x
WOW!! this is so cool. I might try this one
Aw, thank you! x
This is so cool, I love the idea! It makes me want to get my DIY on!
Thank you Molly! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Oh this is so pretty ! I love the herbarium and theses dry flowers on the bottle are adorable !
Such amazing ideas.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much, Margot! I’m glad you enjoyed 🙂 xx
This is absolutely beautiful, I love it. Seriously your creativity is just amazing. So cute thanks for sharing them.
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Aw thank you so much!
These are so pretty especially the herbarium! I have some dried flowers, so I wonder if I can make something cool… Thanks for the baby oil tip!
ooo definitely do give it a try! I’d love to see what you come up with 🙂 x
Great DIY, lovely bottle!
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Thank you, Paola x
This is so creative and beautiful, I’m not usually buying water sold in these kinda bottles because we boil ours here and pour into old cans. I’d love to recreate this, it looks so pretty😻.
Love the second idea!
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I love the habariums, your right it should be big news and how cute is this! I love terrariums and i’m still yet to make both how cute. I hope you are doing great, keep up the great work : )
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WOW, this DIY looks amazing!! 😱 I love the pressed flowers, they make anything instantly cuter! 😍
These are gorgeous! I would never have thought to do that with water bottles. Great idea.
These are so beautiful! I had a lot of empty glass bottles lying around (the kind you buy milkshakes or iced teas in), and I had no idea what to do with them so I used to put dried rose petals in them every time my roommate or I bought roses. It looked so soft and pretty and it also smelt like what I would imagine rose tea to smell like! But now, I’m definitely going to try the herbarium!
I love how these have turned out! I always thought they were glass bottles, so have defintely learnt something there! I have also learnt about herbariums now too…they look so pretty! What a great way to recycleyour stuff, with having a pretty bottle at the end!
Thanks for sharing!
(Also sending you an email about collabing!)
Aimsy xoxo
How cute! Such creative ideas, I don’t think I would have ever thought about doing something like this! Such a good way to recycle those bottles as well, if I had more room in my apartment I feel like I would love to have a few herbariums around, thank you for sharing!
Chloe xx
Such a gorgeous way of repurposing your bottles. They look absolutely beautiful, and it sounds so easy to do. I love the herbarium one. I imagine having a few of these dotted around the room would look incredible x
Sophie
This is such a cute idea!! I recently started growing a JUST water bottle collection by completely accident and I’m not looking for clever and creative ways to reuse them! Fortunately if I do end up having to recycle them, JUST water cartons are extremely eco-friendly. i have always admired the sleek design of Voss bottles so I may have to go get some now that I have a clever way to upcycle them.
Love this post girl, super eco-friendly and creative!! A post after my own heart
Awhhh I love it 😍 Looks so cute! I have never seen those before
No words. I need to stop binging your blog (and be like a normal person and read as you post) because literally I am now asking WHAT I am doing with my life and WHY I did not get the crafty gene! Seriously these are gorgeous! I want ten of the herbarium. <3
Wow…